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Integration Ideas for Using Technology in Math
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Have students conduct a survey (i.e. number of siblings, favorite
candy, favorite sports team, etc.) and create a spreadsheet in
Microsoft Excel to represent the survey results.
2. Have students use the Internet to collect data (weather, census,
sports statistics, etc.) and create a spreadsheet in Microsoft
Excel to represent the data or enter the data into the TI-83
Graphing Calculator.
3. Have students develop functions in Microsoft Excel
(i.e. calculate the total and percentage of siblings, favorite
candy, favorite sports team, etc.) and graph the results in Microsoft
Excel or in the TI-83 Graphing Calculator using the appropriate
graph (bar graph, line graph, histogram).
4. Have students collect data and make predictions (i.e. “Is
height related to age?”, “How much of the day is spent
in school compared to the time spent sleeping, and eating?”,
etc.) and use Microsoft Word to present their questions
and predictions.
5. Have students create a school-wide newspaper or brochure using
Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word and insert
graphs and data from Microsoft Excel or the TI-83 Graphing
Calculator.
6. Have students insert graphs, tables, or geometric shapes into
Microsoft PowerPoint and present the results to the class.
7. Use video from ETV's StreamlineSC (this site will be available
for teachers in the fall of 2005) http://www.myetv.org/education/streamlinesc/
to explain topics in mathematics (i.e. Adventurous World of
Algebra, Many-Sided World of Geometry, Kids and Cash, Money and
Time, Decimal Investigations, etc.).
8. Use email and digital images to send parents a positive message
about their child and include a picture of them participating
during math class.
9. Create or use an existing WebQuest that allows students to
research a specific math topic on the Internet (i.e. stocks, world
population, statistics on teen drinking, etc.) and then create
a final project or product using that research.
10. Create and post a web page that displays class rules, contact
information, and resources for students and parents.
11. Students exercise, then measure their heart rates using heart
rate monitors. Students time their heart rates and plot them on
a graph in a spreadsheet.
12. Students keep track of their steps per day with a pedometer
and plot them on a graph in a spreadsheet.
13. Have students collect digital images from the Internet depicting
geometric shapes and create a photo essay. Insert these images
into a PowerPoint or HyperStudio presentation and add music or
text. Present the project to the class.
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