Teaching Math with Technology
Intermediate Math Book Study Sessions January - March 2021
January 20th, 2021 session 1 - Part 1: Getting Ready chapters 1-4
Zoom video of Jan. 20th session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14H9XEn39hv-b-dqqh0LRqLh7cuRFawbw/view?usp=sharing
Check out how Megan Bulger from WWB shares how she used flipgrid with her students to share strategies and Lindsey Morris from Garrett Morgan shares how she used online manipulatives from the math learning center.
February 17th, 2021 session 2 - Part 2: Facilitating Instruction chapters 5-6
Zoom video of Feb. 17th session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TLoX5mCehlZ4A3id_WzM9gWmApD-rWXn/view?usp=sharing
Check out how Genia Harrison, Glendover, shares how she uses Jamboard to have online interactions with her kids especially to teach fractions and Lindsey Morris from Garrett Morgan shares how she uses EdPuzzle for lessons on Google Classroom.
March 3rd, 2021 session 3 - Part 2: Facilitating Instruction chapters 7-9
Zoom video of Mar. 3rd session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16AoIJ0aR9_ffOmGfNxUb7wo7JWEUbKVI/view?usp=sharing
Check out how Lindsey Morris, Garrett Morgan, shares how to easily embed envision assignments into Google Classroom so your kids only log in once, Genia Harrison, Glendover, shares an example of how she has online centers with different groups set up, and Nova Pleman, BTWA, shares how she uses the FAL concept card sorts in google slides with her kids.
March 17th, 2021 session 4 - Part 2 & 3: Facilitating Instruction chapters 8-11
Zoom video of Mar. 17th session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7DMFbA2H4K_zq6-tvWUYihRAh8cnhFE/view?usp=sharing
Check out how Nova Pleman, BTWA, uses 3-act-math tasks to engage her students, Genia Harrison, Glendover, shares Splat for number sense, Lindsey Morris, Garrett Morgan, show how she uses Pear Deck to see math thinking and Shannon Dunn, James Lane Allen, gives us a great overview a whiteboard.chat and how to use it with whole group or small group online.
Book Study Background:
In an age when distance learning has become part of the "new normal," educators know that rich remote math teaching involves more than direct instruction, online videos, and endless practice problems on virtual worksheets.
Using both personal experience and those of teachers in real K-12 online classrooms, distance learning mathematics veteran Theresa Wills translates all we know about research based equitable, rigorous face-to-face mathematics instruction into an online venue.
This powerful guide equips math teachers to:
- Build students agency, identity, and strong math communities
- Promote mathematical thinking, collaboration, and discourse
- Incorporate rich mathematics task and assign meaningful homework and practice
- Facilitate engaging online math instruction using virtual manipulatives and other concrete learning tools
- Recognize and address equity and inclusion challenges associated with distance learning
- Assess mathematics learning from a distance
With examples across all grades K-12, links to tutorials and templates, and opportunities to reflect and plan this book: Teaching Math at a Distance, offers the support, clarity, and inspiration needed to guide teachers through teaching math remotely without sacrificing deep learning and academic growth.
In addition, throughout this year of pandemic online teaching we have learned may new ways to Teach Math with Technology that we will want to incorporate into our in-person instruction. We ask that you reflect on these teaching with technology techniques and determine which will help with student engagement and understanding even during in-person instruction. Which strategies will you use?
For more information please refer to the author Theresa Wills' site: https://www.theresawills.com/teachingmathatadistance