1. Literacy in the Math and Science
Classroom
How can technology help us teach?

2. Source: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

3. Skills - the focus is on…
Flexibility
Innovation
Problem Solving
Collaboration
Interpretation
Evaluation and Analysis
Communication
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/147947664/

4. Source: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

5. The Core Subjects
In addition to our content:
- Global Awareness
- Financial, Economic and
Entrepreneurial Literacy
- Civic Literacy
- Health Literacy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenliveshere/483840217/

6. Source: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org

7. Technology…
...decentralizes knowledge
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/2062184804/

8. Hard Information versus Knowledge
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photonquantique/2051879790/

9. Maximize the Opportunities Unique to School

10. The phrase “technology and education” usually
means inventing new gadgets to teach the same
old stuff in a thinly disguised version of the same
old way. - Seymour Papert
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manarh/55829927/

11. Our focus today:
- Using technology to “do math” or to “do
science”
- Maximizing classroom time
- Collaboration
- Organization for students

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/photonquantique/1411702665/
If mathematics is a way of making sense of the
world, computing is a way of making
mathematics. – Gary S. Stager

13. Math is fun
power.
- written by 2nd grader Clara
on the back of her math
worksheet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylan20/3296884293/

14. Powerful Software
• GeoGebra
• Fathom
• Maple
• Logger Pro
• Stella

15. Maximizing classroom time…
Jing – for homework solutions and
demonstrations
Online homework practice and collaboration –
OneNote, WebAssign, Maple TA

16. Student Collaboration and Discussion…
Wikis -
Diigo -

17. Organization
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tachyondecay/2864158796/

18. Manipulating and Exploring
Numbers and Data
ManyEyes Wolfram Alpha Google Tables

19. WikiLabs
WikiBooks

20. Google Docs

21. Current Events
Custom Search Engine
Diigo or Fleck

22. VoiceThread

23. Glogster

24. Stella

25. Video Analysis

26. vPython