1. The Remote Control Math Teacher Making math accessible for all.

2. Sarah Messing messing_sarah@yahoo.com O 7 th & 8 th grade math teacher O Teacher at Reese Middle School (9 years) O Currently working towards my Master's degree in Instructional Technology at SVSU

3. How my thinking has changed...

4. Toward Teaching: O Students learn differently than I was taught! O We live in a very visual world. O Students have access to information at their fingertips.

5. Toward my Students: O Tired of the fight O Started focusing on the things I can control “Why aren’t you doing your homework?!” became “What are the reasons you aren’t doing your homework?”

6. Standards for Mathematical Practice 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

7. What does that mean for us? O Teaching content-based mathematical ideas is still important, but... O Students must be able to reason and think through problems to solve them. O The method students use is not as important as rationally coming up with a solution.

8. INCLUSION?!

9. Allowing students to have access to you O www.reese.k12.mi.us www.reese.k12.mi.us O Typed/posted homework on website O Select video lessons available to watch O Provide note outlines for students

10. Recording Your Lessons O Interactive whiteboard software O Screencasting (Educreations, Explain Everything, Show Me, Screenchomp, etc.) O Jing O Camtasia

11. BREAK

12. Video Resources O www.brightstorm.com www.brightstorm.com O www.khanacademy.org www.khanacademy.org O www.brainpop.com www.brainpop.com O www.youtube.com www.youtube.com O *Preview these videos first

13. Computer Interventions O www.mobymath.com www.mobymath.com O www.mangahigh.com www.mangahigh.com O www.khanacademy.org www.khanacademy.org

14. In the Classroom O Internet Resources O www.wolframalpha.com www.wolframalpha.com O Also available as an app O www.webgraphing.com www.webgraphing.com

15. In the Classroom Other Resources O Multiplication charts O Number lines O Equation Boards Equation Boards O Algebra Tiles O “Homemade whiteboards” O Calculators O Breaking Down Definitions O Test reviews Test reviews O Test corrections Test corrections

16. How my thinking has changed...

17. Toward Myself: O Be a “workout buddy.” O Listen. O Forgive yourself. O Approach teaching like “a four year old with your cell phone.”