Multimedia in the Mathematics Classroom

David Wees

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Why use multimedia?

Creativity

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Bloom's Taxonomy

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Engage your students

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Communicate what they know

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What are some uses of multimedia in mathematics?

Turn your worksheets into purpose-filled activities

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Symmetry

Golden Ratio

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Collect data

Use audio

Student tutorials

MathTrain.TV

PodcastingVideo credit - http://calgaryscienceschool.blogspot.com/

Video word problems

Jasper Woodbury Project

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Formulate problems - WCYDWTVideo credit: Dan Meyer

Open Simulator

The tools I use

Audio Recording & Editing Tools

Video Recording & Editing Tools

Image Editing Tools

Resourceshttp://www.mathtrain.tv/http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/projects/funded/jasper/intro/Jasperintro.htmlhttp://screenr.comhttp://www.pixorial.com/http://www.geogebra.org/cms/http://www.gimp.org/http://docs.google.comhttp://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life#OpenSimulator

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