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Math technology

by Jackie

Sep 3, 2012

How can I get high school students more involved/engaged in math when using a power point on a smart board?

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MTA On 9/03/12, Jackie wrote: > How can I get high school students more involved/engaged in > math when using a power point on a smart board?

When you customers are not buying your product, should you find out why or just increase advertising?

I teach how to use PowerPoint for the district. At my previous school, I had an intera...See MoreOn 9/03/12, Jackie wrote: > How can I get high school students more involved/engaged in > math when using a power point on a smart board?

When you customers are not buying your product, should you find out why or just increase advertising?

I teach how to use PowerPoint for the district. At my previous school, I had an interactive white board. I don't miss it.

There are some great PowerPoint presentations, but I advise teachers not to use PP in general until they know how to do so.

Best use is to illustrate a problem or engage the student - NOT to teach your daily lesson. If you are using PP for more that, you will likely encounter the kind of response that you are getting.

Here is an example for a 5-step or more problem: Ask class to put down pencils. Show solution to a problem using a PP that goes step-by-step. Have students predict and describe the math reason in each step. When done, back up the animation to the start and have them repeat the process with a verbal description of each step's math.

Some students will not be able to do the steps. Walk around and find them. When most have done the step, show the step for to the class (to help the slower ones). Repeat until finished.

Blank PP slide. Now have students turn their paper over and repeat the solution on the back side. Explain that they can look at their example on the front, but that they should try for at least 15 seconds before doing so.

Now, show another slide of the same problem, but with only the math reason for each step and have the slowest students go to board and work problem without their papers. Request all others to use another sheet of paper (or fold back the solution on their own) and just show the math steps with out working out the symbolics.

Finally, have everybody put their papers away and give them a 1-question quiz on the PP of the same type of problem that they have been working, just different variables and scalers.

Think about what each of these steps are doing, try it in you class, and please graciously report your experience.

Sep 9, 2012

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Rich/CA/Math Nice post. I personally don't use PP at all, but if I did this sounds like a much better way to use it than to just use it as a vehicle for transmitting notes.

On 9/09/12, MTA wrote: > On 9/03/12, Jackie wrote: >> How can I get high school students more involved/engaged in >> math when using a power point on a smart board? &...See MoreNice post. I personally don't use PP at all, but if I did this sounds like a much better way to use it than to just use it as a vehicle for transmitting notes.

On 9/09/12, MTA wrote: > On 9/03/12, Jackie wrote: >> How can I get high school students more involved/engaged in >> math when using a power point on a smart board? > > When you customers are not buying your product, should you find > out why or just increase advertising? > > I teach how to use PowerPoint for the district. At my previous > school, I had an interactive white board. I don't miss it. > > There are some great PowerPoint presentations, but I advise > teachers not to use PP in general until they know how to do so. > > Best use is to illustrate a problem or engage the student - NOT > to teach your daily lesson. If you are using PP for more that, > you will likely encounter the kind of response that you are > getting. > > Here is an example for a 5-step or more problem: > Ask class to put down pencils. Show solution to a problem using > a PP that goes step-by-step. Have students predict and describe > the math reason in each step. When done, back up the animation > to the start and have them repeat the process with a verbal > description of each step's math. > > Some students will not be able to do the steps. Walk around and > find them. When most have done the step, show the step for to > the class (to help the slower ones). Repeat until finished. > > Blank PP slide. Now have students turn their paper over and > repeat the solution on the back side. Explain that they can > look at their example on the front, but that they should try > for at least 15 seconds before doing so. > > Now, show another slide of the same problem, but with only the > math reason for each step and have the slowest students go to > board and work problem without their papers. Request all others > to use another sheet of paper (or fold back the solution on > their own) and just show the math steps with out working out > the symbolics. > > Finally, have everybody put their papers away and give them a > 1-question quiz on the PP of the same type of problem that they > have been working, just different variables and scalers. > > Think about what each of these steps are doing, try it in you > class, and please graciously report your experience.

Sep 9, 2012

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