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Slides from a short talk with pre-service Middle Years Math teachers at Brandon University on December 1, 2009.

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A Day In The Lifeof a teacher teaching with technology

(from principle to practice x 3)

Darren KuropatwaMECY Sr Years ICT Consultant

Brandon University, December 1, 2009

My Prejudices

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?

John Allen Paulos

Why should we care about mathematics?

job skills, needs of science and technology

play

Why should we care about mathematics?

job skills, needs of science and technology

essential understanding to be a responsible citizen

transcendence

curiosity

beauty

and

play

Why should we care about mathematics?

essential understanding to be a responsible citizen

transcendence

curiosity

beauty

and

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(1) mathematics = computation

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(1) mathematics = computation

pattern recognition

Year were you born

a little magic ...

a little magic ...

Year of a significant event in your life

a little magic ...

Your age

a little magic ...

Years that have passed since the significant event

Year were you born

a little magic ...

Years that have passed since the significant event

Your age

Year of a significant event in your life

Year were you born

a little magic ...

Years that have passed since the significant event

Your age

Year of a significant event in your life

++

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(2) it’s strictly hierarchical

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(2) it’s strictly hierarchical learning is networked

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(3) no place for storytelling

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(3) no place for storytelling

contextualizes learning

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(4) exclusivity: few people can understand math

accessible to everyone

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?5 misconceptions about math

(4) exclusivity: few people can understand math

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?

(5) it’s a numbing discipline, lacking lustre or beauty

Why don’t students do better in mathematics?

(5) it’s a numbing discipline, lacking lustre or beauty

A Day In The Life

Darren Kuropatwahttp://adifference.blogspot.com

of a teacher teaching with technology(from principle to practice x 3)

Alarm Rings

Wake Up

Time To Go

iPod Ready

for -35°C

iPod Ready

for 7°C

Steppin’ Out

Catchin’ the Bus

DMCI

My Class

Firing Up the SMARTboard

Workshop

TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS

(Principle 1) Studentsʼ Errors and Misconceptions Based on Previous Learning

Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in their whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational numbers; e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.

x =

UNDERSTANDING REQUIRES FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS

The Knowledge Network: New Concepts and New Applications(Principle 2)

A METACOGNITIVE APPROACH ENABLES STUDENT SELF-MONITORING

(Principle 3)

Metacognition

Watch It. Do It.

practice #1

Teach It.

practice #1

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.

practice #1

REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS

x =

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

practice #1

Watch It. Do It. Teach It.

practice #1

PROMOTES METACOGNITION

Next Problem

practice #2

Lunch

School Day Ends

My SlideSpace

practice #2

Transparency

practice #2

share everything

practice #2

Thinking

practice #2

Transparency & Sharing

practice #2

PROMOTES METACOGNITION

Leaving

The Other End of the Street

Home Again,

Home Again,

Jiggity Jig!

Dinner, Magic, Bath, Compass & Bed

Learning is a Conversation

practice #3

65

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68

Dale’s Cone of Experience

70

Create Content That Educates

73

projectthe

developing expert voices

Learning Requires Reflection

practice #3

Learning Requires Reflection

practice #3

TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE THEIR OWN PRECONCEPTIONS

(Principle 1) Teachersʼ Errors and Misconceptions Based on Previous Learning

x =

CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

Build Knowledge Networks (Principle 2)

ACTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY REFLECT ON YOUR TEACHING

(Principle 3)

Metacognition

K12 Online Conference

http://k12onlineconference.org

“learning is a conversation”

questions

Credits

This body is networkedhttp://flickr.com/photos/funksoup/403990660/

The Thinkerhttp://flickr.com/photos/renny1967/1509761982/

Pewter Letters Numbershttp://flickr.com/photos/lwr/sets/72157594512642436/

How Students Learnhttp://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126

all other images (cc) dkuropatwahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/tags/adayinthelife/

220http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/249159137/

DNAhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ghutchis/124782978/

Transparencyhttp://flickr.com/photos/lightmash/2393645062/

Sharinghttp://flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/177926979/

Girl Talkhttp://flickr.com/photos/e06158/2272739708/

My Class Blogs 2008-2009

Pre-Cal 40S (Winter 2009)http://pc40sw09.blogspot.com

AP Calculus AB (2008-2009)http://apcalc2008.blogspot.com

Applied Math 40S (Winter 2009)http://am40sw09.blogspot.com

reflectionhttp://flickr.com/photos/barnett/206994953/

thoughtfulhttp://flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/440835731/

the thinkerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/526492646/

Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Texthttp://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/

workstationhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/

Big Screen Reflectionhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/benward/181425257/

start of the mobile content erahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/329280898

Pre-Cal 30S (Fall 2008)http://pc30sf08.blogspot.com

Applied Math 20S (Fall 2008)http://am20sf08.blogspot.com

Pre-Cal 20S (Fall 2008)http://pc20sf08.blogspot.com

John Allen Pauloshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Allen_Paulos.JPG

Question markhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marcobellucci/3534516458/

thanks

Darren Kuropatwahttp://adifference.blogspot.com

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