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A Few. Teaching Math: Best Practices at the Secondary Level. Dawn Hoyt Kidd, Ph.D. Texas School for the Deaf CAID Pre-Conference – June 2013. Goal: More Deaf and Hard of Hearing students going into S T E M fields.
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A Few Teaching Math:Best Practices at the Secondary Level Dawn Hoyt Kidd, Ph.D. Texas School for the Deaf CAID Pre-Conference – June 2013
Goal:More Deaf and Hard of Hearing students going intoS T E M fields. • YOU (in the audience) will be going out and spreading your infinite wisdom to accomplish this goal!
S T E M - MATHEMATICS • Communication: • Reading, Writing, Talking, Signing, Looking, Listening, etc. • Problem Solving • Applying, Analyzing, Questioning, Troubleshooting, etc. Activities Word Problem Analysis Form VoiceThread Vocabulary
Word Problem Analysis Form “The Form”
“The Form” – Your Turn! • Pick a word problem from the ones given, or use one you brought. • Fill out the entire form using one word problem. • While you are doing this, THINK about your THINKING. • Discussion with a partner is encouraged. • When you are finished…will you please offer to present your work at the front?
Pencils Ready? GO!
Word Problem Analysis Form • Pros? Cons? • Can you see a use for this in your classroom? How? How not? • Will this help achieve our goal? How? Why? Not?
VoiceThread is a web-based application that allows you to have group conversations around images, documents, and videos. • Examples from my past teaching: • Perimeter and Area • n + 35 = 50 • Pythagorean Theorem • STAAR test practice
VoiceThread – Your Turn! • http://voicethread.com • Go to VoiceThread (You will be given a username & password) • Play around with it for a while, don’t be shy, you can’t break it. • Go into the group “CAID Pre-Conf”. You will see several assignments. • Pick any assignment you want to do. If you finish early, pick another one. • Try to create an assignment – something that relates to your current teaching position.
VoiceThread – Discussion • Pros? Cons? • Can you see a use for this in your classroom? How? How not? • Will this help get to our goal? How? Why? Not? ________________________________ • Pricing K-12 • Single Educator License $79/year or $15/month; 50 students • School License $450 for 350 students, and more • Pricing Higher Ed • Single Instructor License $99/year, 50 students • Department – look at site • https://voicethread.com/products/
http://www.vocabularya-z.com • You can pick the words you want. • There are many words, but some math words are not there. • You can add your own words. • Then make the materials you want. • Lesson Plan • Worksheets • Assessment • $29.95/classroom/year
Vocabulary A-Z • Pros? Cons? • Can you see a use for this in your classroom? How? How not? • Will this help achieve our goal? How? Why? Not?
Communication & Resources • EDeafMath Blogedeafmath.blogspot.com • FaceBook page “EDeafMath” • DeafTEC web site: deaftec.org • Let’s keep in touch! dawn.kidd@tsd.state.tx.us