Maths+tools

=Integrating ICT into the Maths Class =

This area of the wiki is dedicated to sharing and uploading teaching resources that use ICT in maths.

**Applications for Education** The video clips from [|Mathematics in Movies] could be a fun way to introduce a mathematics lesson. The clips might also be useful as a break from a traditional lesson plan for a day. Students can enjoy the clips while reviewing mathematics concepts. || =====Hench-maths Graeme Henchel is an Utranet Coach from Eastern Region. On this site you will find resources to assist maths teachers use ICT in their teaching and learning program. He has generally classified activities using the VELS dimensions and progression points where possible. ===== You will also find resources to assist schools and teachers incorporate the VELS domains of Personal Learning, Thinking Processes, Communication, Interpersonal learning and ICT. **NEW: Resources to help implement E5 instructional model** ||
 * **Sites** || **Resource Files** ||
 * ====[[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TkhlSyyP58U/SUgLgQzZ4UI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/qoa8qle5_lQ/s320/Picture+7.png width="198" height="19" link="http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/index.html"]][|Mathematics in Movies] is a website developed by [|Oliver Knill], a Harvard Mathematics professor. Mathematics in Movies is a collection of video clips from popular movies and television shows in which references to mathematics are made. One of the most recent clips comes from an episode of //The Office// in which Oscar tries to explain the concept of a budget surplus to Michael.====
 * === **Using Google Earth to Teach Math** ===

[|Real World Math] is a great website and concept designed by Thomas Petra. Real World Math offers a great collection of mathematics lesson plans that incorporate the use of Google Earth. [|Real World Math] has the lesson plans divided into four categories, project-based learning, concept lessons, measurement lessons, and exploratory lessons. The resource section of Real World Math provides a great list of links to lesson plans incorporating Google Earth in other content areas. The community page on [|Real World Math] is a place for educators to submit their own lesson plans that incorporate Google Earth. **Applications for Education** Each lesson plan on [|Real World Math] has a clear connection between a mathematics concept and a use for Google Earth. The resource page is a great place to find a lesson plan for another content area to match up with a math lesson plan. The academic team I teach spends a lot of time developing interdisciplinary units, the hardest content area to integrate into each unit is math. The resource links on [|Real World Math] will be a great place for us to find links to between math and other content areas. || Investigations http://www.sgfl.org.uk/
 * SCORE -** UK site with many resources (Primary and Secondary) - go to Maths and check out the investigations

http://www.beenleigss.eq.edu.au/teacherpage/investigations.html
 * Over 70** Year 7 problem solving resources and tasks

15 maths investigations http://www.franassisi.rbkc.sch.uk/investigations/investigations.htm || // There is no need to purchase anything. All you need to do is register your institution on our website and then we'll create licence codes for both teachers and students to use at home. //// To find out more, visit: [|www.yenka.com/home] // // If you have any questions, please email Esther Droop //// __newsletter@crocodile-clips.com__ // ||  ||
 * // This year teachers and students can download and use ** Yenka Mathematics, Science, Technology **and Programming at home completely free of charge. //
 * // This year teachers and students can download and use ** Yenka Mathematics, Science, Technology **and Programming at home completely free of charge. //
 * The National Numeracy Strategy (UK) has been developing and trialling [|Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs)]. Thirty two ITPs have been placed in the teaching resources area of this website. Each ITP has an introductory guide which shows how to operate the program. These programs have been developed by the Primary National Strategy to provide simple ICT-based images to support modelling, demonstration and exploration of mathematics

Likewise form the above site their are ready made [|interactive whiteboard files] for use. ||  || Free lessons tutorials and activities. There is no charge or obligation, and you may discover that math can be interesting, challenging, and even fun! ||  || If navigating the menu trees is not desirable, you can create a free account for your class, presenting only the content you want them to see. Brilliant! This site is provided free of charge by the [|Monterey Institute for Technology and Education]. It represents the Internet at its best - high quality, free educational content for all!
 * http://www.visualmathlearning.com/index.html
 * [], comes to us by way of Doug Spencer at [|Hopatcong High School] (where he is in his 42nd year of teaching math! Whoa!). Doug is a member of the Kean University New Jersey Powerful Learning Practice cohort, and, true to the spirit of NJPLP, he’s already helping all of us in his network learn![|Hippocampus] provides totally free multimedia courseware on a variety of topics suitable for middle and high school students. Math, Science, US History, even Calculus in SPANISH! (That is the sole multilingual entry but I’m sure more are on the way.) NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, just visit the page, click on the topic and course you want, then sit back and enjoy the interactive show!

