High Tech Tool: Geometer’s Sketchpad (Virtual Manipulative Software) Description: This is one of the most popular software’s for teaching mathematics. It can be used for elementary students starting at 3rd grade and can be used all the way until college. This resource provides students with a tangible and engaging way to learn geometry online. They can make shapes, lines, angles, etc. and measure these things as well. The site is very user friendly and easy to teach to students.
Cost: The cost of this product varies depending on the number of computers it needs to be installed on. It can be found on the following website: http://www.keycurriculum.com/
On this site, it costs the following amount per computer:
1–4 computers: $69.95
5–19 computers: $30.00
20–49 computers: $25.00
50–99 computers: $20.00
100+ computers: $15.00
The more computers there are, the cheaper the software is. These prices are for licenses that never expire. There are cheaper prices on this website for students who only need a one-year subscription but for the purposes of this assignment, as a teacher, the non-expiring licenses would be more functional.
Benefits for students: This tool can benefit all students but is great for students who have trouble staying focused and staying engaged. It could also be used for students with a low vision disability so that they can copy the angles or other geometrical figures while the teacher is doing them on the board since the software appears large on the computer screen. It can also be used for students who have physical disabilities or have trouble with fine motor skills when writing because they can do the assignment with a track ball or other device online.
Tasks: This tool can be used to assist students with any geometrical assignment the teacher may give them. The teacher can also use it for his/her own instruction since doing things with technology engages students more than just drawing angles and lines on a chalkboard. The software is also much more exact when measuring angles as opposed to measuring them with a protractor which can be much more difficult for some students with dyscalculia.
Jordyn Minty Low Tech Tool: Graph Paper Description: Graph paper is a low tech tool used for mathematics or other subjects that have information that can be graphed. The tool consists of pieces of paper that have lines going horizontally across the page and then vertically going down the page. Graph paper can be used for students in any elementary school grade.
Cost: There are many different costs for graph paper depending of the type and the amount the buyer chooses to purchase. Staples, one of the largest office supply stores in the world, offers graph paper in many different ways. The following is a link to one type of graph paper at Staples, costing $4.99. This specific type is an actual pad in which the buyer can rip off the sheets or continue to use the sheets on the pad. http://www.staples.com/Ampad-Evidence-4-x-4-Quadrille-Ruled-Pad/product_534529
Benefits for students: This specific tool could benefit all students in the classroom, particularly students who may be tactile and visual learners because they can see and do the graphing right in front of them instead of doing it on the computer where they may not be able to understand the concept as well. Particularly for students who have ADD or ADHD, this tool would specifically benefit them so that they can see and do the work right in front of them forcing them to stay on task and being hands-on.
Environment: This tool could be used in any inclusive or pull-out classroom during mathematics instruction or even other instruction. Graph paper could also be used for Social Studies instruction when graphing populations, climates, etc.
Tasks:This tool can assist a student with who may need help with organization of numbers, visual learning, and tactile learning. Students can use this tool for plotting, drafting, and producing scale drawings in certain math lessons that call for graph paper.
Jordyn Minty
Math
CalcuScribe
This piece of hardward can allow the student to do math in a word-processing like environment. They can enter math expressions and CalcuScribe will compute the results. The work on the CalcuScribe can be saved and even printed. Students can go back to it to look at how the CalcuScribe computed the answer and they can look at the actual problem whenenver they need too. They vary in price but are about $240- $280 dollars. However, they have a three year warranty. It can be ordered from http://www.calcuscribe.com/. On this link, there is an "to order, click here" link that the person purchasing it can click on. This can be used in a math to help with computing math problems. Any student who is struggling in their math class can use this because it computes the problem for the student and the student will have the work to look at and go back to. They can use the problem that CalcuScribe computed for them as an example for problems that they do on their own.
Rachel Winter
Learn Online: Count Us In
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm Cost: Free Description: Interactive games that students play to better understand basic number concepts. Student Characteristics:
Students who have trouble with fine motor control Environment: This website could be used in the classroom, for individual instruction, or at home. Tasks: Counting
Matt Craig MoneyCalc
The MoneyCalc is a hand-on, easy to use calculator that helps students see how math problems related to money are worked out. It has a large LCD screen that displays symbol like dollar signs and cents and makes it easy for the student to solve money math problems.
Students who would benefit from this tool would be students who have trouble with math. This tool would help the students visualize the strategy that is being used and helps the student apply learned skills.
The MoneyCalc can be used in the school setting during subjects like Mathematics or Science. Students would be able to also use the MoneyCalc at home or during after school activities to help them complete math homework or even do calculations with their own personal money.
