Educational Resources

• AAAS technology education research conference
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• BioMEDIA Associates: Learning Programs for Biology
• CI 499 Projects, Spring 2001
• Coalition of essential schools
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• Essential schools have taken a careful look at needs for curriculum reform
  • Integrating the Curriculum in Essential Schools
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• Mathematics Forum
• Milken Foundation
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• NCTM Principles and Standards
• NSBA toolkit
• President's Report on Technology in K-12 Education
• Riverdeep
• Tapped In
• TCD Curriculum Project
• Transforming Learning through Technology
• Using Technology to Support Reform
  • Chapter I: Introduction
  • Chapter II: Educational Technologies
  • Chapter III: Support for Student Learning Activities
• Washington State Tech Plan
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Required Texts:

Teaching Secondary and Middle School Mathematics
Author: Daniel J. Brahier
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
ISBN #: 0-205-28614-3

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Author and Publisher: NCTM
ISBN #: 0-87353-480-8
This document is available in hard copy and also is available entirely online.

Mathematics Materials for Tomorrow's Teachers
Middle Grades level curricular materials developed by the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at the University of Illinois
Commissioned by the Illinois State Board of Education
Will be provided by the course.

Required (one of the following):

Navigating through Algebra
Grade 6-8 level book ISBN #: 0-87353-501-4
Grade 9-12 level book ISBN #: 0-87353-502-2
Author and Publisher: NCTM

Navigating through Geometry
Grade 6-8 level book ISBN #: 0-87353-513-8
Grade 9-12 level book ISBN #: 0-87353-514-6
Author and Publisher: NCTM

Notes about the textbooks:

1. We will deal with both the Brahier text and the NCTM text in their entirety, so begin reading as you are so inclined. Additional readings and articles may be distributed in class to read.
2. At the end of each chapter is a Glossary; it is a useful guide for developing your professional vocabulary. As the course proceeds, we will expect to see these words emerge in your oral and written work.
3. At the end of each chapter, you will find Bibliographic References and Resources. Take note of these; they can be of great use to you as a teacher seeking resources and support.
4. The Discussion Questions in the text raise some key questions and will guide your reading. However, the course will have some revised versions of those questions for assignments. You will find the revised questions in the Notes for Each Week links. Please respond formally to the revised questions, as indicated.
5. This course is much more technology-intensive than the books suggest. The texts are only starting points.