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For the technology institute, I wrote up summaries for Webquests, TI website and NLVM.

Webquests

A webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity where the resources to complete the assignment are on the world wide web. Typically students work cooperatively in small groups. Webquests often require students to collect and analyze information found on the web. They involve reasoning and critical thinking to complete the quest. Some quests require open searching of the web while others can be limited to a few specific pages.

The model of webquests was developed in 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March. Dodge offers numerous resources, examples and writings at his site . March shares writings and a list of refereed webquests at . March’s educational initiatives, including more information on webquests, can be found at .

There are many webquests available on the web for immediate use. Below is a list of webquests (or sites with links to webquests) compiled April, 2006. As the web is always changing, some of these addresses may become invalid. A search for “Math Webquest” will quickly yield links to many webquests.

Prepared for the 1999 NCTM annual meeting, this includes a basic definition of a math webquests and links to several examples.

A quest for middle school grades – create a base 4 number system.

Directions for a class assignment to research and create math webquests. It includes many examples of webquests, both in the resources and the students’ created webquests.

A variety of webquests in Math and other areas.

The TI website & graphing calculator resources

Calculators

Texas Instruments calculators are the standard in math classrooms. The TI-73 is most often the calculator of choice for middle school classrooms while the TI-83 plus and TI-84 plus are most often chosen for high school classrooms. The TI-83 plus and TI-84 plus are 100% keystroke-for-keystroke identical, although the TI-84 plus is faster with more memory storage and more preloaded applications. Cabri Jr. is preloaded on the TI-84 plus but can be downloaded at no cost to the TI-83 plus. This application and more can be downloaded from the TI website at .

Texas Instruments also offers tremendous resources to educators at their website in the Professional Development area. Teachers can find information about a variety of trainings, both in person and online. The online trainings are free and cover a variety of topics including Algebra topics for the TI-83 plus and TI-84 plus, Calculus topics for the TI-83 plus and TI-84 plus, Cabri Jr. for the TI-84 plus, Scientific Data collection and Analysis and the TI-Navigator.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, , offers a variety of applets to illustrate mathematical concepts. The activities are sorted by grade level and mathematical strand.

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