‘BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE’ (BYOD) IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM MALA NATARAJ, SELWYN COLLEGEAMA WORKSHOP APRIL 5TH 2014

NATARAJM@SELWYN.SCHOOL.NZMALANATARAJ16@GMAIL.COM

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES

• Students’ difficulties in Mathematics and Statistics highlighted in the Research literature.

• Many students appear to struggle with Algebraic concepts and also ideas in Number such as fractions and powers

• So how can we help students who are struggling in mathematics?

• And how can we extend the gifted and talented?

BYOD (BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE)

• Many schools going with the BYOD idea for teaching and learning

• How can technology help students in mathematics?

USES OF BYOD IN TEACHING AND LEARNING• Use of calculator in BYOD

• Research – for example, students can conduct research on

a mathematician (e.g Fermat) a mathematical idea (Pascal’s triangle) or the history of mathematics

USE OF BYOD

• BYOD can also be used as a tool for:

Scaffolding learning

Increasing thinking skills

Enhancing conceptual understanding

Extending the more able students

SOME EXAMPLES OF USE OF BYOD

BYOD worksheets that I have developed so far for Years 9-13 are related to the following topics:

Number Algebraic manipulation Algebraic graphs Calculus

CONCLUSION

• Thank you very much for attending this session!

• Comments, suggestions for improvement and other ideas welcome.

• Email : natarajm@selwyn.school.nz

• malanataraj16@gmail.com