A free site that is used to foster and assess mathematics skills. source - __http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/__ Students with a learning disability or delays in math skills can benefit from this program. Also, it will help students with a physical disability where working on the computer is easier than paper and pencil. Inclusive setting - math content This item will assist with completing math tasks. Kate Stuart
Abacus $13.88 (Amazon.com)
- Description- A wooden calculator that helps with math skills, and color recognition
-Students-can help with keeping count, also with those students who have trouble with fine motor skills this can give them an opportunity to practice towards a goal
- Environment- This tool is mostly used in the math classroom
- Tasks- Students can use this tool for learning more about multiplication, one-to-one correspondence, even color for the youngest children.
(Jessica Behnke)
FREE Kids Counting Game By IKIDSPAD LLC (apple)
Description- Generates thousands of new counting games with different levels and themes Students- Young children can benefit from this tool by learning how to count and numbers can be pronounced when taped on the image, this could help for ELL students Environment- This app could be used in a math classroom, or even at home for reinforcement Task- Students can reinforce their knowledge of counting with this app during independent practice (Jessica Behnke) Web 2.0: Interactives Geometry 3D Shapes
Characteristics: A student with a learning disability in math or has limited gross motor skills may benefit from this tool Environment: This tool can be used in an inclusive setting for geometry content Tasks: Students can use this for learning about the geometry of 3D shapes
Description
This ruler used to help teach measurements and divisions. The ruler is transparent with multiple overlaps that show 1/2 , 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 increments. This ruler shows the relationship of different units of measurement. Student Characteristics
The tool can help students that having trouble connecting the different unit of measurements, has dysgraphia, or visual learners who could use this to explore the different units of measurement Environment
This is helpful in the classroom. Tasks
Measuring objects in fractions
Understanding the relationship of the different units
Visualizing fractions
Alisa Rogers Talking Calculator with headphones $42.00 http://www.onionmountaintech.com/item.php?id=553 Description
This calculator works the same as any calculator with some added bonus. This calculator will say back all the buttons you pushed and the answer. It has a headphone jack so that you can do this without disturbing other people. Student Characteristics
This tool will help students who have a visual impairments, that need to see and hear answers to transfer work to paper, or that need things repeated multiple times Environment
This item would be useful in a classroom or an office. Tasks
Completing calculations
Description: This is one of the most popular software’s for teaching mathematics. It can be used for elementary students starting at 3rd grade and can be used all the way until college. This resource provides students with a tangible and engaging way to learn geometry online. They can make shapes, lines, angles, etc. and measure these things as well. The site is very user friendly and easy to teach to students.
Cost: The cost of this product varies depending on the number of computers it needs to be installed on. It can be found on the following website: http://www.keycurriculum.com/
On this site, it costs the following amount per computer:
1–4 computers: $69.95
5–19 computers: $30.00
20–49 computers: $25.00
50–99 computers: $20.00
100+ computers: $15.00
The more computers there are, the cheaper the software is. These prices are for licenses that never expire. There are cheaper prices on this website for students who only need a one-year subscription but for the purposes of this assignment, as a teacher, the non-expiring licenses would be more functional.
Benefits for students: This tool can benefit all students but is great for students who have trouble staying focused and staying engaged. It could also be used for students with a low vision disability so that they can copy the angles or other geometrical figures while the teacher is doing them on the board since the software appears large on the computer screen. It can also be used for students who have physical disabilities or have trouble with fine motor skills when writing because they can do the assignment with a track ball or other device online.
Tasks: This tool can be used to assist students with any geometrical assignment the teacher may give them. The teacher can also use it for his/her own instruction since doing things with technology engages students more than just drawing angles and lines on a chalkboard. The software is also much more exact when measuring angles as opposed to measuring them with a protractor which can be much more difficult for some students with dyscalculia.
Jordyn Minty
Low Tech Tool: Graph Paper
Description: Graph paper is a low tech tool used for mathematics or other subjects that have information that can be graphed. The tool consists of pieces of paper that have lines going horizontally across the page and then vertically going down the page. Graph paper can be used for students in any elementary school grade.
Cost: There are many different costs for graph paper depending of the type and the amount the buyer chooses to purchase. Staples, one of the largest office supply stores in the world, offers graph paper in many different ways. The following is a link to one type of graph paper at Staples, costing $4.99. This specific type is an actual pad in which the buyer can rip off the sheets or continue to use the sheets on the pad. http://www.staples.com/Ampad-Evidence-4-x-4-Quadrille-Ruled-Pad/product_534529
Benefits for students: This specific tool could benefit all students in the classroom, particularly students who may be tactile and visual learners because they can see and do the graphing right in front of them instead of doing it on the computer where they may not be able to understand the concept as well. Particularly for students who have ADD or ADHD, this tool would specifically benefit them so that they can see and do the work right in front of them forcing them to stay on task and being hands-on.
