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TCD
Course Fall 1999
Syllabus
(coming soon - peruse this one for
ideas)
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Technology-based
Mathematics and Science
Teaching
This
course provides an introduction to
instructional
applications
of technology in the teaching of mathematics,
science, and technology.
The
course has these major goals:
- To give
an overview of selected technologies that are
currently available for classroom instruction in
mathematics and science.
- To become
familiar with (at least) three of these
technologies and become proficient in at least
one of them.
- To review
some of the current issues in science,
mathematics, and technology education and
explore some ways in which technology could be
used to help address some of those
issues.
- To review
the Illinois
Learning
Standards,
and explore ways in which technology can help
implement the Standards.
- To review
illustrative lessons on the World Wide Web that
make use of technology to help 'contextualize'
the teaching of mathematics and/or
science.
- To
develop a web page with a tutorial or activity
that is specific to something you encouter in
your program area that uses math or science.
Examples: See Fred
Dittmann's Main Page
or Jim
Dildine's activites pages.
This will and should evolve into your project
THE NEXT GOAL ------>
- To
develop an instructional unit (of about 5 days'
duration) in your program area that makes use of
technology to contextualize mathematics and/or
science. This unit should explicitly implement
the appropriate Illinois
Learning
Standards,
and The New
School Improvement Plan Target
Goals
as well.
Technologies
to be considered in this course include:
- The
Internet, web browsers, html (web page
creation), e-mail, etc.
- Spreadsheets
(such as MS Excel)
- Data
bases (such as MS Access)
- Geometer's
Sketchpad (GSP)
- Graphing
calculators (such as the TI 83)
- Calculator
or computer-based laboratories.
Ideas
for projects:
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