MathCasting-Teaching Math Digitally

MathCastingLearning Math Digitally
Toby Beck

What is MathCasting?
Students use Microsoft OneNote and Jing to create a movie
Students speak, write and record on their computer all at the same time

Uses for MathCasting?
Instructional tool for the teacher
Tool for students to demonstrate understanding

Sample Lesson
Watch MathCast
Create own MathCast
Includes representations of manipulatives
Create a real life application
Collaborate via Skype to explain to a partner
Another class/city/province/country?

Benefits to Student LearningorWhat’s the point?
Internalize the concept
Access existing knowledge
Plan how to explain
Explain using a variety of modalities

Accesses multiple intelligences and requires greater brain activity to create a MathCast
“The net savvy group showed almost twice as much activity while online compared with reading a book....the web surfing task activated the same areas of the brain as reading, but in addition, the brain was involved in decision making, complex reasoning and vision detection.”
From “I Live in the Future and Here’s How It Works”
By Nick Bilton

Makes learning personal
Students now have access to the web to find digital artifacts that are meaningful to them and incorporate those artifacts into their math in a personal way
Context
Helps make the math become more real/meaningful/personal

Digital literacy
Preparing learners for the global, knowledge based, digital world

Allows for differentiated learning as students go at their own pace
Students go at their own pace as they pause, rewind instructional mathcast as needed
Then go on to create own mathcast at own pace

Web-based portfolio of learning over the year
Powerful living document that is personalized and represents their learning
Powerful tool to take to the next grade

I am no longer a traditional “Teacher” and become a “Learning Facilitator”
Knowledge doesn’t go through me and to them, rather I create frameworks for them to become self directed learners and responsible for their own learning

Student Examples
Beckwilson.edublogs.org
See my MathCasting page or go to student blogs and see their math pages
Wilsonbeck.edublogs.org
See student blogs and their math pages

Student Responses
The mathcasts also tested us on how much we understood the subject, not just the formula. This is better in my opinion as it prepares us more.
Digital learning allowed me to go at my own pace and not have to worry about people in the class that were faster than me and would make the class move on without me knowing because I was still working.
Personally, I think I learn way better digitally on my own rather than in class with everyone else. I can be in my own space and go at my own pace.

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MathCasting-Teaching Math Digitally

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