Fostering Creative and Critical Thinking using iPads in Primary Mathematics

Fostering Creative and Critical Thinking using iPads in Primary Mathematics

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  Fostering Creative &Critical Thinking: Using iPads for Primary Mathematics By Joanne Villis
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  What is creativeand critical Thinking in Mathematics? According the Australian Curriculum, there are four interrelated elements: 1. Inquiring (identifying, exploring and organising ideas) 2. Generating ideas, possibilities and actions 3. Reflecting on thinking and processes 4. Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures
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  Creative thinking? Videoon next slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0iXEIpgzNk
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  Critical thinking? Videoon next slide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxEAt91D7k
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  iPads and Numeracyskills? According to the Australian Curriculum the Numeracy learning continuum is organised into six interrelated elements: 1.Estimating and calculating with whole numbers 2.Recognising and using patterns and relationships 3.Using fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and rates 4.Using spatial reasoning 5.Interpreting statistical information 6.Using measurement
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  Taxonomy source: https://www.fractuslearni ng.com/wp-content/ uploads/2014/08 /bloom_taxonomy_1280.p ng
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  How do iPadsfit in with the curriculum? iPads can be tools to support higher order thinking skills. I have witnessed a shift in the use of iPads in education. Initially teachers, including myself, had a strong desire to have all the good apps they could find. Now, it is a matter of using a few good apps and using them well.
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  What has changedin relation to my teaching of mathematics? It has been linked to other curriculum areas
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  How do youintegrate iPads and Mathematics across the curriculum?
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  1. Begin byteaching de Bono’s 6 thinking hats or Bloom’s taxonomy. http://www.leechon.com/focus-ideas-847.htm
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  Higher Order ThinkingSkills Bloom’s Extended Digital Taxonomy Lower Order Thinking Skills
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  2. Start withyour iPads’ features (a) Camera function both photo and video
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  2. Start withyour iPads’ features (b) Press the home button and on/off down button at the same time, a screen shot will be sent to your photos. This saves you money as you often don’t need to upgrade apps. In addition, with drill and practice apps you can keep a record of student’s achievements by taking a simple screen shot.
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  3. Recommended apps a) Explain Everything Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screen casting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/explain-everything/ id431493086?mt=8
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  3. Recommended apps b) Edu Creations This app is a free version of Explain Everything but it has some limitations. It has an online community in order to share and access resources. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/ id478617061?mt=8
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  3. Recommended apps c) Screen Chomp Screen Chomp allows students to explain everything and to share. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/screenchomp/id442415881?t=8
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  3. Recommended apps d) Red Dragonfly Challenge The Red dragonfly mathematics challenge is an English adaptation of a classic Japanese mathematics problem-solving book, known as the Math Brain Quiz (Red) or more commonly as the Red book, by Mr Yasuhiro Hosomizu. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/red-dragonfly-mathematics/id432706674?mt=8
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  3. Recommended apps e) Math Doodles The mathematical puzzles allow users to play, explore, and experiment with mathematical concepts, while developing and strengthening their strategy and problem solving skills. Math Doodles challenges are designed to allow for multiple solutions and strategies. There isn't only one correct answer. Also available online at http://www.carstensstudios.com/mathdoodles/mathdoodlesDemos.htm Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-doodles/id526959716
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  3. Recommended apps f) 5Dice A math game intended for upper elementary and middle school students that helps students enjoy practicing their order of operations. The game encourages students to use higher order thinking to solve the "target" number by working backwards given the answer but not the equation. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/5-dice-order-operations-game/id572774867?mt=8
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  3. Recommended apps g) Math Learning Centre Apps These are all free! Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/clarity-innovations/id496057952
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  3. Recommended apps h) Color Towers Color Tower is a colored block building game. In the lower left corner a blueprint is given in each level that needs to be constructed. Skill Number Pattern Fractions Spatial reasoning Statistical information Measurement https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/color-tower/id442501822?mt=8
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  However, there aresome things an iPad cannot do…Video on next slide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwAuTbx3xKE
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  The video onthe previous page was shown in a presentation yesterday. Below is demonstration of what you should not do with an iPad/iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbKGrtpgBtA
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  An iPad cannotreplace a teacher, the human connection. However, we need to accept that we will make mistakes and that is OK. Lets learn technology, together with our students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw
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  Created by JoanneVillis http://intertecheducation.edublogs.org/ http://www.pinterest.com/joannevillis/ Images: http://pixabay.com/
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