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Advantages of using Phet

It is very interactive - students get hands on experience whilst learning a concept

Simulations are already created and are user friendly so it saves time

Helpful for visual learners

Caters to a wide scope of learners (middle school, elementary school, etc)

Simple enough to be useful without being distractive - the simulations are very engaging and promotes learning.

Advantages of using Microsoft white board

Easy to model procedures/processes for students

Promotes better classroom management as the teacher can teach facing the class as opposed to with back to students whilst writing on the board

Collaborating with students whilst teaching concepts

These apps can be used to

To enhance lessons for better understanding of various mathematical concepts

Enable students to expand their learning whilst using technology

Makes learning fun

Great tools for improving student engagement

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A SNIPPET OF A VIDEO LESSON IN KHAN ACADAMY 

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Khan Academy

Offers structured video lessons, practice exercises, and mastery tracking.

Can be used to introduce, reinforce, or review topics at the student's own pace.

Advantages:

Adaptive learning paths for each student.

Instant feedback with hints and videos.

Great for individualized learning.

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Geogebra can be used to perform the tranaformations: translations, reflections, rotations and enlargements

Advantages

-students can compare their answers visually to the correct answer.

-students can gain the competence to use the tool to carry out transformations.

-they can observe what happens as certain parameters change as a form of exploration

Tips for integration into teaching

-use a varios stages of the lesson

-Familiarize students with the operation of the program

-Prepare answers beforehand if time is a limiting factor

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Group - Howell, Phillips & Alphonse

Khan Academy

This resource center has a variety of videos arranged from Pre-k to grade 8 for a number of subjects and topics.

It is useful especially for students who are audiovisual learners and require more time than usual to learn a specific procedure for solving a mathematical problem, that is, they can replay the video several times while practicing until they have mastered the concept.

It can be used for direct instruction where needed for topics like measurement, doing arithmetic with directed/integers using the number line, solving equations (linear, quadratic, simultaneous equations).

It also has readymade assessment (formative and summative) worksheets.

Chat Gpt -

Allows for the automated generation of assessments based on the specific content covered. This app is very flexible as it allows the user to tweak information as desired. The app based on the information given will also generate rubrics and allocate marks as guided. The assessments generated will be multi faceted in terms of generating short answer, multiple choice, true or false, long answer, as well as other forms.

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Podcast Geogebra, Khan Academy ETC

: https://notegpt.io/ai-podcast-generator?share=fc7ac98b

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AI Podcast Generator – Turn Any Content into a Podcast Free

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AI Podcast Generator – Turn Any Content into a Podcast Free

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Photo Math

This tool can be used to as a form of reinforcement for students when solving algebraic equations. This tool shows multiple different methods for solving the equations, example: completing the square, quadratic equation, graphing, factorization. This tools shows the steps for solving the equations as well as descriptions for each step.

Additional advantages:

1. Provides students with immediate feedback.

2. Promotes differentiated instruction.

Practical tips:

1. Use the software as a learning aid and not for answers.

2. Address potential misuse.

PHET

PHET can be used to show the relationship between vectors. This tool can be used to reinforce many concepts under the topic of Vectors such as the resultant vector, triangular law, parallelogram law.

Additional advantages:

1. Visual and interactive software

2. Active exploration

3. Fun and engaging

Practical tips:

1. Teacher demonstrations.

2. Whole class activities.

3. Student investigations

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Nearpod- It allows students to engage in videos where there is a self paced option as well as live participation. It also provides the transcript and a handout with questions from the video

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Geogebra

*Equation of a straight line y=mx +c

and coordinate geometry

Concepts are: gradient and y intercept

Advantages

*dynamic / interactive

*promotes conceptual understanding

* caters to diverse learners

*promotes discussions and reasoning

Practical tips

Students are guided to discover

Focus on students interactions with the software

Provide support for students who are not comfortable with the software

Promotes peer tutoring or cooperative learning

Focus on a guided discovery- approach in using the software

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Didier & Gordon

1. Khan Academy - Showing how to calculate the median https://www.khanacademy.org/math/get-ready-for-ap-statistics/xc9bacb4afa74e6e9:get-ready-for-exploring-one-variable-quantitative-data/xc9bacb4afa74e6e9:mean-median/e/calculating-the-median

Pre test are available to acquire their prerequite knowledge on the topic.
Interactive videos to engage visual learners. Quizzes to assess knowledge of what was viewed in the video based on the topic.

