BEYOND-THE-BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Name: Diana Dowd

Grade Level: 9th Grade
Content Area: Mathematics - Geometry
Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tool Used: Inspiration
Standards Addressed:

MM1P5. Students will represent mathematics in multiple ways.

a. Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical
ideas.
MM2P4. Students will make connections among mathematical ideas and to other
disciplines.
a. Recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas.
b. Understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a
coherent whole.
c. Recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics.
MM2P5. Students will represent mathematics in multiple ways.
a. Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas.
b. Select, apply, and translate among mathematical representations to solve problems.
c. Use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena.
See https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/Default.aspx)
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class:
After the concepts of geometry are introduced to the students, teach them to use
Inspiration software to create a concept map of geometry. This software provides the
visual thinking and learning, and ability to organize what they have learned about the
concepts of geometry. It will support and enhance students learning experience.
This will help students to recognize the concepts and be ready to apply what they
have learned outside of mathematics and solve problems. This geometry concept
map will be added to the classroom blog, so students will have 24/7 access to review.
In addition, by introducing this technology to students, they will be able to use their
creative skills to plan and organize their materials and studies. Students will
demonstrate a sound understanding of their content areas as well as technology.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): LoTi 4
After learning how to use this software, students will apply their learning to their studies, so learning
becomes authentic and relevant, and the teaching becomes students-centered.
Description of the sample BBPT file provided *:
The attached BBPT file is designed for reviewing the concepts of geometry as well as
an example of a technology product that students would create their own to
represent mathematics in different way.
Other comments about your proposed BBPT Activity:
Inspiration is a great tool to organize thoughts for any subject, and it is easy to use.
It provides visual thinking and learning for all levels of students.
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