Technology and Manipulatives Department Of Education June 6

Technology • Technological competence is included as one of the essential graduated learning •

Technology Teachers: • create an inclusive learning environment • opportunities to students with disadvantages

Technology Students: • technological knowledge that can be applied to future events • use

Technology • Who is using the technology? • Are the students gaining any further

Manipulatives • Come in a variety of forms. • Research tends to suggest manipulatives

Manipulatives • Students communicate their ideas and understanding of concepts in the language of

Manipulatives • Usage helps break down procedural thinking and move to conceptual. • questions

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Technology and Manipulatives Department Of Education June 6 th, 2008

Technology • Technological competence is included as one of the essential graduated learning • Inclusion into all classrooms across the provinces is not without its challenges i. e. . costs • Improve or assist how students create, store and retrieve learned information • Very important for teachers not to equate technology with simply computers and computer applications

Technology Teachers: • create an inclusive learning environment • opportunities to students with disadvantages i. e. . socioeconomic • adapt classroom i. e. . teaching strategies • build on students individual level of technological competence • opportunity for students to make choices; a variety of technologies

Technology Students: • technological knowledge that can be applied to future events • use technology effectively to build understanding of concepts • opportunity to teach and lead within the and outside of the classroom

Technology • Who is using the technology? • Are the students gaining any further insight? • Is the technology efficient and is it mathematically valid?

Manipulatives • Come in a variety of forms. • Research tends to suggest manipulatives aid in the understanding of mathematical concepts. • large amount of manipulative representation in the curriculum documents (mainly lower grades) • Manipulatives engage students

Manipulatives • Students communicate their ideas and understanding of concepts in the language of mathematics. • Students are expected to model solutions to various problems concretely. • Assume teachers are providing students with this opportunity. • Expectation that teachers themselves are efficient and fluent using the manipulatives

Manipulatives • Usage helps break down procedural thinking and move to conceptual. • questions and concerns are usually focused management instead of how to put manipulatives to better use! • Manipulatives in all their forms are a good learning tool and a good supplement to instructional practices regardless of age or grade.