Saturday, March 6, 2010

Going Beyond Math Story Problems

Posted by Abouz on March 06, 2010 with No comments
I’m an elementary mathematics methods professor at the University of Oklahoma and recently I coordinated a project to help pre-service teachers create stories with math questions that are enhanced with technology.Small groups of elementary pre-service teachers collaborated by posting (non-consecutively) to a wiki (on www.wikispaces.com) in order to co-create a “story of the day” and math questions related to the story that also aligned to an elementary math standard.  Each pre-service teacher also created a Voki (See these electronic avatars at www.voki.com.) and embedded it in the story to add an additional element of interest.  There is an example of a Harry Potter theme-based story with math problems appropriate for 3rd graders at www.xyzproblem1.wikispaces.com – click on Problem of the Day 1.  Problem of the Days (2 – 6) are first drafts created by the pre-service teachers.  If you are interested in trying to create a similar project the Home page outlines not only the complete project but also gives instructions for embedding a Voki into the story.  Just one word of caution – check the age limit on the terms of agreement on the Voki site.
Sacra Nicholas

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