Sunday, September 29, 2013

Free Technology for Teachers

I discovered a number of math resources on www.freetech4teachers.com that I feel would benefit my students greatly, especially once they have access to their Chromebooks. A few of the resources that I would like to take a closer look at are:

+plus magazine at http://plus.maths.org/content/

TenMarks and Math Live would be a good resource that I could give to students and parents as a supplement to the instruction giving during class. But I need to check out each lesson in depth to see which ones would be most beneficial for my students.

At my school one of our big emphasis is on nonfiction text and I have a feeling that I could find a number of things in +plus magazine that I could use in my classroom.

At this point in time I do not see myself having my students create their own blogs but I have created a blog on blogger for my classroom. The main thing I had planned on using my blog for was collect student’s understanding of their homework using a Google form. But now after looking at all the different resources out there that I would like to make sure my students are aware of, I now plan on placing links to them on my blog.  Another link that I would include along with the resources mentioned above would be Web2.0calc (http://web2.0calc.com). This would allow them to have a scientific calculator with them wherever they go. I know just need to find the time to put all these ideas into action. 

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