Integrating Technology in Elementary School Mathematics
PowerPoint
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
Virtual Manipulatives and Examples of Tasks
Building a Garden
You have 36 yards of fencing for your vegetable garden. If you want to make a rectangular garden that has side lengths that are whole yards long what are the possible dimensions of your garden? Which garden gives you the most space?
Area Explorer link
Perimeter Explorer link
real-life context?
You want to build
Area/Perimeter- 3.10, 3.11, 5.8 (a, b)
Pan Balance
Task- Find the values of the various shapes.
Real-life context?
Choose Set 6.
Cereal boxes now come in different shaped boxes. Miniwheats come in a square box and cost $1. Use the balance to find the price of Bran flakes (circular box), Tangerine Charms (Triangular box), and Organic Mix (Kite shaped box).
Article on students working with set 1.
Algebra/Balance- 3.2, 4.4, 4.16 (a), 5.18
Triangle Construction
Benefits? Drawbacks?
Games
Factor Game and Product Game
Fraction Game
Kakooma- Two-digit addition puzzles
Arithmetic Four, Estimator Four
What do these games allow students to work on?
Bounded Fraction Pointer
Venn Diagram
Tangrams
Ladybug Maze
Diagonals of Quadrilaterals
Thinking Blocks
Templates
Base-10 Blocks
Cuisenaire Rods
Pattern Blocks
Geoboards
Web 2.0 tools and Projects
Powerpoint and SlideShare- Geometry Scavenger hunt
Math Casts created by K-5 students
Blogs- Benefits
Skype
Interactive WhiteBoard
Question of the Day Mimio Example
SMART Board Lessons
Mimio Connect
Promethean Planet
Repositories of Virtual Manipulatives
Interactivate at Shodor
NCTM Illuminations
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Internet for Classrooms Links
Harcourt Brace eLab
Drew's Diigo Group of Virtual Manipulatives
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