Primarily Square

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In a few hundred years, when the history of our
time will be written from a long-term
perspective, it is likely that the most important
event historians will see is not technology, not
the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an
unprecedented change in the human condition. For
the first time - literally - substantial and
rapidly growing numbers of people have choices.
For the first time, they will have to manage
themselves. And society is totally unprepared
for it. By Peter Drucker writer, teacher, and
consultant
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Differentiating Learning in Your Math Class
Presented by Pamela Berry Instructional
Technology Specialist and Gladys
Montgomery Elementary Math Specialist NEISD San
Antonio, Texas
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• Unless young people are taught mathematics with
  the use of technology, they are learning skills
  that may be obsolete by the time they finish high
  school.
• From Educating Everybody's Children-Diverse
  Teaching
• Strategies for Diverse Learners

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Math/Technology Integration

• Differentiation of Instruction
• Creates opportunities for students to springboard
  to more advanced experiences.
• Individual strengths and interests are key
  elements for designing learning opportunities.
• Technology intertwined, not in place of
  manipulatives

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Math/Technology Integration

• NEISD Math Home Page
• Grade Level Sequences
• Third Grade Sequence
• Numbers and Patterns
• Continuing Threads
• Resources
• NEISD Third Grade Math Technology Resources

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Examples of Integration

• Kinder
• Pattern Blocks
• Hundreds Chart (excel)
• Hundreds Chart (on line)
• Kinder Shape Activity (Kidspiration)
• First Grade
• Clocks
• 5 frame
• 10 frame
• Color Tiles

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Examples of Integration

• Second Grade
• Geoboards
• Base Ten Blocks
• Patterns
• Third Grade
• Visualizing Arrays
• Tangrams

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Examples of Integration

• Fourth Grade
• 6x6 Product Game Online
• Visualizing Fractions
• Fifth Grade
• Exploring Geometric Solids
• Fraction Bars
• Cubes and Volume

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Whats it going to take to revolutionize the way
technology and math is integrated in our schools?

• Its going to take administrators who see the
  importance and potential of technology
  integration to lead from the top down.
• Its going to take a change in the way that staff
  development is done.
• Its going to require re-educating educators.
• Above all, its going to take teachers who are
  willing to change the way they teach. We will
  never reach todays students with decade-old
  lesson plans or with decade-old attitudes.

Adapted from Techlearning.com
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Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting
the kids working together and motivating them,
the teacher is the most important. By Bill
Gates

• Contact Us
• Pam Berry Gladys Montgomery
• pberry_at_neisd.net gmontg_at_neisd.net

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