1. Get Your Students “Hyped”
about Math!
By: Stephanie Hughes
Jefferson Middle School
2. Using Hypermedia
Technologies to Teach Math
What is Hypermedia?
- Hypermedia is interactive multimedia that is
used to help increase retention: “I hear and I
misunderstand, I see and I forget, I do and I
learn!”
- Multimedia is data that comes in the form of text,
still images, animation, audio, and videos.
How can I use Hypermedia to teach math?
3. Showbeyond
http://www.showbeyond.com
• Showbeyond is an online photo slideshow story
creator and sharing community.
• Sign in for a FREE account
• Create a photo slide show
• Maximum of 24 slides
• Add background music and/or narration
• Share your slideshow by creating a URL or
emailing.
• Student Examples:
http://www.showbeyond.com/show/view?sid=47a3146d367faaaf4c6276deda2ae43d
http://www.showbeyond.com/show/view?sid=4a72af6a4f33f8ca78c76d59d64e471f
4. Photo Story 3
• Photo Story 3 is similar to Showbeyond. It
creates videos with digital photos. However, this
program adds animation to the photos and it has
to be burned to a CD or saved on your
computer. You can not get a URL.
• The Microsoft website has a FREE download of
this program.
• Ideas:
- Create a video of “Famous Mathematicians”
5. Audacity
www.audacity.sourceforge.net
• Audacity is a FREE software program that
allows you to record and edit sounds.
• Great for instructional use!
• Ideas:
- Have students create a math rap on a skill.
- You could create a tutorial for a math skill.
- Create a CD with directions for an assignment or
post on a website as a podcast
6. Ulead
http://www.ulead.com/dmf/
• Ulead is a free easy-to-use CD burning
software.
• It offers a free trial version.
• I used this program to have my students
create a math video, Math Idol.
7. Blog
www.blogger.com
• A blog is an on-line journal that can be
viewed, shared, and/or edited.
• This is an excellent way to gain students
interest on a math topic as well as have
them interact with math concepts.
• http://hughesmath7.blogspot.com
• Let’s walk through creating one….
8. WebQuest
• A webquest is a technology enhanced, hands-
on, and scaffolded learning experience.
• Examples:
Most Thrilling Roller Coaster:
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/coasters.html
World Shopping Spree:
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/shopping.html
Additional Math WebQuests:
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/examples.html
Specifically for High School:
http://www.meridian.wednet.edu/~dshick/webquest.htm
9. WebPages
www.freewebs.com
• Webpages can easily be created by teachers and
students.
• They can be used to demonstrate an understanding of a
skill through an informative page or a tutorial page.
• Since it is Free, you are going to have SPAM and other
advertisements on your page. However, for a small fee
you can upgrade your webpage.
Student Example:
• http://www.measurements.webs.com/
• Let’s see how easy it is!
10. Resources
• http://www.math-drills.com/ - Endless amounts of math worksheets
• http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/ - Offers free samples of
printable forms for substitutes, seating charts, time tables’ chart,
fractions chart, and more!
• http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/M
- offers worksheets and lesson plans
• http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Math - Here you will find a
variety of different math lesson plans such as the history of math
and endless amounts of math activities.
• http://www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm - Here you will find
objectives, definitions, and examples.
• http://www.mathcats.com – Explore symmetry, tessellations, and
more! My favorite… Polygon Playground
• http://www.funbrain.com - My student’s favorite! Lots of math
interaction through games and different activities
• http://www.cut-the-knot.org/manifesto/index.shtml- math
philosophers, games, worksheets, lesson ideas……
11. Resources Continued….
Numbers and Operations:
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/index.shtml - This site
offers interactive games for fractions, decimals, percentages,
squares, and more. It also gives teachers the specific objective that
each game meets and how it aligns with the math competencies.
Most importantly, it has printable activities such as; practice
exercises for writing a check!
Algebra:
• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/math_sec.htm This site offers
resources for teaching algebra history, accessing algebra articles,
and a free algebra forum for you to join. It gives several specific
ideas for using an excel worksheet!
• http://www.myalgebra.com – With this website, you have the
capability to enter a math problem and get the answer. It will also
give you step by step instructions on how to get that answer.
12. Resources Continued….
Geometry and Measurements:
• http://www.iit.edu/~smile/mathinde.html - This site has over 200
single concept lessons. Fifty of these are just on Geometry and
Measurements.
• http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum98/participants/sanders/ - Have
the students study real-life three dimensional objects like buildings,
furniture, and plants. You can look at careers in math such as:
architecture or movies, and let them create their own 3D objects.
Data Analysis and Probability:
• http://fcit.usf.edu/math/lessons/lessons8.html - This site has some
excellent ideas for class activities. It includes the lesson plans as
well as activity sheets that are needed for the students.
• http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx - Kids Zone
is an interactive way of visually demonstrating different types of
graphs and how to create them.
