Wall

o' Math Tools and Resources

ECI 511 Students: Please post at least one Web-based
tool or resource that you would recommend for
integration in math, and include a short description of
the item you are sharing.
KEVIN MAY 07, 2014

MICHA EL
MA Y 31 , 201 4

Michael Wood
Desmos is a free and powerful web-based
graphing calculator. It also has a fee iPad
app. It allows users to graph functions
(even with restricted domains)
inequalities, scatter plots, sequences,
series, and more. What is especially nice
is that you do not have to solve the
equation for y to graph it, which is helpful
when exploring topics such as conic
sections. You can create sliders that
students can adjust to see how values in
different places change the graph. You
can also evaluate equations, which is
helpful for students to check their work.
Its also very colorful which makes it easier
to distinguish between multiple functions
on one graph.

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 29, 201 4

Serena Reavis
Scratch (URL: http://scratch.mit.edu/) is
a an open-source program developed by
MIT that allows students (or anyone) to
create interactive animations using basic
programming protocol. Users arrange
visual puzzle pieces, numbers, and images
to create an animation in a blank space
with coordinates, which provides an
interactive tool to create math projects
and to learn the logic behind math and
programming. In the right classroom
(one with some basic programming
logic), the tool could be used for language
arts, etc, but it lends itself best to
number-based calculations. Some
teachers create projects for students to
complete, and others use the program to
create a project that demonstrates a
particular concept, such as probability or
coordinates. The link below provides
sample math projects. The link to the
Scratch program is
http://scratch.mit.edu/.

KA TE
MA Y 28, 201 4

Kate Keller
One of my favorite math tools is Purple
Math. I know it sounds crazy, but this
website actually explains math. You can
search for any type of math problem and
they'll have examples for you to solve.
Back in my math days I would use this site
as a supplemental to my lessons. It was
also helpful during review time at the end
of the year when some of the earlier
material wasn't as fresh in their minds.
Sometimes it's easier for a kid to have
things right in front of them the first few
times they are attempting problems and
the step-by-step process helps.

A PRIL
MA Y 29, 201 4

April Corbett
We like to use Ten Marks during regular
instruction and Sheppard Software during
tutoring. Sheppard Software creates
content and games to add sound and
visual effects to make learning fun and
more memorable, to design games with
many difficulty levels so that players will
continue to be challenged no matter how

far they progress and to provide games

that will exercise players' brains. They
cover more than just math topics and the
students are able to choose games based
on their level.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm
In Ten Marks, students have access to
hints and video lessons on EVERY
problem, so if they can't recall something,
or didn't quite get the topic when it was
covered in class, they can quickly review
the content, and move forward.
Immediate support improves motivation
and builds confidence, and our data
shows that it does wonders for student
outcomes. http://www.tenmarks.com/

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 30, 201 4

Sarah Glova
Amazon Web Services provides users with
a wide variety of data sets that anyone can
access for free. They provide a full list of
their available datasets at
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?
categoryID=243, but the most popular
sets include NASA data, US Census data,
and the 1000 Genomes Project.
By using a large data set, math teachers
could encourage students to learn more

about data analysis, visual mapping,

and/or graphing.
To access the data sets, you can use your
existing Amazon account (Kindle users,
rejoice!) or register for a free Amazon
account using just your email address.

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 28, 201 4

Amanda Turner
Online ChartTool is a neat and user
friends site that would allow students to
take what information they are working
on in math class, or any other class for
that matter, and put it in a neat,
organized, colorful graph. Many times
when students have to draw their own
graph the information gets a little skewed
due to the drawing. With this tool they
would not have to worry about that and
would also be learning important skills
that will definitely be used in college and
the working world. This knowledge can
also lead to some pretty interesting
presentations at school instead of just
listing numbers or percentages on a

PowerPoint slide.
http://www.onlinecharttool.com

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 31 , 201 4

Rachel McIntyre Dale

Wake County Public Schools has bought
Discovery Education for all its teachers. I
use the Streaming Plus regularly in math.
Not only are the videos aligned to the
Common Core, there are also lessons and
activities pre-planned. My students love
"Math Monsters" and several of the other
videos. I used one video to teach missing
add-ends earlier this year and my
students got it much better than if I had
taught it.Even if you do not have a log-in,
Discovery Education offers free resources
on the home page.

JOSH
MA Y 30, 201 4

Josh Kranish
Virtual Nerd is a great website for Math
Integration, especially in the area of

review. The website is a video collection of

a lively teacher solving math problems on
her whiteboard. She uses proper
terminology and techniques, and the
website has a search bar to help. If you
dont know how to factor, type the word
factor into the search bar, and a list of
videos is generated. The content is also
presented by course, and even by
Common Core standards. Teachers can
use this site to align their course with the
Common Core standards, and teachers
can check to see if their techniques for
solving are the same as the Common Core
suggests. I like the program because I
need to see how to solve problems,
something simply looking at a book
cannot do. The presentation is clear and
concise, key words are written in a list,
teacher talks to take you through the
process, and key figures and steps are
dawn on the teacher whiteboard.

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 30, 201 4

Sonja Bot
Mr. Wolfe's Math Interactive Whiteboard
Games is a fantastic resource for teachers
who have access to interactive
whiteboards or projection capabilities
linked to mobile devices. Teachers and

students can search by grade level from

K- 5 to find content specific math games.
These games can be played competitively
with teams or with the whole class as 1
team working together to win some kind
of reward. The site also provides links to
other useful sites that provide interactive
materials. I've linked to the 5th grade
resources.
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/mrwolfe-s-math-interactive-whiteboard/5thgrade

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 28, 201 4

Johanna Wolf
Animoto is a web based video creation
tool that can be used for a variety of
subjects. When I taught Algebra, I had
students create animoto videos to
demonstrate their understanding of
PEMDAS (order of operations). Students
were able to search from a database of
applicable (& pre-selected) images to use
in their video and apply a background
song to their video. Because order of
operations includes a required order,
students also had to ensure their images
were in the correct order which made
animoto an ideal tool.

MRSBERG
MA Y 31 , 201 4

Adrienne Berg - MathTools

MathTools is a collection of resources
compiled for K-12 teachers. It's a project
of The Math Forum at Drexel University,
and has lesson ideas, technology
resources, blogs and discussions, and I
like the already collected and searchable
list of resources relevant to my needs
when I'm designing curriculum or looking
for an alternative way to present a topic.
This resource spans the grade band
standards as well as discrete math,
calculus, and financial education.
It's connected to Heinemann text and has
a pretty robust collection of classroom
videos and activities to go along.

Powerful
Problem Solving:
Activities for
Sense-Making
with the

Mathematical
Practices
http://mathforum.org/pps/video.html

MELISSA
MA Y 30, 201 4

Melissa Stopa
Reflex Math is a game-based math fact
fluency program. It is a fee-based
subscription. The company does offer
"grants" to teachers to try in their first
year. Our district does progress
monitoring with AIMS Web assessments.
We adopted Reflex Math school wide last
Fall and have seen huge growth in student
scores. Our kids love this approach and
math fact fluency is mandatory for higher
level math processes.

A NONY MOUS
MA Y 31 , 201 4

Jill Stout
The National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives is a site for all grade levels

that has virtual manipulatives and

simulations (running on Java) for math
instruction and practice. This tool can
help students visualize equations and
concepts.

http://padlet.com/kevin_oliver/xopx3i5ms6n2