||  || [] ||   || DimensionM™is an immersive video game world that engages students in the instruction and learning of mathematics. Pre-algebra and algebra objectives are covered through a series of missions that bring math into a world that today's students understand. Students become so captivated in solving problems that they forget they're learning but they don't forget what they've learned. ||  ||  April 23, 2010 by [|slav]
 * **ONE STOP SCIENCE SHOP**
 * http://[|www.visualfractions.com/Games.htm] ||  ||
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 * ==[|Mathtrain.TV]==

 Mr Marcos and his students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, California have developed a lovely set of screencasts to help teach maths. There is a choice of student or teacher created screencasts as well as videos with captions.  Teachers can use Mathtrain.TV in two ways. By using it in the classroom to help reinforce concepts taught (and for students to be able to revisit these topics at home) but by also having your own students create similar screencasts.  By creating these screencasts, students are not only demonstrating that they have learned the concepts behind the particular branch of mathematics, they are showing how they got to the answers. But perhaps more importantly, they are creating a product to share with others.  media type="custom" key="5949911"  When creating their screencasts, they need to address:

They also need to learn how to use a tool such as the free JingProject to record their screencasts.  So students are learning lots of Web 2.0 skills, helping others as well as reinforcing their own learning. What an excellent idea! ||  ||   **What it is:** __** [|Scholastic Study Jams] **__ is a fantastic collection of over 200 learning resource collections.__** [|Study Jams] **__ are videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math that will have your students discovering everything from invertebrates to the water cycle and the rule of divisibility. Each Jam includes a teaching video/step-by-step/slide show, key vocabulary, and a test yourself section where they can practice what they have just learned. Each Jam also suggests related jams where students can expand their learning and dig deeper on a subject. To be honest, this is more like the textbook of the future that I envisioned. I love that each concept is introduced in the context of a story. Students learn the concept from fun __** [|Study Jam] **__ characters and can pause and rewind the learning as needed. In the test yourself section, students can check for understanding and receive immediate feedback on their learning. **How to integrate __** [|Study Jams] **__ into your curriculum:** __** [|Study Jams] **__ is a truly incredible collection of learning opportunities for students. Use Jams to introduce your students to a new concept, or reinforce learning. In Math students can learn about numbers, multiplication and division, addition and subtraction, fractions, decimals and percents, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis, probability, and problem solving. Each topic has several sub-topics for students to explore. In science topics include: plants, animals, the human body, ecosystems, landforms, rocks and minerals, weather and climate, solar system, matter, force and motion, energy, light, and sound, and scientific inquiry. Again, each science topic has several sub-topics. Study Jams can be used with your whole class as an anticipatory set for learning using an interactive whiteboard or projector connected computer. After viewing the step-by-step, video, or slide-show check for understanding by having your students complete the “test yourself” as a class. This can be done with personal whiteboards where students write down their answer and hold it up, a raise of hands, or student response systems (clickers). Use this as formative assessment to guide your lesson. __** [|Study Jams] **__ can also be used as a center activity in the math or science classroom. Students can visit the __** [|Study Jam] **__ as part of a larger group of related activities. In a center, students can visit individually or in small groups and self direct their learning. For those students who have already mastered the concept, they can view related __** [|Study Jams] **__ to extend their learning. __** [|Study Jams] **__ is ideal for students in a 1 to 1 or lab setting. Here students can explore at their own pace, pausing and rewinding as necessary. They can also extend their learning based on their personal interests by choosing a related Study Jam. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Can’t find a Study Jam that fits what your students are learning? Ask students to create their own Study Jam video, slide show or step by step. Students can use tools like __** [|Animoto] **__, __** [|Voice Thread] **__, or__** [|Domo Animate] **__ to create their own. Students can create their own “test yourself” using a Google Form or survey tool. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Tips:** I learned about Study Jams from someone in my blogging alliance (sorry I didn’t make note of who!) If you aren’t already following these amazing blogs, I highly recommend them (__** [|alliance #1] **__,__** [|alliance #2] **__). I learn SO much every day from each one of them. If I learned about Study Jams from your blog, leave me a comment so I can thank you here!
 * Audience. What age level? For students good at maths or those who need extra help?
 * Script. They will need to write a script so that students viewing the screencasts find them easy to follow.
 * Visibility of sums. Will the audience be able to view the sums easily?
 * Layout. Will the audience be able to follow the working out?