i k rana: technology and math education - what? why? how?

technologyandmath education

- What? Why? How?NIME - NCR, November 21, 2011

Prof. Inder K. RanaDepartment of Mathematics

IIT-Bombay, Mumbai-400076 (India)

Email: [email protected](Prof. Inder K. Rana, I. I. T. Bombay) technology and math education 1 / 23

Aims and objectives of math education?

Probable answers

To finish the syllabus by the end of school year.

Make sure that maximum number of students pass.

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Aims and objectives of math education

Executive summary

The main goal of mathematics educationin schools is the mathematization of thechild’s thinking.


National Focus Group on math education, 2006

Vision

School education takes place in a situation where:

Children learn to enjoy mathematics.

Children learn important mathematics.

Mathematics is a part of children’s life experience which they talk about.

Children pose and solve meaningful problems.

Children use abstractions to perceive relationships and structures.

Children understand the basic structure of mathematics.

Teachers expect to engage every child in class.


National Focus Group on math education, 2006

Recommendations

Shifting the focus from achieving "narrow goals" to "higher goals".

Engaging every student with a sense of success, while at the same timeoffering conceptual challenges to the emerging mathematician.

Changing modes of assessment to examine student’s mathematizationabilities, rather than procedural knowledge.

Enriching teachers with a variety of mathematical resources.


...three years later

... National policy on ICT in school education, 2009


National policy on ICT in school education, 2009

Preamble

The initiative of ICT Policy in School Education is inspired by thetremendous potential of ICT for enhancing outreach and improvingquality of education.

Mission

Devise, catalyse, support and sustain ICT and ICT enabled activities andprocesses in order to improve access, quality and efficiency in theschool system.


what is technology / ICT

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what is ICT?


What is technology/ ICTs for education

Hardwares

Digital/technology enabled class rooms.

Hand held gadgets:Calculators, smart phones, ipod, ipad , Tablets, ...

Multimedia workstations.

Softwares

CAS: SAGE, Scilab, Rlab, MAXIMA, Maple, Mathematica, Mupad, Drive,- for computing,visualizations, modelling and simulations.

DGS: Geogebra, Wingeo, Geometer’s Sketchpad, Euclid , Cabri, and soon, - for geometry explorations and visualizations.

Course management and evaluation tools.


Why Technology / ICT?

What technology promises

Technology can help expand access to education:

Distance learning.

e-learning.

virtual class rooms.

Technology can help transform the learning environment to learnercentered.

Technology can provide valuable tool that can empower mathematicsstudents as well as mathematics instructors:

Tools for visualizations/ illustrationsTools to do tedious computations in less timeTools to recognize pattern in a problemTools to develop problem solving skillsTools for live feedback and interaction in the class room.


How technology / ICT in education

Caution / Suggestions

Learning does not take place in the technology.

Learning takes place in the interaction between motivated faculty andmotivated students.

Whenever possible, technology can be used to provide suchenvironments. SHOW

Tools for live feedback and interaction in the class room. SHOW


Technology / ICT in school education

Caution / Suggestions

Introducing ICT simply for ICTs’ sake will be of no use.It is essential to keep in mind that ICT use in schools will accomplishvery little if not integrated within a toolbox full of:

Supporting educational content.

Ongoing teacher training and support.

A context that nurtures evolving teaching and learning styles.


what is ICT for a facilitator?


what is ICT for a learner?


Why math

Math touching our lives

mathtouching


Discover math

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Appetizer

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ICT in math education

Recipe

Explore / Experiment

Observe / Conjuncture

Convince / Prove

Extrapolate / Extend


Illustration

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Technology for interaction

Classroom Presenter "Classroom Presenter" is a TabletPC-based interaction system thatsupports the sharing of digital ink onslides between instructors and students.

When used as a presentation tool,Classroom Presenter allows theintegration of digital ink and electronicalslides, making it possible to combinethe advantages of whiteboard style andslide based presentation.

The ability to link the instructor and student devices, and to sendinformation back and forth provides a mechanism for introducingactive learning into the classroom and creates additional feedbackchannels.



MyVision Basic provides five essential tools for teaching withcomputers.

MyVision Basic

teacher can supervise studentcomputer work,

share engaging on-screendemonstrations,

remotely assist students,

instantly get the attention of theirclass and control student Internetaccess.



TI Nspire CX Navigator systemTI-Nspire" CX Navigator"is a completely wirelessclassroom learning systemthat provides:

Live Presenter

Question Capability

Collaborative Activity

Document Transfer

Quick Poll Screen Capture

Portfolio and Auto-gradingBACK


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