Pamela Bluffington - MISTM Education Development Center
Importance of imbedded ongoing PD. No drive by PD.
Engage teachers in teaching and learning that impacted student and learning. Strengthen pedagogical practice in Mathematics. Continue to buil dlearning community
2-year PD intervention
Online & face-to-face
Site visits for staff mentoring
Immersion model in face-to-face. Doing activities as the learner and deconstruct in terms of construction.
Online Learning Environment - tied to graduate crdit
Core beliefs:
Tech integration begins with content goals
-local learning standards
-NCTM principals
-NETS-S & T
Non-judgemental feedback. Formative assessment provided by technology. Goes beyond online worksheet with yes/no response.
Changes how students talk to each other and engage. Provides a level of exposure that students are not comfortable with - probing thinking, no rote answers.
Edthoughts - what we know about teaching and learning mathematics
Used as many online tools as possible. Cross-platform, flexible and open. Not online worksheets. National Library of Online Manipulatives
Multiple representations of content
Enhanced visualization
GeoGebra combining geometry and algebra.
Get immediate feedback along the way.
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