Primary Grade Math and Technology Integration

Jennifer Sinisi

Email: jsinisi@crsd.org

Website: www.angelfire.com/

Introduction and Motivation

• Ways to integrate math and technology in the primary grades– Projects, games, tools,

manipulative, software, digital cameras, and Excel

• Do you want to make a math movie?– What is a documentary?– Geometry and Numbers All

Around

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introduction

Why Integrate Math and Technology?

• Improve motivation– “Learn more in less time”– “Develop positive attitudes”– “better able to pace themselves”– “improve self concept”

• Decrease dropout rates• Improve attendance• Improve standardized test scores

To view this article written by Richard J. Coley click here

Online Tools• Math Dictionary for Kids

– Bright, colorful, interactive definitions

• Create A Graph– Easy to use– Type in data choose pie, plot, or bar

• Virtual Math manipulatives– Many math manipulatives– Fraction bars, base ten blocks, tangram puzzles

• Martindale’s Calculators Online– Over 20,000 calculators linked– slot machine odds to currency conversion

Online Math Games•

– Set up and run a Lemonade Stand

– Play problem solving and logic games

– Practice basic skills– Learn new topics

For a link to a list of math games click here

Math Software

• Millie’s Math House– Build basic skills– Numbers, shapes, sizes,

quantities, patterns, sequencing, addition, and subtraction

• Reader Rabbit’s Math ages 6-9– 29 games and activities– Automatically adjusts to skill

level

For a list of the top math software for grades K-12 click here

OCR Software• Turn any document into editable text

by scanning into a word document• Quick and easy to use• Use to edit math worksheets or quizzes• Document below was scanned and

edited using OCR software

“Before you can think about how computers might support learning in your classroom, you need to know what the

computer component is, how it works, and how it is designed to be used”

Scanned from Terc Investigations: Shapes, Halves, and Symmetry

For OCR shareware download click the box below

Digital Cameras• Geometry-photograph objects

– Trace shapes or create slideshow of shapes– Draw lines of symmetry– Label and measure angles

• Problem Solving– Show sequence of algorithm– Show story problem and solution

• Graphing and Spreadsheets– Place student pictures on small square to

create graph, Venn diagrams, survey, etc.

Click here for more ideas from the Michigan Conference on Technology

Math WebQuests• What makes a great Math Web Quest?

– Students use World Wide Web to collect data– Analyze data and use in math exercise– Work in cooperative groups– Constructivist setting– Involves reasoning and

critical thinking– Addresses the following

NCTM standards: Problem solving, reasoning, communication, connections, and representation

Sample WebQuest

• Directions are online, sites are all linked to directions for easy student access

• Parts, Parts, and More Parts – Visit Partsville to discover as much as

you can about parts of numbers – Answer questions (How do they work?)– Group project: PowerPoint presentation – Present what you learned– Answer questions from classmates– Rubric and clear slide requirements online

Click here for great WebQuests

TrackStar

• Collect Web sites• Enter them into TrackStar• Add your own annotations• Search from thousands of Tracks

made by other educators• Allow students create and

post their own online posters• Make quizzes for any tracks you design

Math Projects: Communication

• Encourage collaboration between your school and other schools or experts

– All projects Linked to NCTM standards– Sunlight and the Seasons – Each class tries to find the

Mystery Class based on seasons– Plants and the Seasons – Plant garden and report on

growth to show springs northward journey– Seasonal Migrations – Follow animal migrations

Click here for more projects

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Excel Spreadsheets

• Play the Category Game– Gain experience navigating a

spreadsheet• Graph the number of letters in our

first and last names– Get to know new friends and learn a

new program

For complete plans for these and other Excel primary lessons click here

Conclusion

• Technology proficiency is required for future success.

• The earlier we start the better.• Escher integrated math and art

in the 50’s.• How can the Escher’s of

education integrate math and technology in curriculum based, creative, engaging, and exciting ways?

For more information and a complete list of all web sites used please click here for a copy of my research paper

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M.C. Escher