• Course: Integrating Multiple Technologies in Secondary Mathematics
  • Dates: June 18-21
  • Instructor: Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio - email - tom@tomreardon.com

    • Tom taught mathematics at Austintown Fitch High School for 35 years and at Youngstown State University since 1980. He is a T3 National Instructor and a SMART Exemplary Educator (SEE). Currently he is a mathematics education technology consultant and does professional development throughout the U.S. Tom specializes in Texas Instruments and SMART Board technologies. He also serves as a senior math consultant for Texas Instruments where he works in Product Strategy and Development.

  • Course Description:
    • Participants will learn how to incorporate TI-Nspire handheld and computer software, SMART Board, Fluid Math, and TI-Nspire Navigator into their high school mathematics classroom.
    • Other topics that may be discussed: Computer Algebra Systems (CAS), Dropbox, Edmodo, Math Type, TI-Nspire Document Player.
  • Included:
    • Hundreds of TI-Nspire activities
    • Access to all my math activities
    • Use of a TI-Nspire CX CAS handheld during course
    • Lunch & Snacks
  • Emphasis:
    • Integrating these technologies into your classroom and understanding the pedagogy behind this implementation
    • How to use TI-Npsire handhelds as a graphing calculator
    • How to use TI-Nspire handhelds as a learning and teaching tool
    • How to use TI-Nspire handhelds with pre-created activities
    • How to use TI-Nspire software to create your own activities
    • How to use TI-Nspire Publish View to create interactive worksheets
    • How to utilize SMART Notebook software creatively in your math classroom
    • How to use SMART Notebook to post your class notes online in pdf and video formats
    • Find out what Fluid Math software is and how it can be used
    • See how to effectively use TI-Nspire Navigator as a student response system
    • Find out how to use TI-Nspire documents for FREE using the online TI-Nspire Document Player (especially if you do not have this technology yet)
    • Optional: CAS, Dropbox, Edmodo, Math Type (as time and interest permits)