• The Who, What, Where, When, Why, And How Of Using Technology In The Mathematics Classroom To Help Students Understand Mathematics

Annotated Resources

• Annotated Resources 2006

Learning About Software and Web Resources

• Software to evaluate - Pick one and tell Dr. O.
• Web sites to evaluate - Pick one and tell Dr. O.

Here are the cool web pages made by Math 303 Students

• Tara Demay
• Sheryl Boeckmann
• Tabatha Houk
• Stephanie Heaton
• John Johnson
• Adam Johnson

Check out these cool PowerPoint Presentations

• Factoring by Tara Demay.
• FOIL for Perfect Squares by Tabatha Houk.
• Solving A System Of Equations Stephanie S Heaton.
• Order of Operations by Sheryl Boeckmann
• Trig Identities by Adam Johnson
• Graphing Calculator by John Johnson
• Six Different Ways to Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid by Sarah Hays (2005)

Reference: Jim Olsen's Computer Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts (under construction)

• Basic hints and tips.
• Intermediate hints and tips.

Files

You can click the link and the proper application will open up and/or you be given the option of saving. OR you can right-click and "save link as" to save to your HD.

Web Evaluation Form - Word - in MSWord format.

Software Evaluation Form -Word - in MSWord format.

Annotated resources form -(rtf) - in rich text format.  Download this form (to your HD).  Then enter information as you find resources.  (Duplicate the forms (electronically).)  Attach to an e-mail to Dr. Olsen, as you fill out forms.

Handouts and Assignment Information (under construction)

• File Types - in MSWord format.
• Proposals to the School Administration for Using Technology
• Summary of Steps for Making a Web Page: Managing the Files
• Ski Package problem to solve on a spreadsheet

• Classroom Issues and Strategies
• Law of Sines TI Program - LAWSIN.8XP
• Wingeom/CabriJr Tasks see also Archimedes' Book of Lemmas
• Summary of TI Connect Issues
• Cabri Jr. Basics
• Cabri Jr. Guidebook (PDF) - This is dynamic geometry software for the TI-83 Plus. You can download the app at http://education.ti.com/us/product/apps/83p/cabrijr.html - get it while it's free.
• Examples of Functions
• Spreadsheet Homework Assignments
• Sample PowerPoint - What we did in class and more. It may be best to save to your HD and run in Powerpoint.

Daily Notes

These are my notes/plans for what we are covering.

About this Page

This page was created by and for students in the Technology and Secondary School Mathematics course at Western Illinois University.  Dr. James Olsen was the instructor during the Fall 2006 semester.

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James R. Olsen, Western Illinois University
E-mail: jr-olsen@wiu.edu
updated: December 18, 2006