Environment: This tool could be used in any inclusive or pull-out classroom during mathematics instruction or even other instruction. Graph paper could also be used for Social Studies instruction when graphing populations, climates, etc.
Tasks:This tool can assist a student with who may need help with organization of numbers, visual learning, and tactile learning. Students can use this tool for plotting, drafting, and producing scale drawings in certain math lessons that call for graph paper.
Jordyn Minty
Math
CalcuScribe
This piece of hardward can allow the student to do math in a word-processing like environment. They can enter math expressions and CalcuScribe will compute the results. The work on the CalcuScribe can be saved and even printed. Students can go back to it to look at how the CalcuScribe computed the answer and they can look at the actual problem whenenver they need too. They vary in price but are about $240- $280 dollars. However, they have a three year warranty. It can be ordered from http://www.calcuscribe.com/. On this link, there is an "to order, click here" link that the person purchasing it can click on. This can be used in a math to help with computing math problems. Any student who is struggling in their math class can use this because it computes the problem for the student and the student will have the work to look at and go back to. They can use the problem that CalcuScribe computed for them as an example for problems that they do on their own.
Rachel Winter
Learn Online: Count Us In
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
Cost: Free
Description: Interactive games that students play to better understand basic number concepts.
Student Characteristics:
Students who have trouble with fine motor control
Environment: This website could be used in the classroom, for individual instruction, or at home.
Tasks: Counting
Matt Craig
MoneyCalc
The MoneyCalc is a hand-on, easy to use calculator that helps students see how math problems related to money are worked out. It has a large LCD screen that displays symbol like dollar signs and cents and makes it easy for the student to solve money math problems.
Students who would benefit from this tool would be students who have trouble with math. This tool would help the students visualize the strategy that is being used and helps the student apply learned skills.
The MoneyCalc can be used in the school setting during subjects like Mathematics or Science. Students would be able to also use the MoneyCalc at home or during after school activities to help them complete math homework or even do calculations with their own personal money.
http://www.rempub.com/moneycalc-money-calc-unit
Cost: $40.00
(Kathleen Seale)
Web. 2.0 Tool - Interactivate:
A free site that is used to foster and assess mathematics skills.
source - __http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/__
Students with a learning disability or delays in math skills can benefit from this program. Also, it will help students with a physical disability where working on the computer is easier than paper and pencil.
Inclusive setting - math content
This item will assist with completing math tasks.
Kate Stuart
Abacus $13.88 (Amazon.com)
- Description- A wooden calculator that helps with math skills, and color recognition
-Students-can help with keeping count, also with those students who have trouble with fine motor skills this can give them an opportunity to practice towards a goal
- Environment- This tool is mostly used in the math classroom
- Tasks- Students can use this tool for learning more about multiplication, one-to-one correspondence, even color for the youngest children.
(Jessica Behnke)
FREE Kids Counting Game
By IKIDSPAD LLC (apple)
Students- Young children can benefit from this tool by learning how to count and numbers can be pronounced when taped on the image, this could help for ELL students
Environment- This app could be used in a math classroom, or even at home for reinforcement
Task- Students can reinforce their knowledge of counting with this app during independent practice
(Jessica Behnke)
Web 2.0: Interactives Geometry 3D Shapes
Description
A free website that guides students in geometry skills
http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/
Characteristics: A student with a learning disability in math or has limited gross motor skills may benefit from this tool
Environment: This tool can be used in an inclusive setting for geometry content
Tasks: Students can use this for learning about the geometry of 3D shapes
Jennifer Evans
Master Ruler $ 12.75
http://www.onionmountaintech.com/item.php?id=563
Description
This ruler used to help teach measurements and divisions. The ruler is transparent with multiple overlaps that show 1/2 , 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and 1/32 increments. This ruler shows the relationship of different units of measurement.
Student Characteristics
The tool can help students that having trouble connecting the different unit of measurements, has dysgraphia, or visual learners who could use this to explore the different units of measurement
Environment
This is helpful in the classroom.
Tasks
Measuring objects in fractions
Understanding the relationship of the different units
Visualizing fractions
Alisa Rogers
Talking Calculator with headphones $42.00
http://www.onionmountaintech.com/item.php?id=553
Description
This calculator works the same as any calculator with some added bonus. This calculator will say back all the buttons you pushed and the answer. It has a headphone jack so that you can do this without disturbing other people.
Student Characteristics
This tool will help students who have a visual impairments, that need to see and hear answers to transfer work to paper, or that need things repeated multiple times
Environment
This item would be useful in a classroom or an office.
Tasks
Completing calculations
Alisa Rogers