Interactive and intuitive, engaging and assessments can be edited to suit the needs of students with options such as drag and drop, multiple choice, matching.

Live worksheets.  matching activity with angles

https://www.liveworksheets.com/node/5362592

Specific Maths Concepts  - can get any Mathematical topic to suit students at any level. Interactive quizzes with real time feedback.

2. Instant feedback is received. The student can redo the assessments. Both apps can be integrated into the virtual teaching platform for blended learning.

3. Incorporate these technology tools into your virtual teaching especially when giving evaluation sessions (in class assessments)as well as homework. Material is readily available saving teachers time with preparation of an assessments and activities from scratch.

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LiveWorksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.

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Phet is a platform which allows you to teach many different topics. It allows students to manipulate shapes, and has games based on math topics.

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Doriney, Mcgowan, Louis.

Two digital tools: PHET and Liveworksheets

1. Phet helps to strengthen basics using visualizations, gamification and practical scenarios. Live worksheets provides practice for reinforcement

2. Concepts that can be taught using PHET are number theory, computation, statistics and Vectors. Live worksheets can be used to teach computation and consumer etc

3. Advantages of PHET and liveworksheets: students move at their pace, immediate feedback, target various learning styles.

4. PHET can be integrated as part of discovery learning and to summarize or conclude a lesson. Liveworksheets can be used as part of Evaluation and assessment to provide extra practice

PHET for discovery learning ( see vid above)

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Transforming Math Classrooms with PhET Simulations

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1. PHET

Reference the above video which highlights the use of a simulation in PHET in graphing linear equations.

2. KHan Academy

In-Class Activity

Begin with a short recap and discussion of what students learned from the videos.

Use Khan Academy's interactive exercises on linear equations during class for guided practice.

Monitor student progress in real-time using Khan Academy's teacher dashboard.

Address common errors or misconceptions on the spot.

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GeoGebra (https://www.geogebra.org/calculator): A Similar platform to Desmos. It could be used to reinforce students' understanding of Functions and topics involving plotting and equations. One of the key benefits is that it allows students to gain a visual appreciation for functions. They will understand how the equations themselves affect the shape or other properties, such as roots. The software can be integrated into the classes by providing students with homework exercises specifically using the software to solve these problems.

PhET Simulations (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=math-and-statistics&type=html): This is a simulation platform that is highly interactive. It would allow students to interact with the concepts in a fun and enjoyable manner. It also has a broad range of mathematical activities for students, ranging from simple number addition to more complex vector addition. This platform is highly interactive, so it can be used both in-class and as part of homework assignments.

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The first tool we selected was Phet.

1. The Applications of Phet include:

Simulations and Modelling

Digital Manipulatives

Visualizing abstract concepts

2. Concepts that can be taught using phet are:

Fractions

Vectors

Statistics

Measurement

Graphing

Trigonometry

3. Advantages include :

fostering inquiry based learning

developing conceptual understanding

enhancing engagement and motivation

supports differentiated instruction.

4. Practical Tips for Implementation

use as warm ups

allow students to verify answers and foster independent learning

create opportunities for use in discovery lessons where students explore the tools

use as an evaluation exercise.

Tool#2: Didax

https://www.didax.com/virtual-manipulatives.html

1. The Applications of this tool include mainly include Digital Manipulatives for math that reduces the need for physical resources. Students can manipulate tools and simulate the activities.

2. Concepts that can be taught using Didax

Algebra

Geometry and Measurement

Number Theory

3. Advantages of Using this tool

reducing costs of physical manipulatives

Caters to visual learners

fosters a deeper understanding of abstract concepts

accessibility is increased as students can continue to use this tool outside of the classroom to reinforce concepts

enhances problem solving skills and independent learning

4. Tips for integrating into the classroom

Use as a pre assessment tool

Use as an introductory activity /discovery

Use as a demonstration and have students model

Create Mastery /Practice activities

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Over 1.1 billion simulations delivered

160interactive simulations

97language translations

3001teacher-submitted lessons

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Phet - This tool can be used as visual aids and to provide fun practice activities when teaching and learning mathematical concepts such as ratio and proportion.

Microsoft whiteboard- This is excellent when teaching online to provide visual support when teaching. Teachers can also copy and paste questions or co-ordinate grids to be able to explain and show the correct way to plot co-ordinates unto a graph.