KristenNewman

AnnotatedBibliography:20TechnologyResourcesforMathematics
CT210A

Apple(2010)QuickTimeplayer7(10.6.3)Retrievedfrom
https://support.apple.com

QuickTimeplayer7isagreatresourceforscreencasting.IhaveusedQuickTimeto
recordmyscreenwhiledemonstratinghowtographinmycoursesonlinehomework
program,MyMathLab.ItcanalsobeusedtorecordmyscreenwhileusingGeogebra
andthenIcanuploadthevideointoExplainEverythingandaddaudiotomyscreen
capture.Thisisagreattoolformakingvideotutorialsforanythingthatneedstobedone
onacomputer.

Desmos,Inc.(2015)DesmosGraphingCalculator(2.0.1)[Mobileapplicationsoftware].
Retrievedfrom
https://itunes.com

Desmosisafreegraphingcalculatorapp.Forthosethatdonotwishtodownloadthe
app,theycangoto
https://www.desmos.com/
.Thisisanexcellentoptionforstudents
whocannotaffordtopurchaseagraphingcalculator.Itisalsoagreatwayforteachers
todemonstrategraphstotheirclasses.Theslidersfeatureisagreatwaytoteach
transformationsandslope.

Easel.ly|createandsharevisualideasonline.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,from
http://www.easel.ly/

Easel.lyisafreewebtoolforcreatinginfographics.Teachersandstudentscancreate
visuallystimulatinginfographicsquicklyandeasilyusingEasel.ly.Easel.lyoffersfree
templatesoruserscancustomizetheirown.Infographicsareagreatwayforteachersto
presentmaterialtosupporttheirstudentswhoaremorevisuallearners.Studentscan
useEasel.lytocreateprofessionalpresentationsforlongtermassignments.Teachers
andstudentscancreatefreeaccountstosavetheirdesignsanddownloadtheirdesign
asapdfand/orsharetheirdesignsvialinkorembedinawebsite.

Edmodo|ConnectWithStudentsandParentsinYourPaperlessClassroom.(n.d.).
RetrievedFebruary22,2016,fromhttps://www.edmodo.com/

Edmodoisaneducationalsocialnetwork.Teacherscansetupgroupsfortheirclasses
onEdmodoanduseitasacommunicationcenterfortheirclasses.Studentscanpost
theirworkandparticipateingroupchatswiththeteachermonitoringtheactivity.
Edmodoisausefultoolforbothtypicalclassroomsandblendedlearningclassrooms.

EDpuzzle.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,fromhttp://edpuzzle.com/


Thisisawebtoolthatallowsforeducatorstoenhancethevideotutorialstheycreatefor
theirstudents.BothteachersandstudentscanestablishafreeaccountwithEdPuzzle.
TeacherscansetupclassesinEdPuzzletokeepbettertrackoftheirstudentsprogress.
EdPuzzleallowstheusertotakeanyvideostheyhavemade(ie:ExplainEverythingor
Educreations)orchooseapreexistingvideofromYoutube,KhanAcademy,Learn
Zillionandmodifyit.EdPuzzleallowsyoutocropavideo,addaudioandaddquiz
questionsthroughoutthevideo.Thereisalsoapreventskippingoptiontoensureyour
studentswatchtheentirevideo.Ifateachersetsupaclassandhastheirstudentsjoin
theirclasstheycanseehoweachstudentdidwiththevideos.Itshowswhatpercentof
thevideotheycompleted,howoftentheywatchedcertainsectionsandhowtheydidon
theinsertedquizquestions.Thereisacommentbuttonsoteachersandstudentscan
communicatewitheachotherabouttheassignment.

Educlippers:Whatyoucreateandsharematters!(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,
fromhttps://educlipper.net/

EduclippersisPinterestforeducators.Educlippersisafreeaccountwhereeducators
cancollectandshareideasfortheirclassroom.Youcanorganizeyourclipsontoboards
tohelporganizeyourmaterialforaunitorlessonplan.SimilartoOERCommons,
educlippersencouragescollaborationandsharingamongsteducators.

Educreations,Inc.(2016)EducreationsInteractiveWhiteboard(2.1.7)[MobileApplication
Software].Retrievedfrom
http://itunes.apple.com

TheEducreationsappisaninteractivewhiteboardandscreencastingapp.Educators
canusethisapptocreatevideotutorialforaFlippedclassroom.Thisappiseasyto
learn,youcantypetextorwriteonthescreenwiththepentool.Thebackgroundofyour
screencanbechangedfromplainwhitetolinedpaperorgraphpaper.Thereisan
optiontoinsertphotosinthefreeversionandtheupgradetoEducreationsPro($99.99
peryear)includestheoptionstoexportyourvideoandinsertdocuments,mapsand
webpages.TheappisavailableforiPads.

