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Content Area Resources: Elementary Mathematics and Technology



Concern #1 Technology in mathematics cannot replace the conceptual understanding, computational fluency, or problem solving skills. This means that teachers have to decipher when and how they will let students use technology devices including calculators or computer programs when learning new concepts. These devices and programs can make a child skip over really knowing how to work a problem and just learn how to easily find the answer through them. Source: http://www.nctm.org/about/content.aspx?id=14233

Concern #2 The inclusion of a tool for mathematics creates an issue of student access to doing mathematics. If the teacher teaches a concept to the class strictly based on a technological tool, this will limit the students to perceive that they can only do this concept when the tool is present. Some students may not have access to the specific tool outside of the classroom and may begin to rely only on the tool to be able to complete the problems. Source: 

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It would be good for a student to have to take courses that have the basic mathematics and nu Concern #3 The third concern is that teachers aren't learning enough about technology to be able to incorporate it into the classroom as much as they should be. Sometimes, technology is or can be a necessary tool to better facilitate mathematical learning. If a teacher is not up to date with technology training, students could be missing out on the best possible education they could recieve. Source: []

Suggestion #1 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">One suggestion for incorporating technology into mathematical learning would be to create a visual learning space for the students through using the smartboard in various ways. It could be used when looking at online lessons, as a white space for demonstrating and working out problems, or for playing educational games found online with the whole class.

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Suggestion #2 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Another suggestion to incorporate technology into mathematics is to introduce the calculator as a tool for problem solving. I can teach them how to use the calculator and when is the appropriate and inappropriate time to use it. Teaching about the calculator will build their confidence in that type of technology and help them become better in mathematics.

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Suggestion #3 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The final suggestion for incorporating technology could be to teach students how to put their data into graphs using programs on the computer. Data collection would be the first part of the lesson and then forming the data into a graph would be the second part that would use technology. This would teach students how to use certain graphing programs as well as understanding what a graph is made of. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">C

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Link #1 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This link will take you to a website full of videos that can give great ideas for creative elementary mathematics lesson plans. It is a useful tool to see how kids will react and interact during a lesson you may choose to do. It also includes Common Core Standards that each lesson meets. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">[|Math Video Library K-4]

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Link #2 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This link has multiple grade level lesson plan slide shows that teachers can use on projectors and smart boards in the classroom. It is a great way to incorporate using the technology you have access to in the classroom while teaching mathematics. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">[|Math Slide Shows]

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Link #3 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This website has tons to offer teachers wanting to teach all grade-levels and subjects. It is packed with lesson plans that integrate technology in them that are easy for teachers to pull up and follow from their computer or print off. This specific link goes to elementary school mathematics lessons. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">K-5 Math Lessons

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Link #4 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This link includes many accessible lesson plans for teachers for all grade levels. There are all subjects on this website and it is very user friendly. Teachnology

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Link #5 <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This link goes to a kid friendly website filled with math games for all ages. It is a fun site for kids to go to and they are learning while they play all the fun games it has to offer. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Coolmath4kids.com

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">This video clip shows how teachers integrate technology into everyday math lessons: media type="youtube" key="fNSS-F6npq0" height="349" width="560" align="center"

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