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iTEACH workshop information and brochure, NH, 8/5-8/6
Technology tools and web-based materials support teachers and students in meeting the Maine Learning Results, NCTM principles and standards for school mathematics, and ISTE technology literacy standards. This workshop, designed to support middle school teachers of mathematics, will explore a range of online applets, tools, web-based resources, and exemplary projects that utilize content centered technology application to support these goals.
Participants will learn about and experiment with technology tools that can be used to support mathematical investigation, facilitate the organization and analysis of data, engage learners in reasoning and problem solving, and deepen reflection. For example, participants will engage in mathematical investigation using online math applets, learn about online math resources, and be introduced to online professional development forums. Participants will complete the workshop with a collection of resources and preliminary plans for an online math activity that utilizes technology to serve curricular goals.
This professional development experience will enable participants to:
The workshop will include two day-long, face-to-face, hands-on sessions. The sessions will include the following:
Trackstar
http://trackstar.hprtec.org
TrackStar helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use
in lessons. The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily
stay on track.
Portaportal
http://www.portaportal.com
Portaportal is a web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links
to
your favorite websites online.
NCTM Illuminations -- Selected Web Resources
http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/index.html
Selected Web Resources are links to useful mathematics education resources
on the Internet. They can be used to improve the teaching and learning of
mathematics for all students and can help you understand and apply the NCTM
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
NCTM Illuminations -- Internet Based Lesson Plans
http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/index.html
Internet-Based Lesson Plans are examples of how the Internet can be used
to help create effective Standards-based mathematics lessons. For example,
internet websites can provide real-world data that can be analyzed or used
to develop mathematical concepts. Other sites may provide detailed information
about areas in which mathematics is applied or contain tools that can be
used to graph, visualize, or compute
The Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/
The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education
on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials,
activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services
that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological
world. (Including Problem of the Week)
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) -- Mathematics Links
http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/
Connected Math Project
http://www.math.msu.edu/cmp/
The Connected Math Project site houses materials to support the implementation
of CMP. It includes materials for teachers, students, and professional development
specialists in the area of curriculum, assessment, professional development,
research, implementation, and resources to name a few.
Mathematics Lessons that are Fun
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/
Yahooligans -- Math
http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Math/
Student Search Engine
NCTM Illuminations -- Mathlets
http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/index.html
Math•lets are math applets you can use to explore math and create interactive
lessons. See our i-Math Investigations for examples of lessons that use Math•lets.
(You can find some college-level mathlets in the Mathematical Association
of America's online journal, JOMA.)
NCTM Illuminations -- i-Maths
http://illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
i-Maths are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths
are built around interactive math applets, and some also include video clips.
Complete i-Maths include student investigations, teacher notes, and answers.
Some of the multi-day i-Maths also include video clips of teachers and students
using the investigation, sample student work, assessment tasks, and related
professional development activities.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
A library of virtual manipulatives aligned with NCTM mathematics standards
for grades PK-12 in the areas of number, algebra, geometry, measurement,
and data & probability.
Explore Math
http://www.exploremath.com/activities/index.cfm
Interactive Applets and Activities that create real-time correlations between
equations and graphs that help students visualize and experiment with many
of the major concepts from Elementary Algebra through Pre-Calculus.
Visual Fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/
This interactive World Wide Web (WWW) site aims to reduce fraction anxiety
in adults and students by helping the user picture fractions and the operations
that can be performed on them
Project Interactivate
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Project Interactivate goals include the creation, collection, evaluation,
and dissemination of java-based courseware for middle school mathematics
explorations. "Interactivated" lessons, discussions, and activities
enable the teacher to extend hands-on activities and to teach new content
areas incorporating technology in appropriate ways.
Manipula Math with Java
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/index.html
The Middle School section features 88 Applets Theorem and an Applet for exploring
the Pythagoras tree fractal. This fractal ends up having a broccoli stalk
form. This site also includes virtual manipulatives for exploring hundreds
of mathematical ideas including the size of the exterior angles of a polygon
and the ratios found in the length, width, and area of rectangles.
Pattern Blocks: Exploring Fractions
http://www.best.com/~ejad/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
The learner can experiment with what it means to be a fractional part of
a whole with online pattern blocks, which are modeled on the familiar plastic
blocks. Pattern blocks - either virtual or real--can be used in conjunction
with activities from No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/
Cynthia Lanius' site
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractals
Activities and lessons for learning about and exploring fractals online with
both virtual manipulatives and physical models. The activities illustrate
the iteration and self-similarity that are characteristics of fractals. The
wow on this site is seeing, on screen and in color, the iterative process
as the details in the original triangle grow more complex.
Zona Land
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/mmts.html
Virtual manipulatives for exploring the link between the constants found
in polynomial equations and their graphs. Also try exploring the effects
of changing the constants in second-degree polynomials. http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/functionInstitute/polynomialFunctions/
graphs/degree2PolynomialFunction.html
Virtual Reality Polyhedra
http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html
This site offers online interactive images of complicated three-dimensional
figures that can be rotated and repositioned for study. Instructions for
creating paper models are included. At JavaSketchpad DR3 Gallery http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/java_gsp/gallery.html the
learner can explore the nine-point circle, conic sections, and form the image
of a hypercube http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/java_gsp/hypercube.html
Educational Java Programs
http://arcytech.org/java/
This Web site contains Java™ applets whose purpose is to be used as
tools to help and enhance the education of children. The site includes interactive
Pattern Blocks, Base 10 Blocks, Integer Bars (or Cuisenaire Rods), Fraction
Bars, and tools to explore the Pythagorean Theorem, the Value of Pi and Fractals.
Interactive Mathematics Activities
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml
A number of interactive applets organized by content. Varying degrees of
functionality and usefulness. Many focus on higher level mathematics but
many gems embedded.
NCTM Fraction Model Applet
http://my.nctm.org/eresources/repository/2071/applet/FractionPie/index.html
Fraction Bars Applet
http://arcytech.org/java/fractions/fractions.html
This is an interactive applet designed to create fraction bars. This can
be used to explore equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents.
Virtual Manipulatives
http://otec.uoregon.edu/virtual_manipulatives.htm
"Concrete" Manipulatives, Concrete Ideas by Douglas H.
Clements
http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/org/buildingblocks/Newsletters/Concrete_Yelland.htm
EDThoughts: What We Know About Mathematics Teaching and Learning
http://www.mcrel.org/products/math-science/index.asp
Technology Meets Math Education: Envisioning a Practical Future
Andee Rubin
http://www.air-dc.org/forum/abRubin.htm
Teaching and Learning K-8 Mathematics and Science Through Inquiry:
Program Reviews and Recommendations
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/resource/k8.htm
Mathematically Appropriate Uses of Technology
http://my.nctm.org/eresources/view_article.asp?article_id=2264