ExplainEverythingsp.zo.o.(2016)ExplainEverythingInteractiveWhiteboard(3.25)
[MobileApplicationSoftware].Retrievedfromhttp://itunes.apple.com

TheExplainEverythingappisaninteractivewhiteboardandscreencastingapp.
EducatorscanusethisapptocreatevideotutorialsforaFlippedclassroom.Theappis
veryuserfriendlyandhasavarietyoffeatures.Youcantypetextordrawlinesor
shapeswiththedrawtool.Thereisanoptiontoinsertpdffilesorfilesfromgoogledrive,
photos,videosandsound.Mathequationsandgraphscanalsobeinsertedusingthe
mathequationinsertavailable.Onceyourvideosarecomplete,theycanbeexportedto

Youtube,vimeo,iTunesetc.Theappcost$3.99andisavailablefortheiPhone,iPad
andiPodtouch.

Formative.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,16,fromhttp://goformative.com/

Formativeisanexcellentsitetocreateformativeassessments.Bothteachersand
studentscancreatefreeaccountsandteacherscansetupclassesforstudentstojoin.
Formativeisidealfordailyformativeassessments.EventhoughFormativedoesnot
haveoptionsformathtype,youcanuploadpdffilesandtransformthemtomultiple
choice,shortanswerorshowwork.AgreatfeatureofFormativeistheLiveResults
option.Teacherscandisplaystudentsanswersastheyaretypingtheminandoffer
commentsandsuggestionstoall.LiveResultsisagreattoolforgeometryorgraphing
lessonssostudentscanseethewaytherestofclassansweredthequestion.

GameMakerby:YoyoGames.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,from
https://www.yoyogames.com/

GameMakerisaneasytolearngamingcreator.Itusesadraganddropdevelopment
environmentsogamescanbecreatedquicklywithoutneedingtowritecode.Thebuiltin
languageinGameMaker(GML)helpsyoulearntoprogramasyougo.Youcansignup
forafreeaccountinGameMaker.ToexportyourcreatedgamesfromGameMakeryou
wouldneedGameMakerStudiowhichisonlyfreeonWindows.GameMakerisagreat
placeforteacherstostartiftheyareinterestedinincorporatingeducationalgamesinto
theirclassroom.

GoogleForms(Version0.8)[Computersoftware].(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,16,from
https://drive.google.com

GoogleFormscanbeusedformuchmorethancreatingsurveysintheclassroom.
UsingGoogleFormstocreatesurveysinyourclassisagreatwaytogetfeedbackfrom
yourstudentsortouseitinthebeginningofacoursetohelpgettoknowyourstudents
better.YoucanalsouseGoogleFormsforsigningupparentconferencesorcalculator
rentals.Theflubarooandg(math)addonallowsforteacherstocreatehomeworks,
quizzesorteststhatcanbeautomaticallygraded.Thisisanidealoptionforschoolsthat
haveclasssetsoflaptopsortabletsbecausequizzesandtestscanbetakenrightin
class.Forschoolsthatdonothaveeasyaccesstolaptopsortablets,usinggoogleforms
forhomeworkassignmentsortakehometestsisagreatoption.

HaikuLearning|K12DigitalLearningPlatform.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,from
https://www.haikulearning.com/signin/

HaikuLearningisaK12digitallearningplatform.HaikuLearningissimilarinconceptto
Edmodo.Teacherscansignupforafreeaccountandkeepuptofiveclassesanduseit

asacommunicationcenter.StudentscanjoinforfreeanduseHaikuasawaytoshare
workandideas.

InternationalGeoGebraInstitute(2015).Geogebra(5.0.193)[MobileApplicationSoftware]
Retrievedfrom
https://itunes.com

GeoGebraisavailableasanapponmobiledevicesandcanalsobeaddedassoftware
oncomputers.GeoGebraisalsoavailableinthenewversionofSMARTNotebook.
Thismathtoolallowsforteacherstopresentaccuratevisualdemonstrations.Itisvery
helpfulinGeometryclassestodemonstrateconstructionsandprovetheorems.Ithasan
optiontodisplaythreedimensionalobjectswhichcanbeverychallengingtodrawfree
hand.InAlgebraclassesitcanbeusedtographfunctionsandinvestigatetheir
properties.

