The article was written by a teacher of first grade who was trying to incorporate technology into math for her students. She discussed how students even at a young age can be using excel and other programs to calculate data and make graphs and charts. Being in sixth grade this should be easily accomplished by the students, but the same principal exists. It would be a basic way to teach students how to use programs that will be used in everyday life.
I also enjoyed her thoughts about we need to see math in real life. She gave her students a camera to go around and document math taking place in real life situtations. Then she had her students post the pictures in the classroom. This would be a fun way for students to realize the importance of math.
At the bottom of the article there were several links to games, worksheets, and activities to do with the students. I think these will be very helpful items. Some of which I am going to put on my website that I created.
The Article was called: Using Technology in an elementary classroom by Marilyn Western
www.edzone.net/~mwestern/elemath.html
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