Effective Strategies for Technology Integration:
Grades K-3 Math
Strategies to Promote Student Engagement
Digital Geometric Shapes
Students will use digital manipulatives in Google Draw to demonstrate understanding of geometric concepts.
See examples HERE.
Interactive Money
Students will solve problems and make change using coins and paper currency with appropriate symbols using digital coins in SMART Notebook and Lumio.
See examples HERE.
Drag & Drop Counting
Students will be able to work in small or whole groups to review and identify images representing counting numbers 1-20
See examples HERE.
Strategies to Promote Discussion and Collaboration
Share Strategies
Students share strategies and construct viable arguments by using SMART Shout it Out while developing communication skills.
Collaborative Workspace
Students make sense of problems by illustrating their mathematical thinking in a collaborative SMART Workspace to build perseverance and collaboration in problem solving.
Team Surveys and Graphs
Students work in teams to survey and collect info that is then represented in graphs in Google Sheets.
Strategies to Promote Higher-Order Thinking
Viable arguments
Students construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others using Screencastify or Flipgrid to develop collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Applying Knowledge
Students apply knowledge of geometric figures to create and classify figures using virtual geoboards or manipulatives on the SMART Panel to develop flexible thinking skills.
Apply and Compare
Students will apply place value concepts to represent amounts of tens and ones and to compare three digit numbers in Apple Keynote.
See example activity HERE.
Examples of Creative Projects and Products
Publishing an eBook
Students will represent numbers in a variety of ways by designing and publishing a PDF eBook using Google Slides.
See Example activity HERE.
Vocabulary Dictionary
Students make connections between math concepts and real world objects by creating a vocabulary dictionary using Google Slides.
See Example activity HERE.
Visualizing Data in Google Sheets
Students will collect, interpret, and visualize data using line plots, picture graphs, and bar graphs using Google Sheets.
See example activity HERE .