2. Teaching Technology in the Middle School §Shannon Conant §Barb Jones §Judy Durbin §Suzie Handzlik

3. Welcome! Topics to be covered: §Teaching with Technology §Internet for Language Arts §Math and Technology §Mnemonics §Connecting Writing to the Math Curriculum

4. Teaching with Technology §Challenging §Inviting Opportunities §Interactive §Team Teaching

5. Internet for Language Arts

6. What is Language Arts? §Readers Theater §Poetry §Short Stories §Grammar §Vocabulary §Spelling

7. Why would we use technology for Language Arts? §Research §Tutorials §Fun and Games

8. Research §Writing Ideas §Project Ideas §Library §Encyclopedias §http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/index.htmlhttp://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/index.html

9. Tutorials §Teaching tool §Tests/Quizzes §Challenging and Fun §http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.htmlhttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/grammar.html

10. Fun and Games §Internet adds excitement §Variety §Age Appropriate §http://www.eduplace.com/tales/http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

11. Extra Internet Resources §Www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.htmlWww.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html §www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htmwww.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm

12. Technology in Mathematics §Why would we use technology in Math §What is technology in Mathematics §Investigations §Problem Solving

13. Why would we use Technology in Mathematics §Provides opportunity §Opens new doors §Apply skills and strategies §Planning §Models §Recognize different representations of the same relationships §Students on task §Active learning §Manipulatives

14. What is Technology in Mathematics? §Not just the Internet §Graphing Calculators §Mathematica §Programming §Drafting §AutoCad §Special Education §Tutorials

15. Investigations §Gather Data §Analyze §Comparisons §Interpretations §Availability

16. Problem Solving §Communication §Investigations §Connections within and outside of Mathematics

17. Connections §Music §Art §Language Arts §Physical Education §Science §Much more

18. Mathematics and Technology §MAGICAL

19. Math Learning and Fun Links §http://library.thinkquest.org/3288/fractals.htmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/3288/fractals.html §http://picasso.gphys.unc.edu:8080/Earth.htmlhttp://picasso.gphys.unc.edu:8080/Earth.html §http://www.gomath.comhttp://www.gomath.com §http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagichttp://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic

20. Learning Styles §Visual §Auditory §Kinaesthetic

21. Mnemonics §Abbreviation §Rhyme §Verbal Device - the student learns or creates in order to remember something §Computers §E-Mail §URL §HTML §ISP §CPU §CD-Rom

22. The Language Arts Teacher §I before E except after C §And when saying “A” as in neighbor or weigh §And weird is always weird. §A friend is always there when the end comes. §RAVEN

23. The Math Teacher §May I Have a Large Container of Coffee §Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally §Lucky Cows Drink Milk §To multiply any number by 25, add two 0s and divide by 4

24. Internet Resources §Http://www.frii.com/~geomanda/mnemonics.htmlHttp://www.frii.com/~geomanda/mnemonics.html §http://members.tripod.com/~ForgetKnot/http://members.tripod.com/~ForgetKnot/

25. Connecting Writing to the Mathematics Curriculum

26. Three types of Writing §Expository §Journal §Metacognitive

27. Expository Writing §Writing Helps Students §Provides Teacher Insights

28. Journal Writing §More Journal Writing for Math Class §Students can work at their own rate §Facilitate understanding §Helps teachers

29. Metacognitive Writing §Student Awareness §Learning Process §Helps Build Thinking Skills

30. To ‘sum’ it up §Writing as a learning tool §Writing to assess §Writing to gain information

31. THE END