220 likes | 335 Views
Go Fishing for Your Freshmen Algebra Students Hook Them with Technology. Presenters Jana Hoover, Burleson ISD jhoover@burlesonisd.net Skype: Algebra4Elks or Burlesonbusiness Stephanie Parker Burleson ISD sparker@burlesonisd.net. Define Problem.
E N D
Go Fishing for Your Freshmen Algebra StudentsHook Them with Technology Presenters Jana Hoover, Burleson ISD jhoover@burlesonisd.net Skype: Algebra4Elks or Burlesonbusiness Stephanie Parker Burleson ISD sparker@burlesonisd.net
Define Problem • Plan – Incorporate Technology as a support to existing curriculum • Do – Implement new techniques and tools • Study – What positive results did we see? • Act – Keep what works, eliminate what doesn’t • Improve TAKS scores • Improve student pass rate • Engaged Learners
Resources • Academic Youth Development Summer program (AYD) • Agile Mind • Text Book Videos • United Streaming • Interactive Applets Internet Equipment E-instruction Student Response Systems Document Camera/Projectors Digital Cameras Calculators Computers Smart Technologoy
Smart Technology Airliner Smart Board Smart Software
Student Response Systems • CPS from E Instruction (won at TCEA last year) • Exam View Unit Questions • Released TAKS Questions • Instant Feedback for students • Reports for teacher • FUN • Increased score for the classes that used to review for exams
Tablet PC • Instructor Led Activities • Agile Mind and Interactive Web sites • Guided Note Taking
United StreamingVideos Function
Power-Point Vocabulary
Calculators MathBits Solving Equations Activities for hands on learners Activities for visual learners Increase in comprehension of concepts Factoring Solving Linear Equations
Students Working Graphing Using Slope Slider and Airliner
HippoCampus Link Students working in tutorials
MathResources • Publishers are providing • Online text books • Shockwave Videos • Manipulative Applets • Pearson • Glencoe/McGrawHill • McDougal Littell • Other Help • www.math.com • www.hotmath.com Prentice Hall Pearson Successnet Glencoe (McGrawHill) McDougal Littell ClassZone- www.Math.com www.Hotmath.com
InternetResources • Modular Objective Oriented Distance Learning Environment • Social Networks • Chat (SKYPE) and VOIP • Teacher Pages • WIKI – Faster Faster • Comment in Line MOODLE NING SKYPE Web Pages WIKISPACES BLOGS Teacher Tube
Benefits • Interactive Technology • Presentations • Students more involved in learning • Auditory learners • Re-teaching
Interactive Icons Link Leave a voice message for your students using VOKI
Results – District Assessments
Move them out of the fish bowl and on to Geometry. www.algebra4elks.wikispaces.com www.bisd-wikispaces.com www.mathbits.com www.voki.com www.polleverywhere.com