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Virginia Glatzer asked me to compile a list responses to my posting on the list serv. Here they are: I have a teacher here that is using Geogebra with her students. What she did was created a list of equations that that students input into the program and then see the graph. After to this a couple of problems she has a section in the assignment where they are supposed to predict based on the information they got from the previous exercise. If there prediction is right they can move on if the prediction is wrong, they need to explain what happened. It worked pretty well, the students really seemed to get it. Something else is Moodle. There is a chat function on Moodle which makes the room secure to users. Some teachers are using this to discuss information about a topic and having students ask questions by either raising their hands or typing it into Moodle chat. I don't know how that one went because that was the idea... …………………………………….. I have a calculus teacher who has some good ideas. I also work with Junior High, and right now a teacher is doing a Micorsoft Publisher project with her math students during PSSA week/s. They created a flyer, developed a company name and decided what products to sell. They listed original price, then gave a % discount, figured out the new total and added 6% sales tax to their item. I like how the teacher allowed them to collaborate together and complete this project with a partner. The teacher created a nice outline for the project that I could get for you if you're interested. …………………………………… Look at [|dgoshorn.com/video] for a streaming video of a math lesson that I taped where the teachers uses a graphic app called Geometer's SketchPad along with photos from the internet to talk about triangle congruence. It's about 45 minutes long, so fast forward to the good parts - there's even a part where I zoom in on a kid's screen to show the graphics. Cheers! ………………………………………….. There are all kinds of math applets online that I used with my students in the math classroom. Try searching under “mathlets” I also have many applets bookmarked in my delicious account: del.icio.us/kmshurley ……………………………………….. Our math teachers use the software that comes with their texts. They also use Geometer's SketchPad. One of them, our Geometry teacher, has even done podcasts where students used self-made clinometers and measured objects in and around the building to then determine their heights through equations. They documented their work with digital picts and then put the picts in their podcasts and explained the math they did to arrive at their solutions. They also included pictures of their hand-made clinometers in the podcast. Mrs. Kreisher then posted these podcasts on her website and kids have been enjoying watching other kids' podcasts in their free time - imagine them watching Geometry videos in their free time! Technology! Here is a link to an example if you want to check it out. http://www.danville.k12.pa.us/teacherweb/jkreisher/math/Mrs.%20Kreisher%20Ma th/LizDaniKelsey.html ……………………………… I saw your post in the CFF Listserv and I just thought I'd throw this one into the hat. In algebra I and II we graph families of functions and then describe what happens when the constants, or variables are changed. We have winplots on the cff laptops, and the students can use this to compare what happens when these changes are applied to a function, for example, graph y=x^2, then apply a negative, y=-x^2, then apply a multiplier y=2x^2, add a constant inside the square, y = (x+2)^2, outside the square, y = x^2+2, the student can then investigate a whole family of functions this way. The same can be applied to linear functions, absolute value functions, exponential functions, etc. This can even be applied to circles, ellipses and other conics in higher levels of math.

In statistics, the makers of sketchpad also put out a product called Fathom for analyzing data, there are also applications for excel and statistics or even another program we used to have a site license for called Minitab.

………………………………………. Our math teachers are using: You can see a short video clip of what we are doing in math at www.cffRidley.wikispaces.com - choose math on left navigation panel. Our science teachers are having GREAT success using probeware with the Macs as well as other software ie. Logger Pro and LoggerProLite. Again - you can see iMovies of our teachers working on the wikispace listed above.
 * TI-Smartview with their Polyvision boards.
 * Grapher software with same boards.
 * Interactive math websites