Transcript Integrating Math into the Curriculum Using Technology

Integrating Math into the Curriculum
Using Technology
Shelley Shott
ICT in Education Conference 2009
Durban, South Africa
Mathematics Today
Math literacy is every teacher’s responsibility
Students see the real life applications of math when it is
used in other subject areas
Technology gives the ability to electronically simulate
real world events and collect real time data
Such simulations allow students to visualize and explore
important mathematical concepts as well as real
world and interdisciplinary connections
– Educational research -- not to mention experience and common
sense -- tells us that students learn best and make better sense
of what they're learning when they can make connections with
previous learning or with different areas of learning
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Spreadsheets
Powerful tool to help students:
• Gather and analyze data
• Solve real-life problems
• Forecast change
• Evaluate survey results
• View data in a variety of formats
• Track and graph trends
• Sort and classify objects
• Understand and use formulas
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Language Arts
Timelines
Trends
Patterns
Meters, form and structural
analysis of poetry
Systems
Logic
Venn Diagrams
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Science
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Plant Data
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Task #1 Language Arts:
A Marketing Plan and Presentation
The M&M company is going to be adding another new color
to their plain chocolate M & M’s
Your task will be to submit a proposal to the company with
your choice of color
Go to the Document called M&M candy activity
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Task #2 – Social Studies/Language Arts
Timeline
You are going to create a timeline of:
• Your life
• Your country’s history
• Growth of a plant
• Character development in a novel
• Anything else you think would fit your curriculum
Access the Word file that is titled Timeline
Follow the directions on that document or use the Help
Guide to create you own timeline using Excel
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Task #3 – Visual Art - Tessellations
Go to one of the following websites:
http://www.wsd1.org/bitsbytes/9798/bboct97/default.
htm#STORY4
http://oregonstate.edu/precollege/GK12/Activities/A
CT_Math/MATH_310_CompAidedTessellations/C
omp_Aided_Tessellations.html
Scroll down to Step 1 and follow the directions to
complete your own creative tessellation
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Task #4 – Researching Math Lessons
using Technology
Go to the Math Integration Using Technology document
Visit some of the websites to get more ideas
Identify areas of your curriculum that you could integrate
mathematics using technology
Brainstorm some ideas of lessons and investigations that
you can do in your classroom and post on the Google
Docs
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