Math

=__ Resources for Math Teachers __=

What is the unit, lesson, skill you want to teach? Don't start with the tool!

Remember Student Motivators and life skills:
 * 1) Giving choice, having purpose, and remembering one's audience
 * 2) Self-directed Learning and setting deadlines
 * 3) 5 E’s for student learning: []
 * 4) Engage
 * 5) Explore
 * 6) Explain
 * 7) Evaluate
 * 8) Elaborate

== __Smartboard Notebook Resources__ ==


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Tools:
Lesson Activity Toolkit Gallery [|Smart Exchange] - Great place to find other teachers' lessons My Content Floating Tools - Use the toolbar on ANYTHING! Screen shade, Spotlight, Writing tools, Screen Capture toolbar and more!

**Resources:**
Kevin Sullivan's Games - Shown at NJEA 2010 [|My Diigo Sites] tagged Smartboard [|Delicious] - All items tagged with Smartboard and Matt [|Middle School Math Teachers’ Ning] on Smartboard Revolution

SmartAware Toolbar - Office Suite

 * 1) Find a pdf on the web - paste into Word
 * 2) Remember to view your activity from the back of the room
 * 3) Change the font size, color, spacing, etc. and save to a base folder
 * 4) Open it up and use the Smartboard Pens and then re-save it in a folder you have created if that class
 * 5) You can upload it immediately for absent students on their class page off your Teacher Page.

~Remember basic file management. When you find something save it in a place where it's easy for you to find again. For example: Create a folder called Smartboard Lessons, then another folder inside that one called Notebook Templates. Store all the games/resources made by others that you find there. When you find a need for one, open it up, edit it to fit your lesson, etc. and then re-save it in another folder based by the class/lesson. Your templates will always remain but now you have ready made games that work too!

==__Internet Searching and Information Literacy__ == You need to remember the Grammar of the web and how it works to search on various search engines.  [|Google.com] - Use the [|Advanced Search] feature until you learn the nuances. MAKE sure you teach the kids too! Typically people only look at first 5 websites that come up in a search.

Make sure to check out our examples, quizzes, and materials here: [].

Glossary of Symbols/codes:
" " = Phrase - = Eliminates Site:edu = searches only university sites Site:uk = searches only uk (Great Britain) sites [|Root Database] = site for finding country codes

Social Bookmarking:

 * 1) Advantages - building community, bookmarks follow you ANYWHERE!
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Diigo or Delicious

**Search Terms to add:** Interactive School or Schools "Online Resources" "Technology Resources"

~Don't forget to search by STATE as well. You can find great things like this School created Wiki for Texas with great resources for anyone!

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Math** Publishers' Resources:
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|McDougal Littel] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;"> [|McGraw Hill] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Holt, Reinhart, & Winston] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Houghton Mifflin EduPlace] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|List of many Publisher Online Resources] - Addison Wesley links become Pearson

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> __Great Teacher Resources__ == <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Kathy Shrock's Guide for Rubrics] - Most are teacher made <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Skype a Teacher] - Check out this great list of other teachers who will Skype with you - Check out the Directory and then the comments at the bottom. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Create-a-Graph] - Easy way to make quick graphs without learning Excel <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Careers Database] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|ITSI-SU Portal]

==__<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Google Docs and Maps __== <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Google Docs:** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|docs.google.com] *You can use ANY email account now.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Google Maps:** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|maps.google.com] *You can use your .info email account now.

Distances, Estimation, measurements, time and more

==__<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Jing and Smart Recorder __== <span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Jing - TechSmith - only allows for five minutes, you can not edit <span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Smart Recorder - no limit but not the same quality as Jing

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Digital Storytelling Presentation Tools__ == <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Glogster EDU] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;"> [|Prezi] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|VoiceThread] <span class="wiki_link_ext">- <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Great Sample] by a 5th grade class OR this one created by a student all about <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Global Warming] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Animoto] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;"> [|Xtranormal] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; font-size: 11pt; padding-right: 10px;">[|Photopeach]

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Pics you can use in projects ===
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 22px; padding-right: 10px;">[|Pics 4 Learning] **Student safe as all the pictures are examined by a person before they are posted on site. The photos are not large so they are great for inserting into digital projects.
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; line-height: 22px; padding-right: 10px;">[|Flickr pics under a creative commons license] **

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Other Web 2.0 Tools__ == <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|RCampus] - Create rubrics and search through hundreds already made. Easy to post to your website too. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Recipes4Success] - Create your own Rubrics and then edit with standard suggestions ~Create these as a whole class with your kids on the Smartboard

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Quizlet] - Terrific for making quizzes and practicing vocabulary <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Study Stack] - Another Vocabulary tool ~Either could be created by a student for extra credit or you could just have it be a job for every unit

<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Polleverywhere] - Terrific for gathering questions on an assignment or engaging students in a thoughtful discussion <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|ietherpad] - Interactive, synchronous tool for collaboration <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Wallwisher] - Like an online bulletin board for ideas <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Scribd] - Posting PowerPoint and Word Documents. Makes smaller size file and can viewed even if they don't have the software program <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Tikatok] A site where students can make, publish and sell books. Note: You don't have to buy the book. Parents can buy them or the school can if they wish to have a copy. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|KidBlog] - You can set it so kids' comments are immediately up without your moderating their comments first. Just make it private. [|Nice Net]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Math Web 2.0 Tools __** [|Broken Calculator] [|Gizmos] - Amazing interactive activities (Must have subscription or trial ends in 30 days.) [|Qualitative Grapher] [|Piecewise Linear Grapher] [|Linear Transformer] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[|SmartGraphs] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[|Arcademic Skill Builders] [|Tutorials for Math and Science] - Kahn Academy [|Wolframalpha] - Will answer math problems and search for unique information. Both a search engine and a tool.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Teacher Pages__ ** Remember to link everything up here! New websites, notes you write together, etc. Keep your hierarchy simple and easy to navigate

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Community & Funding__ == <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #800080; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; padding-right: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Donors Choose] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #0000ff; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; padding-right: 10px;">[|DigitalWish] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; padding-right: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Twitter] - Build your PLN - Personal Learning Network Blogs, Nings, and other things

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Management - Classroom and Home__ ** Raise up laptops on textbooks Have them close laptops (at least part way) when you need to teach Make sure you keep track of where they are on various online projects - check list of some sort Turn off projectors when not in use - Bulbs are very expensive

Remind parents: 1. Only 50 minutes of homework a night 2. Children should be using computer in a family area; not their bedroom 3. Think about charging their laptops in your room at night or at least have a "Homework/laptop Drop Spot" where everything is kept 4. Review doing homework and avoiding/eliminating distractions

~Send home a flier reviewing these ideas and others to be signed showing they have read the document.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">__Publishing Kids' Work__ == [|Wikispaces] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Your .info accounts] - Videos

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__ Learning from others - Your PLN __** ==

===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter - ** ===

===<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blogs, NING, and RSS feeds - ===