khopkins@sbuniv.edu

• I’ve merged two talks
• One on helping Elementary Math Teachers from this year.
• Based on my work challenging my children, a 4th grader and a 3rd grader, with math problems
• Focused on websites
• for teachers
• for kids
• about software
• Most websites addressed more content areas than just math and more levels than I spotlight
• See http://www.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/handouts/01/fall01.htm for complete handouts from that
• The other on meeting teachers needs (done in 1997-98) based on results from summer workshops I ran in 1996-99 for about 350 teachers from around the state.
• See http://www.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/handouts/98/98needs.htm for complete handouts from that.
• This merged talk is at http://www.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/handouts/01/swmo.htm

• http://www.winternet.com/~mchristi/piday.html
• http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/amanda/blah/pisong.html
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/pi/
• http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html
• http://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/
• http://www.albanyconsort.com/pi/
• http://www.123greetings.com/events/pi/
• Children’s Software Revue: A magazine
• http://www.childrenssoftware.com/default.html
• Over 5000 reviews
• Children’s Software Reviews: A website
• http://www.geocities.com/~reviewcorner/reviews.html
• http://hometown.aol.com/NReyno/reviewlinks.html gives links to lots of review sites
• http://www.TheReviewZone.com/math-science-index.html
• http://www.best.com/~readit/superkids/search/subject.cgi?terms=Math
• http://www.siia.net/divisions/education/softreview.asp has a list of review websites
• http://ra.terc.edu/resources/technology/software.html

• http://www.eduhound.com/edumatch/main.html
• Search for educational software matched to your state's curriculum standards, your teaching style and all the features you prefer.
• Do the Supersearch to get the matching to state standards
• Once you see a title, you can see that software title graded as to how it addresses ALL the state standards
• Can get 30 day FREE preview of any software it finds
• I was AMAZED at what this site seemed able to do to help teacher’s locate software

• There is an NSF grant to create software to address standards: http://www.escot.org/
• It is in early stages

• DESE Frameworks
• http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divinstr/curriculum/ frameworks/math.html -sample activities given within it
• http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divinstr/curriculum/ frameworks/supplement/math.htm has supplemental activities
• MAP Tests
• http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divinstr/assess/math /releaseditems/release.htm released items from MAP tests
• NCTM Standards
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html is an interactive site that relates to the NCTM standards

http://www.mathdrill.com/

• Math problems organized into 70 levels (and increasing)
• addition, subtraction, ordering, multiplication and division, dealing with numbers and fractions, decimals, algebra, geometry, time
• In direct as well as more analytic word problem format
• Timed "quizzes" with exactly the type and number of problems needed
• It will grade the submitted answers
• Teacher (or parents) can get the scores for all your students in a nice table for FREE
• http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/
• http://www.aaamath.com/
• http://www.math.com/
• http://www.aplusmath.com
• Various Flashcards and other games
• http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/sm/spaceymath.htm
• A more arcade version to practice skills
• http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/
• Can compete with others to see who is fastest
• http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
• a variety of math games
• most have a variety of difficulty levels
• http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm
• http://www.teachrkids.com/

• http://www.mathfactcafe.com/
• pregenerated sheets, made to specification, and flashcards
• http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/worksheets.html
• Links to lots of sites that have or produce worksheets
• http://members.singlepoint.net/sbryce/mathwork/
• http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
• http://worksheets.teach-nology.com/math/
• http://www.numeracysoftware.com/free.html
• http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm
• http://www.worksheetfactory.com/mathdeluxe.html
• "You can easily and quickly create professional-quality mathematics worksheets to provide students in grades K to 10 with skills development, practice, and review"
• whole number operations with decimals and currency, fractions, percent, place value
• number patterns, factors, multiples, rounding numbers
• comparing and ordering numbers
• angles, perimeter and area, polygons, and lots more
• Available for free 30 day trial, then $25 to continue

• AOL has two very nice teacher sites
• http://school.aol.com/primary/math.adp gives links to primary activities
• http://aol.statestandards.com/ lets you search, by state, various state standards to find lesson plans that match the particular standard
• These are NOT JUST math

• More than 16,000 resources
• Both Web and Print Resources
• Can search for materials based on grade level, type of material, cost: http://www.enc.org/resources/search/
• Can locate other websites by topic: http://www.enc.org/weblinks/math/

• For those who need/want more challenging problems
• http://www.moctm.org/Contests/mathcontests.htm
• http://www.mathleague.com/contests.htm
• http://mathforum.com/elempow/
• http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/index.html
• http://www.figurethis.org/
• http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr145.shtml

• http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/
• has on-line help for solving a variety of problems
• http://www.dositey.com/
• Interactive lessons and exercises, open-ended questions, print worksheets, challenging problems and more…
• http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
• King's List of Math Activities
• http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/programs/ASPIRE
• Third year of three year project-math assessment activities grouped by grade level
• ASPECT and ASPEN are previous two years and they have activities also
• http://trackstar.hprtec.org/TSsearch.html
• Search for activity/lesson plan by standard

• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
• by grade level, then organized by topic
• http://forum.swarthmore.edu/teachers/
• Math forum teacher links
• http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/
• The Academy Curriculum Exchange
• http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics
• AskEric
• http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/lessonplans/index.html
• Search by topic and grade level
• http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer-db/browse/static/Mathematics/index.html
• http://www.moteachingjobs.com/lessons/mainsearch.cfm
• Search by grade level, topic, or Show-Me Standard
• Columbia Education Center Url: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/
• Teachnet.Com Url: http://www.teachnet.com/

• Internet Resources from NCTM
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
• http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htm gives electronic examples of how certain standards can be taught
• http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/index.html can selectively search (by topic and grade range) more than 350 carefully reviewed Internet math resources
• Math Forum
• http://forum.swarthmore.edu/

• Maintaining a high attention level
• Relieving physical and mental stress
• Building rapport
• Allowing for pleasurable learning
• Increasing a feeling of hope

• Most of the humor material is not mine. If not, I give the URL of where I found the material.
• Most URLs have similar material besides just what I used.
• Mickey and Bambi both from http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/disney.htm

• Biographies of Women Mathematicians Url: http://camel.math.ca/Women/BIOG/Biographies.html

• Math in Real Life Careers Url: http://www.maa.org/careers/index.html
• Career Talk I put together: Url: http://www.sbuniv.edu/~khopkins/mathdo.htm

http://www.netspace.org/users/dmacks/pub/parodies/internet-songbook/computer-hillbillies.html

• Teachers Helping Teachers Url: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html
• Math Teacher Link Url: http://MTL.math.uiuc.edu/

• http://www.netspace.org/users/dmacks/pub/parodies/internet-songbook/you-have-new-mail.html

• The Critical Thinking Community Url: http://www.criticalthinking.org
• Just Think!! Url: http://www.justthink.org

• IBM K-12 Education Url: http://www.solutions.ibm.com/k12/
• Math Mini Lessons Url: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/

• Dyslexia: The Gift Url: http://www.dyslexia.com/program.htm
• Inclusion Resources Url: http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/inclusion.html
• LD Online Url: http://www.ldonline.org

• See Url: http://eisen.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/97/underrep.htm for around 100 links
• The Center for Education and Equity in Mathematics, Science and Technology Url: http://www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/index.html
• GirlTECH Url: http://www.girltech.com
• Expect the Best From a Girl Url: http://www.academic.org
• Conclusion
• I hope you’ve gotten some ideas on how the computer can help math teachers
• There are many useful sites available
• I hope you’ve seen a thing or two you can use in the near future to help you