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How Can Math Teachers Use Technology? // Convince Your Future Colleagues… // 2. **Create something using others’ materials.** This is where the mash-up begins. You can use others’ videos, words, pictures, documents, etc… Find existing examples/materials, upload your own examples, or create something new. We have digital cameras, digital camcorders, fun digital tools in the TTL, computers in the TTL, UITS labs upstairs. You also have your cell phones or own laptops. Use poetry, raps, etc… 3. **Post these to your content’s wiki page.** You may find there is already some information on this page. Contribute to this – it’s supposed to be a mash-up.

[] This is a website that shows a clever musical that teaches all about basic calculus. This musical is not only available in audio format for download but the group also travels to schools to perform. With catchy tunes and mathamatical lyrics it is easy for students to grasp concepts of ideas such as limits, reiman sums, maximums and minimums and even L'hospitals rule.

To coincide with these songs, a teacher can use a graphing calculator to give examples of the concepts in the musical. This allows students to see what they're learning and to practice. A graphing calculator allows the students to graph basic and complex functions. It saves time and checks accuracy.

[] - Teachers can use this video to show students how to use a graphing calculator.

__Nick Bullman, Joshua Blevins, Spencer Wilbert, Joshua Yoder - Lecture C__ []

Gliffy.com is a web-based program that allows students real-world application in the mathematical world for classes such as geometry. Students in need of being able to visualize different shapes such as convex polygons can layout different floor plans that allow the students to measure the perimeter and areas of figures. On a greater scale,



Here is a screenshot of a gliffy document that we created. It shows various things that you can put on it to create. As you can tell, we found different polygons that we could use, had we been doing a project. The great thing about this website is that it does give a thirty day free trial, allowing teachers to use it in the classroom to test out its effectiveness without costing them money. It allows for the creation of a floor plan project, allowing them to place in fireplaces and random house items in their floor plan. It also allows for students to post different polygons and label the sides and diagonals, as well as their lengths. It can really enhance a student's learning by giving them a hands-on experience with the material and a visual learning experience.

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__Rebecca, Bryan, and Kristin: Lecture C__ Math Playground: [] Examples: [] and []

This website is a website in which students are able to further their knowledge and understanding of particular topics in mathematics. It gives short videos that students or a teacher can click through to see different examples and lessons. It is an effective and efficient tool in the way that it saves time for the classroom and it takes away the laborious processes of writing on the board.

__Aaron: Lecture C__ []

I used google sites to create a text-based math role playing game. Text based role playing games were very popular back before home computer graphics got good enough to support better looking games.

The player is trapped in a dungeon and must use their math skills to get out. This particular game is fairly short and simple, but the game could be made as long and complex as the teacher desired. The type of math problems used could vary as well. This is a good way to get students to review the material they have already learned.