Tech Tools
Can technology help to support your students through personalized learning, visual representations, digital tools, and online activities to support making connections and explaining their thinking?
A meta-analysis of the effect of technology on mathematics achievement showed statistically significant gains across the K-12 classroom (Slavin & Chung, 2013). Students who reported their teachers used computers frequently as a way to demonstrate new topics had higher levels of math achievement (House, 2011). Mathematics knowledge was also positively related to the use of multimedia strategies for elementary students (Weiss, Kramarski, & Tails, 2006).
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If students are working on a project-based learning task, then digital tools that support students in the creation phase of their project might be useful to consider, whereas teachers who are explaining a concept might need virtual manipulatives to help students construct a model.
As such I have created a classification of technology tools in relation to mathematics instruction. Have fun, take a look and share your teaching ideas and technology tools with me.
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Tools
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Digital Assessment Tools:
understand your learners and what they know, need to know or have learned.
Blended Learning:
personalized and provide additional support or challenge using a blended learning program.
Calculation Tools:
calculating data and displaying information with pictoral and symbolic representations.
Creation Tools:
express ideas and show what they know via multimedia and video recording.
Collaboration Tools:
students share ideas, resources and work collaboratively on different devices at the same time.
Construction Tools:
create a mathematical model using either real world images or virtual pieces.
Connectivity Tools:
share ideas and/or products of learning, with other people in a virtual space.
Gamify:
ask questions and provide immediate feedback.
Math Tasks:
Rigorous math tasks that allow students to problem solve and think deeply about a concept.
Presentation:
share ideas in a presentation format.
Productivity:
support you and your students in organizing ideas for self-regulation.
Video:
used to demonstrate a concept or express a related math idea.