Curator: Aimee Muscoe
Name & Link to Tech Tool or Tool homepage: Factorize
Brief Description of Tech Tool: Students practice finding factors of numbers by making arrays on a grid.
Technical & Cost considerations: This is a free game. It requires the use of Adobe Flash Player and it could be used with a smart board.
Evaluation
Description of Learning Activity:
In a group on on their own students make rectangualr arrays on a grid in order to find the factors of a given number.
1. Learning Activity Types
-present new idea/demonstration
-explore a new mathematical idea
2. What mathematics is being learned?
NCTM Standards
-Algebra
-understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
Proficeny Strands
-Conceptaul understanding- students are familar with mking arrays and now thay can apply that knowledge to factors
How is the mathematics represented?
The mathematics is represented witha virtual manipulative. Students can easily and quickly make a variety of arrays and count the area to see that the areas use the same number of squares.
What role does the technology play?
The advantage fo this technology is that it is much quicker for students to make arrays on the computer than in real life using blocks. Also, the program checks a student's work so they can practice independently.
Affordances of Technology for Supporting Learning
5. How does the technology fit or interact with the social context of learning?
Students can work independently or together to create arrays.
6. What do teachers and learners need to know?
Students need to understand what an array is and that the area can be found by multiplying the length of the two sides. The tool is easy to use and does not require any special technological knowledge.
Name & Link to Tech Tool or Tool homepage: Factorize
Brief Description of Tech Tool: Students practice finding factors of numbers by making arrays on a grid.
Technical & Cost considerations: This is a free game. It requires the use of Adobe Flash Player and it could be used with a smart board.
Evaluation
Description of Learning Activity:
In a group on on their own students make rectangualr arrays on a grid in order to find the factors of a given number.
1. Learning Activity Types
-present new idea/demonstration
-explore a new mathematical idea
2. What mathematics is being learned?
NCTM Standards
-Algebra
-understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
Proficeny Strands
-Conceptaul understanding- students are familar with mking arrays and now thay can apply that knowledge to factors
How is the mathematics represented?
The mathematics is represented witha virtual manipulative. Students can easily and quickly make a variety of arrays and count the area to see that the areas use the same number of squares.
What role does the technology play?
The advantage fo this technology is that it is much quicker for students to make arrays on the computer than in real life using blocks. Also, the program checks a student's work so they can practice independently.
Affordances of Technology for Supporting Learning
- Computing & Automating - students can easily create arrays by clicking on the grid
- Representing Ideas & Thinking - visual representation of factors and how they relate to a given number
- Accessing Information -
- Communicating & Collaborating -
- Capturing & Creating -
5. How does the technology fit or interact with the social context of learning?
Students can work independently or together to create arrays.
6. What do teachers and learners need to know?
Students need to understand what an array is and that the area can be found by multiplying the length of the two sides. The tool is easy to use and does not require any special technological knowledge.