2. WELL WHAT IS THE ART?
Math is the art
• Yes math is a form art
• Many people now, and back in the day, thought long and hard for answers to
certain to problems
• Yes some problems have been technical such as “Are there infinite primes?”
• Yet others were more fun, such as “Can you tile a chess broad, with two of the
corners of the same color missing, with a 2x1 domino?” (The Answer is no.)
• How did these question come up?
• Further if this math what are children being taught at school?

3. THEN THE CHAOS IS . . .
The chaos is the way students are being taught math
• Sadly math is the only subject to be taught without mention of: history,
philosophy, or even important dead people
• Students are presented a lot of information, most of the time without visual aid
• Sadly math is reduce to memorization of tables and grids
• This power point can only do so much, but . . .
• At least I can mention the beauty of math

4. MATH TODAY
Unlike the famous dead guys, we now have technology
• The use of technology is a boon as one can know see what is many of the old
school mathematicians were thinking
• How many of use remember how to find the Area of the circle? There may be a
few that remember the archaic formula, 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟2
. Now how many know how to
prove it? I do not think many of us know how.
• Sadly the method is so beautiful, all you have to do is cut the circle into slices like
a pizza. Then you lay each slice next to one another making a square. Then you
calculate the area of the that square. Easy right! Now let us move on . . . wait you
do not understand?

5. NOW WE SEE THE PROBLEM
Let us try to understand the last problem
• This is the way some teachers teach
• Many of us are aware of the different intelligences, but how many people
address the other forms of teaching?
• I know that many people did not understand what I said about the proof for the
area of a circle; I know this because I did not understand it in that form
• How about I show a picture of what I mean about slices and the square
• Is this better? Now one can see the what I mean
• What if I asked to make more slices could this look more
like a square? What not play with it, go to this website
http://www.geogebratube.org/student/m111

6. SO WHY USE THESE SOURCES?
It would seem silly not to use the boon that computers give to the subject of math
• I must admit that I am not a big fan of using technology, but when something
works it is best to find out how it can help make life easier
• Not all students learn the same, this includes EVERY student whether they are
disabled or not
• I pray everyone was able to use the website, if you noticed the website allowed
you to play with the area of the circle
• This makes the concept less abstract and more relative to a student
• Let us take this power point for example, it is: Colorful, has interactive
components, and lasting questions and it all has to do with math

7. NOW LET US SEE A LESSON
I have mentioned the use of technology now let us see it in action
• Suppose one wants to teach factions, more specifically adding them
• Let us use the example to the bottom right
• A teacher can say, “What is the common denominator of 3 and 4?”
• A few students will know that means, yet not every student understands the
math jargon being used
• How else can we address this issue?
• I was able to make a video of this exact lesson
• I used colors to represent the numbers
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnsGvltRl5o
• Take a look

8. WELL WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
What was the main idea of this power point?
• Was I trying to show you the art that is math?
• Or the fact that math can be taught with the use technology?
• I pray that both were shown in the this power point
• Just like any one of us would much rather be involved than be seated in a
classroom, students are the same
• The videos and websites are two of many examples that can be used to reach
different types of intelligences
• Although I only did two lessons I was able to include technology in both of them,
further more this very presentation is using technology to get my point across
• I hope that the point is made math is art
• Find a way to use technology to give students that visual aid
• Thank you for you time!