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STUDENTS USE GEOMETERS SKETCHPAD & KHAN ACADEMY September 2017, Volume 1, Issue 1
How Technology
September, 2017 is aiding
Mathematics
Math 8: Volume 1, Issue 1 Learning:
Students use Geometers
Sketchpad & Khan Academy
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Hi Parents!
Welcome to Math 8! I want to reach out to you all to tell you about two incredible programs, Geometers Sketchpad
and Khan Academy, which we will be using in class to help your child build a deeper understanding of mathematics!
Progress
Sidebar
Khan Academy is a website that is
completely free to access and use.
Students will be encouraged to use
this it as a helpful resource during
our time in the library as well as
on their own time.
Khan Academy allows students to
select the topic they are studying
based on their math class or grade
that need reinforcement. For
(we will use 8th grade). They can
example, on the rotations unit,
then choose the topic we are
which we will be looking at
studying (this week: Geometry)
next week, Khan Academy KHAN ACADEMY FEATURES
and track their progress by
allows students to use an
watching videos of mini-lessons
interactive rotation activity that
and taking practice quizzes. These
helps foster an understanding
practice quizzes provide step-by-
of rotation, the necessity for a WATCH VIDEOS of
step solutions to every problem, lessons on any topic
point of rotation, and rotations
which can help students understand
relationship with area and
how to solve a problem, where in
angles within rotated shapes. Use INTERACTIVE
the process they made a mistake,
Students can then watch a
and how to correct it, an approach
video lesson which further
activities within lessons
that builds understanding rather
explains the mathematical
than relying on rote memorization
of steps.
principles and steps, and then Take PRACTICE
solve practice problems. They QUIZZES
Next Week can do all this at their own o CHECK answers
pace, allowing them to build
self-knowledge of their
and get
The online video lessons, as
pictured below, are helpful for progress and areas of IMMEDIATE
reviewing older concepts that may improvement. Every Friday, FEEDBACK
have been forgotten as well as students will have the o See STEP-BY-STEP
new ones learned during the week opportunity to choose between solutions to each
using Geometers Sketchpad question
and Khan Academy in order to
reinforce what they have been
o Provides links to
taught that week and check for video of related
understanding. lesson after each
question for
reviewing
purposes
Any questions? See something you want to know more about? Please feel free to
contact me with the information below:
Ms. Rosasco
rosascoa@bc.edu
(631) 371-6767