Technology and Math

Find a Standard

http://clrn.org/search/standards.cfm

Background Ideas and Information

Aiming for HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills)

Bloom\'s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally.pdf

21st Century Skills Roadmap- Math

ictmap_math.pdf

Interactive Whiteboards (or projected for the class)

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives- http://nlvm.usu.edu/
Pattern blocks- http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
Interactive Activities- more appropriate for 3rd grade and up, sorted by strand-

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

Interactive Games- very colorful activities to help teach and practice geometry, fractions, decimals, patterns, and more. Take some time to play around and think about how you could use these in your class! http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/techno/games.htm
More Interactives- some of the listed activities overlap with sites above, but there are new ones as well- seems good for primary

http://topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx

Base 10 blocks- http://arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html
Virtual Dice!- need a random number generator? http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/
Interactive clock- practice telling time with this clock

http://www.time-for-time.com/swf/myclox.swf

Virtual Spinner- customize this spinner to meet your needs for games or probability

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_186_g_1_t_1.html

Cuisenaire Rods- http://arcytech.org/java/integers/integers.html
Fraction Bars- not immediately easy to use, but with play I'm sure it gets better

http://arcytech.org/java/fractions/fractions.html

Create a Graph- http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Tangrams- http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_112_g_2_t_1.html?open=activities
Yet more primary math activities- http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&p=250,index#
McGraw-Hill Virtual Manipulatives- http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073053708/student_view0/virtual_manipulative_kit.html

Ed1Stop

There are great resources for Math at Ed1Stop!

Discovery Streaming and Learn 360- videos about math procedures and topics
Pokeman Learning League- videos and activities to help teach math skills, including angles, order of operations, and more
Teacher Cadre Projects- interactive projects created by CCC teachers

Web tools

Thinkfinity.org- a searchable database of lessons and other resources from ArtsEdge, EdSitement, NCTM Illuminations, Literacy Network, ReadWriteThink, the Smithsonian, and more partners.

Interactives and lessons organized by grade level and topic. Not always the most exciting lessons, but seem pretty good for direct instruction support. http://www.aaamath.com/
Ask Dr. Math- check out questions and answers related to some odd math topics

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/drmath.elem.html

Illuminations from NCTM- activities, resources, lessons, and weblinks http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Math Dictionary- animated and interactive- http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Math Central- resources for teachers http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/index.php
More Math resources- http://www.modelschools.org/mspmathsci/mathlinks.html
Another site with links to many math games http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math3.html
A site with links organized by math strand- will overlap with other sites but is nicely organized (has broken links, though) http://faculty.usiouxfalls.edu/arpeterson/math_interactive_sites.htm
A+ Math- Worksheets and practice! http://aplusmath.com/

Podcasts

Maths in Motion- http://web.mac.com/simonjowett/iWeb/maths_podcast/Millthorpe_Maths/Archive.html

TeacherTube- videos that you can download, created by teachers and students; SCREEN BEFORE USING! http://teachertube.com/

Blogs and Wikis

All ABout Math Wiki- an example of a wiki that can serve as a resource for teachers and parents http://allaboutmath.wikispaces.com/
Math Video Wiki- A wiki with math video resources- http://k12wiki.wikispaces.com/Effective+Math+Videos
Primary Math Wiki- For K-2, a really neat way to get kids to think about math in the environment, create examples, and share with a wider audience. This could go so many places- you could create your own version at your site and have students create examples in class to be posted on the wiki. They can share them at home or have other classes visit. http://primarymath.wetpaint.com/
Math Wiki- this example was created by high school students, but a similar page could easily be created in an elementary classroom. You can set up the structure of the site, and students add the content- directions, examples, practice problems, weblinks... http://mathfor.us/Main_Page
Math 24/7- includes mathcasts (podcasts) and more http://math247.pbworks.com/
Wikis in Math- a short article about using wikis in a math class http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_wikis_in_math_classes

Excel

Excel Interactive Projects- some of these are for middle school or higher, but some would work in elementary http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/interactiveexcel.html
Partner page for Excel Interactive Activities- http://www.teacherlink.org/content/math/activities/excel.html
eMINTS Excel Resources- links to ideas for using Excel in math- http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000602.shtml
ABCs to Excel- lots of ways to use Excel in your classroom http://www.forsythcountyschools.org/its/kadkins/abc.htm

Almost everything you need to know about using spreadsheeets in class- http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/FreeFall/Resources.html

PowerPoint

Sites with Math PowerPoints

http://www.modelschools.org/mspmathsci/mathlessons.html

http://www.mathslideshow.com/

Math Jeopardy- http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/sbjarea/math/MATHJeopardy.htm

Student-created math word problems- http://classroom.jc-schools.net/mather/ppt.html

(They have spelling and grammar mistakes, but can serve as a model for how to use these.)

Inspiration/Kidspiration/InspireData

Download free trials at http://inspiration.com/index.cfm

Inspiration and Kidspiration have templates for math activities.
Kidspiration3 has added many new math tools that could be used on an interactive whiteboard or as a teaching tool with an LCD projector. I especially like the fraction tiles.
InspireData has data files that you can use with students to work on data analysis

Document Camera

The common threads among most discussions of using the document camera in math are a) use it to demonstrate with manipulatives, and b) use it to show how to solve problems. Using it with manipulatives seems like a wise way to take advantage of the technology.