1. Technology Enhanced Learning via Blackboard
Workshop Introduction

2. Who is Pete Anderson? full time teacher of mathematics (21 years)
curriculum writer (my summer job)
musician (when time allows)
family man

3. Teaching in a Ubiquitous Computer Environment

4. Standard Lesson Plan Quiz Set the Stage New Lesson
Activity
Lecture
Guided Practice
Assignment
Closure
Set the Stage
Announcements
Objectives
Warm-Up Exercises or Activity
Teacher takes attendance
Teacher checks previous homework
Review Warm-Up and Homework
Students put problems on the board
Homework answers spark more questions
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5. Stage One: Scavenging
“When a new technology appears, our first instinct is always to continue doing things within the technology the way we’ve always done it.”
– Marc Prensky

6. Standard Lesson Plan PowerPoint Word Document Set the Stage
Announcements
Objectives
Warm-Up Exercises or Activity
Teacher takes attendance
Teacher checks previous homework
Review Warm-Up and Homework
Students put problems on the board
Homework answers spark more questions
Quiz
New Lesson
Activity
Lecture
Guided Practice
Assignment
Closure
PowerPoint
Word Document

7. Stage One: Scavenging

8. Is that all there is?

9. Paradigm Shift
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10. Stage Two: Interactives
Start to shift from teacher center learning to student center learning.
Find them on the web
The Geometer’s Sketchpad Software
User friendly
Many resources
Very expensive
GeoGebra
Web friendly
FREE

11. Stage Three: Student Centered Learning
21st Century Skills
Collaboration
Project Based Learning

12. Goals for this Workshop
Learn what a technology enhanced course in mathematics can look like.
Clarify some of the basic tools available in Blackboard.
Discover and explore free resources.
Build your own course.
Share your findings and experiences.