Technology in the Schools Unit Booklet (Spring 2017)

Thirteen. (2017). Get The Math. [Website]. Retrieved on March 07, 2017, from http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/ Math is Fun This mathsisfun.com website titled “Math is Fun” is one of the best tools to use in the classroom and setting beyond the classroom. The website has many features and benefit. The website is “kid-friendly” meaning students can easily maneuver without any confusion. One feature that is brilliant is that user could type in a word (only math terms) and it will generate a whole lesson display. The website is able to combine literacy and mathematic. The website will show a simple and understandable definition, a lesson to go aligned to it, and an assessment to test your comprehension (with guided solutions). The websites also feature a teacher portal where it organized all math topic (grade K – 12) according to the Common Core Standards and provides activities and lesson for the students. Another wonderful feature of the website is that users can share the information with a friend, parent or whoever using email. Teachers can print off worksheets and math resources. The website provides access to math tools such graphing calculators and other math resources such links to other websites, lesson plan or educational resource. The website does have a forum where visitors could post a questions, comments, and statements. The user also provided with a citation machine (MLA, APA, CHICAGO) to cite the page. This website serves as a valuable resource for students for drill and practice, game-based learning, and instructional practice. Students will be engaged in a fun and creative way as the website offers interactive games that are aligned with the standard and topic. This website is geared toward all primary, secondary, and tertiary students.

Pierce, Rod. (2017). Math is Fun. [Website] Retrieved on March 7, 2017, from http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm MathTV This mathtv.com website titled “MathTV” is a great resource for reinforcement and support for students. Students can watch videos on math lessons. The websites feature several topics with over 10,000 math tutorial videos. The websites also included videos from different types of mathematic textbooks. Thus, users can select a textbook and videos will display for them to watch and learn. Users also have the option to select their preference of person teaching the videos. This is a great resource for students to gain access to tutorial videos on properties of operation and numbers. A super effective website for visual learners.

Textbooks, X. (n.d.). MathTV - 10,000 Math Tutorial Videos. [Website]. Retrieved on March 07, 2017, from http://www.mathtv.com/ Math vs. Zombies Math vs. Zombies is a great, engaging game based learning for students. This app allows learning to be fun, creative and exciting. Students practice their basic math skills by defeating zombies using math-powered weapons! There are twenty-four exciting levels that allow students to master their addition, subtraction and multiplication skills along with having loads of fun at the same time. A zombie will spurn toward the student with a math problem on its head and the 310 | P a g e