Kahoot!(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,fromhttps://getkahoot.com/

Kahoot!isoneofthemostexcitingformativeassessmenttoolsavailableontheweb.
TeacherscancreateafreeaccountthroughKahoot!andthencreatetheirassessments
bygoingto
https://create.kahoot.it
Studentsdonotneedtosetupanaccountto
participateinaKahoot!.IfindKahootmostusefulforreviewgamespriortoanexam.
StudentscanteamupandplayKahootwithanymobiledevice.Theonlydownsideto
Kahootisthatitdoesnothaveoptionstotypecertainmathsymbolsandyoucanonly
usemultiplechoicequestions.

KhanAcademy.(2006)Retrievedfrom
https://www.khanacademy.org

KhanAcademyisaneducationcompanycreatedin2006byeducatorSalmanKhan.
ThewebsitehasshortlecturesintheformofYoutubevideosinmath,science,
economics,artsandhumanitiesandcomputing.Youcansignupforafreeaccount
whichgivestheuseroptiontowatchvideosandinadditionpracticeproblemsinany
topic.KhanAcademytracksyourprogressandawardsBadgestomotivatelearning.

MindMeister:OnlineMindMappingandBrainstorming.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,
2016,fromhttps://www.mindmeister.com/

Mindmeisterisawebsiteforcreatingmindmapsandgraphicorganizers.Thereare
manyusesforcreatingmindmapsinaclassroom.Teachersandstudentscan
brainstormideasanduseamindmaptoorganizethem.Iliketocreategraphic
organizersformystudentstohelpsummarizetopicsandgivethemavisuallearningaid
tohelpthemstudy.Mindmeisterisagoodchoiceformathteachersbecauseitallowsfor
userstocopyandpastemathsymbolsfromaworddocument.MindMeisterisonlyfree
foryourfirstthreegraphicorganizersunlessyouupgradetothepaidsubscription.

OERCommons:Discover.Share.Create.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,from
https://www.oercommons.org/

OERCommonsisadigitallibraryandnetworkofeducationalresources.Withtheever
changingcurriculumsandtechnologiesineducation,teachersneedtocollaborateand
shareideas.Itisdifficultforteacherstoalwaysthinkofnewandcreativewaystoteach
theirstudents,bysharingourideaswecanimproveoureducationalsystem.Itisnot
necessarytosignupforanaccountwithOERcommonsunlessyouwanttosavethe
resourcesyoufind.

Remind101,Inc.(2016)Remind:SafeClassroomCommunication(6.0.1)[Mobile
ApplicationSoftware].Retrievedfrom
https://itunes.com

RemindappisacommunicationdeviceavailableforiPhones,iPadsandiPodtouches.
TeacherscanusetheRemindApptocommunicatewithparentsandstudentsintheir
classes.StudentsandParentsdonotneedtodownloadtheapptoparticipatewith
Remind.Theyhavetheoptiontosignupviatextmessagingoremail.Reminddoesnot
sharecellphoneinformationoremails,allcommunicationisdoneviatheapp.Itisa
greattooltosafelycommunicate.Moststudentsdomostoftheircommunicatingthrough
textmessagingsoitisthebestwaytosendoutreminderstoyourclassestomakesure
theyallreceivethem.

ScratchImagine,Program,Share.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,from
https://scratch.mit.edu/

Scratchisaprogramminglanguageandonlinecommunitywherestudentsandteachers
canprogramandshareinteractivemedia.Scratchisabasiccodingprogramthatis
simpleenoughforyoungstudentstolearn.Learningtocodeisgoingtobeanimportant
partofeducation.Mathclassesaregreatplacestoteachbasiccodingduetothelogical
componentinprograms.Studentscanusescratchtolearntothinkcreativelyandwork
collaborativelywithclassmates.TeacherscanuseScratchtocreatesimplegamestobe
usedintheirclassroom.

Tinkercad|Create3DdigitaldesignswithonlineCAD.(n.d.).RetrievedFebruary22,2016,
fromhttps://www.tinkercad.com/

Tinkercadisafreeonlinecomputerassisteddesignsite.Tinkercadiseasytouseto
create3Ddesignstoprintfroma3Dprinter.Thissiteisgreattointroduceyoung
studentstotheconceptsof3Dprintinganddesignbecauseitisveryeasytolearnhow
touse.Userscansetupafreeaccounttosavetheirdesigns.3Dprintingisoneofthe
prominentemergingtechnologiesineducation.Itisdefinitelysomethingthatwillbenefit
mathematicseducation.