Case Study #2
Case Study Analysis Round 1
Videos I watched:
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZStaz8Rno
2. ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/frntt.pd.google/21st-century-schools-learning-in-the-digital-age/#.WozA9ZM-dN1
3. www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/29/19el-teachers.h33.html
4. www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/05/22/32el-video.h32.html
5. www.teachingchannel.org/videos/technology-and-math
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZStaz8Rno
2. ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/frntt.pd.google/21st-century-schools-learning-in-the-digital-age/#.WozA9ZM-dN1
3. www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/29/19el-teachers.h33.html
4. www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/05/22/32el-video.h32.html
5. www.teachingchannel.org/videos/technology-and-math
Iditarod and Math
I focused on link #5, the lesson is called the Iditarod and Math. In this lesson Todd Hausman is teaching a 4th grade class about the Iditarod which is an Alaskan sled dog race. The purpose of this lesson is really to engage students in a real world event while learning about problems involving conversions and measurement. "The goal of the lesson is not to get the right answer, it is to use the mathematical skills that they have to make an estimation that is reasonable and they can defend logically".
You can see students learning as they engage in collaborative conversations, as they talk, they are doing calculations. Each student uses technology to post their prediction, this allows for accountability to the teacher as well as something to reflect upon later in the lesson.
Throughout the activity, the teacher does a variety of different things. At some points in time he is modeling the mathematical thinking and problem solving, other times he is facilitating and posing questions as the students engage in collaboration. This is very different than the traditional classroom. This project can just be focused on math; however, you could design it to incorporate other content areas as well. Students were using technology in different ways, they were looking at maps, posting predictions, staying up to date on the race through its website and learning about the people involved in the race. There were times when the teacher was talking to the class and time when students worked in pairs to collaborate. I think it is so great that is was not about their answer, it was about their thinking. One of the things that stood out was that the purpose of math is to make sense of the natural world; if students feel this from their experiences in math, maybe we could take away some of the negativity that so often comes with a math classroom.
I could use something similar to this, I would have to align it with high school content. The takeaway for me is really providing experiences that are connected to the real world, that don't have just one correct answer and that allow students to really focus on their mathematical thinking.
Prezi presentation of the above information prezi.com/view/QouYXdPuhlPd7Yc0zSu8/
I focused on link #5, the lesson is called the Iditarod and Math. In this lesson Todd Hausman is teaching a 4th grade class about the Iditarod which is an Alaskan sled dog race. The purpose of this lesson is really to engage students in a real world event while learning about problems involving conversions and measurement. "The goal of the lesson is not to get the right answer, it is to use the mathematical skills that they have to make an estimation that is reasonable and they can defend logically".
You can see students learning as they engage in collaborative conversations, as they talk, they are doing calculations. Each student uses technology to post their prediction, this allows for accountability to the teacher as well as something to reflect upon later in the lesson.
Throughout the activity, the teacher does a variety of different things. At some points in time he is modeling the mathematical thinking and problem solving, other times he is facilitating and posing questions as the students engage in collaboration. This is very different than the traditional classroom. This project can just be focused on math; however, you could design it to incorporate other content areas as well. Students were using technology in different ways, they were looking at maps, posting predictions, staying up to date on the race through its website and learning about the people involved in the race. There were times when the teacher was talking to the class and time when students worked in pairs to collaborate. I think it is so great that is was not about their answer, it was about their thinking. One of the things that stood out was that the purpose of math is to make sense of the natural world; if students feel this from their experiences in math, maybe we could take away some of the negativity that so often comes with a math classroom.
I could use something similar to this, I would have to align it with high school content. The takeaway for me is really providing experiences that are connected to the real world, that don't have just one correct answer and that allow students to really focus on their mathematical thinking.
Prezi presentation of the above information prezi.com/view/QouYXdPuhlPd7Yc0zSu8/