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Teaching Elementary Math With the Internet. By Rebecca Butler. Why Should I Use the Web in My Math Curriculum?. How Do I Use the Web To Teach Math?. Why Use the Web?. It is timely. It is an excellent resource. Students can connect with other students and experts via chatting or email.
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Teaching Elementary Math With the Internet By Rebecca Butler
Why Should I Use the Web in My Math Curriculum? How Do I Use the Web To Teach Math?
Why Use the Web? • It is timely. • It is an excellent resource. • Students can connect with other students and experts via chatting or email. • It is fun!
Web Mentors • What are they? • Why should I use them? • How do I use them?
Cooperative Challenges • What is it? • How do I use it?
Virtual Manipulatives • What are they? • Why use them? • Examples: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Patterns/index.html http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Emmankus/whole/base10/baseten.htm
Activities and Sites • Illuminations • http://www.illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html • On-line Mathematics Dictionary • http://www.mathpro.com/math/glossary/glossary.html • Finding Data on the Internet • http://nilesonline.com/data/