1. Using iPad
Technology to
Support All
Students in Math
Janice Novakowski
Richmond School District
LRT session: March 30 2016
@jnovakowski38
2. Overview of Session
Use of iPad-based apps
Mathematics-specific apps
Creation, representation, communication and
sharing apps
App-smashing
Embracing the transformative potential of iPad
technology
Examples from Richmond classrooms
3. Math Apps
Choosing apps that support mathematical thinking
Align with our curricular goals, competencies and
content
Use screenshots for students to capture traces of their
learning and then “smash” within another app to record
their own narratives of their learning
Send an app list home to parents
Have RT allocated devices on which you can load
student-specific apps to address IEP goals
4. Choose a math app…or two
Choose one of the math apps and investigate
How do you think your students would respond?
What does it offer your students?
How does it provide for differentiation?
What structures within the app allow for you to assess
student learning?
How might you use this app?
5. Touch Counts
Developed by SFU
Education research team led
by Dr. Nathalie Sinclair
Based on understanding of
importance of gesturing to
learning mathematics and
counting
Two worlds – number
(counting) and operations
Free
Currently, languages
available are English, French
and Italian
6. Tangram for Osmo
Developed by parents
from Stanford and Google
for their children
Uses Reflective Artificial
Intelligence to create an
interactive play
environment
Other apps include Words,
Newton and Masterpiece
playosmo.com
7. Numbers for Osmo
Just released
last year
Uses both dot
and digit tiles
More of a focus
on levels of play,
accumulation of
points
playosmo.com
8. Math Tappers: Find Sums
Developed by UVic
Education professors
Use of visual tools to
scaffold students
learning…moves from
pictorial to abstract
Strong connections to BC
math curriculum
Free
11. Math Learning Center:
Geoboard
The Math Learning Center
in Oregon (Bridges, Box It
and Bag It Mathematics)
Free apps and also
available as web-based
applications
Focused on visual models
to develop conceptual
understanding
17. My First Weighing Exercises
paid app ($1.99)
Big mathematical ideas of
balance and equality
Opportunities for mental
mathematics
Calculations with whole
numbers, mass (ounces or
grams)
Three levels of difficulty
18. Let’s do some app-
smashing…
Consider what different apps offer in terms of
creating, representing, communicating and
sharing – ultimately, we want students to
choose from a variety of apps that they know
how to use
Use an app like 30Hands, BookCreator or a
screencasting app to annotate and narrate a
learning story with the screenshots you took
using the math app earlier
19. Things to check out…
mathtappers.com
mathlearningcenter.org
http://blogs.sd38.bc.ca/sd38mathandscience/
contact me through Richnet:
jnovakowski@sd38.bc.ca
@jnovakowski38
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