‘BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE’ (BYOD) IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM MALA NATARAJ, SELWYN COLLEGE AMA WORKSHOP APRIL 5 TH 2014

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES Students’ difficulties in Mathematics and Statistics highlighted in the Research literature. Many students appear to struggle with Algebraic concepts and also ideas in Number such as fractions and powers So how can we help students who are struggling in mathematics? And how can we extend the gifted and talented?

BYOD (BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE) Many schools going with the BYOD idea for teaching and learning How can technology help students in mathematics?

USES OF BYOD IN TEACHING AND LEARNING Use of calculator in BYOD Research – for example, students can conduct research on  a mathematician (e.g Fermat)  a mathematical idea (Pascal’s triangle) or  the history of mathematics

USE OF BYOD BYOD can also be used as a tool for: Scaffolding learning Increasing thinking skills Enhancing conceptual understanding Extending the more able students

SOME EXAMPLES OF USE OF BYOD BYOD worksheets that I have developed so far for Years 9-13 are related to the following topics:  Number  Algebraic manipulation  Algebraic graphs  Calculus

CONCLUSION Thank you very much for attending this session! Comments, suggestions for improvement and other ideas welcome.