Teaching Technology in the Middle School

Teaching Technology in the Middle School

Shannon Conant

Barb Jones

Judy Durbin

Suzie Handzlik

Welcome!Topics to be covered:

Welcome!Topics to be covered:

Teaching with TechnologyInternet for Language ArtsMath and TechnologyMnemonicsConnecting Writing to the Math

Curriculum

Teaching with Technology

Challenging

Inviting Opportunities

Interactive

Team Teaching

Internet for Language Arts

What is Language Arts?

Readers TheaterPoetryShort StoriesGrammarVocabularySpelling

Why would we use technology for Language Arts?

Research

Tutorials

Fun and Games

ResearchWriting Ideas

Project Ideas

Library

Encyclopedias

http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/index.html

Tutorials

Teaching tool

Tests/Quizzes

Challenging and Fun

http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html

Fun and Games

Internet adds excitement

Variety

Age Appropriate

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Extra Internet Resources

Www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm

Technology in Mathematics

Why would we use technology in MathWhat is technology in MathematicsInvestigationsProblem Solving

Why would we use Technology in Mathematics

Provides opportunityOpens new doorsApply skills and

strategiesPlanningModels

Recognize different representations of the same relationships

Students on taskActive learningManipulatives

What is Technology in Mathematics?

Not just the InternetGraphing CalculatorsMathematicaProgramming

DraftingAutoCadSpecial EducationTutorials

Investigations

Gather DataAnalyzeComparisons

InterpretationsAvailability

Problem Solving

CommunicationInvestigationsConnections within and outside of

Mathematics

Connections

MusicArtLanguage ArtsPhysical EducationScienceMuch more

Mathematics and Technology

MAGICAL

Math Learning and Fun Links

http://library.thinkquest.org/3288/fractals.html

http://picasso.gphys.unc.edu:8080/Earth.html

http://www.gomath.com

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic

Learning Styles

Visual

Auditory

Kinaesthetic

Mnemonics

Abbreviation

Rhyme

Verbal Device - the student learns or creates in order to remember something

ComputersE-MailURLHTML ISPCPUCD-Rom

The Language Arts Teacher

I before E except after CAnd when saying “A” as in neighbor or

weighAnd weird is always weird.A friend is always there when the end

comes.RAVEN

The Math TeacherMay I Have a Large Container of Coffee

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

Lucky Cows Drink Milk

To multiply any number by 25, add two 0s and divide by 4

Internet Resources

Http://www.frii.com/~geomanda/mnemonics.html

http://members.tripod.com/~ForgetKnot/

Connecting Writing to the Mathematics

Curriculum

Three types of Writing

Expository

Journal

Metacognitive

Expository Writing

Writing Helps Students

Provides Teacher Insights

Journal Writing

More Journal Writing for Math Class

Students can work at their own rate

Facilitate understanding

Helps teachers

Metacognitive Writing

Student Awareness

Learning Process

Helps Build Thinking Skills

To ‘sum’ it up

Writing as a learning tool

Writing to assess

Writing to gain information

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