Math+&+Tech

=Math & Technology Ideafest! =

**Description:** Ideas and web sites to use in the elementary math classroom were presented at this session. You should walk away with ideas on how to integrate technology into your 21st Century math curriculum.

**Check out the Math Quote slide show:** @http://www.slideshare.net/pkrambeck/math-quotes-jokes-2
**Free Web 2.0 Tools for Math Instruction:** >> >> > >
 * **Wordle** @http://www.wordle.net Generator of word clouds for various uses [[image:wordle-math.jpg align="right"]]
 * sample: [|math-wordle-sample.jpg]
 * **Wall Wisher for Math:** http://www.wallwisher.com
 * Here is a sample wall using math concepts: @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/math-sample1
 * **Bit Strips** @http://www.bitstrips.com ~ Handout on Comic Creators [|Comics in Math.pdf] [[image:acute_angle_comic.jpg link="http://pk-neta.wikispaces.com/file/view/acute_angle_comic.jpg"]]
 * **Google Docs, Forms & Spreadsheet:** http://docs.google.com
 * H**andout on Using Google Docs** [|Google Docs.doc]
 * **Google as a Calculator:** http://www.google.com/help/calculator.htm
 * **Terms to Try in Google:** Define: | Rphonebook: | Time: | 2 liters = ? |
 * Google Images--Coordinate axis, Cartesian Coordinate System, etc. searches
 * ** Graphing: [[image:graph_header.gif align="right"]] **
 * ** Kid Zone's Create a Graph: **@http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
 * ** Blog Listing of On-Line Graphing Tools: ** http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/
 * **Hippocampus For Nebraska** (Thank the Partnership for Innovation!): @http://www.hippocampus.org/myHippo/?user=myPFI

** Examples of Using Powerpoint for Flash Cards on I-pods: **
 * **[|Angles Presentation Example.ppt]** ~


 * Writing In Math:media type="custom" key="5984889" width="40" height="48" align="right" **

> > **Math Images/Picture Links for Writing Inspiration:**
 * Activity Descriptor:** During this activity, students will utilize a math writing activity around the book, "If the World Were a Village" using six pages where each person uses the page to create a math story problem & solution. The focus of this activity is on Math Writing.
 * **Web Site:** If the World Were a Village Companion Site
 * **Share the Writing in Google Docs.** Here is an example
 * Link to Award Winning Math Project with Digital Images
 * Architecture Group at Flickr
 * Everything is Geometry Collection at Flickr
 * Applied Geometry Images at Flickr


 * Free Tools to Download: **
 * **Little Geometry:** web site link


 * SmartBoard Math Examples to Share: **
 * [|Whats my rule.notebook]
 * [|FractionMatrix.notebook]
 * [|fraction.notebook]
 * [|PolygonProperties.notebook]
 * [|AddCircleFractions.notebook]
 * [|Math NE Grade 5.notebook]
 * [|Math NE Grade 4.notebook]


 * =Some of My Favorite Math Gaming/Drill & Practice Sites= || * That Quiz: **@http://www.thatquiz.org/**
 * Multiplication.com: ** http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm**
 * Academic Skill Builder:** @http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/
 * Primary Math Games: @http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm
 * Sheppard Math Games: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm
 * Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
 * Math Playground: @http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
 * Cool Math: http://www.coolmath.com/ ||