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CONCEPT CLUB – Technology notes

• Interactive whiteboard o could share sample lessons with members • graphic organizers • Leisl: intro to research process2 • could show intro to coordinate plane for math • gallery simulations • interwrite website • how I captured screens from CD-ROM for chemistry lesson – “Ch. 11 highlights” – under “Interwrite folder” • QUESTION: how to effectively use class time with these sample lessons; can’t only one student really use this at a time?; how to keep everyone else engaged? . . . o pen • button • rocker • left simulates double left-click on mouse • right simulates right click on mouse o connecting • under “Devices” menu, go through “Find Bluetooth” process; then “Connect” • HOWEVER, “Find Bluetooth” button is usually not available to press • it looks like I just have to turn pad on before I start computer (waking up from hibernation is not enough) o different modes • Office mode • can annotate things in Office programs and have option of saving annotations in native file o saved annotations are unavailable for Interwrite revisions later • fewer toys to use • could make and save copies of a presentation for each set; annotations unique to each set could be saved and reviewed later • Interactive mode • more toys • on an Office screen, annotations only exist on the part of the Office document currently captured on screen o you can use the Interwrite “mouse” to scroll the Office document, but previous annotations will be lost • Graphing calculator o Module 0: Getting acquainted • different zones of the TI-84 Plus • how to reset defaults • implied multiplication with parentheses • use of the “delete/insert” key for editing entries o Module 1: Building the bridge from arithmetic to algebra • how to enter algebraic expressions • how to save numbers as particular variables • how to enter a linear function • how to graph a linear function • how to change dimensions of graph • how to make graph “friendly” (takes into consideration pixel capabilities of screen) • how to set up and adjust tables o Module 2: Number Patterns and Sequences • completing patterns – creating recursion on the home screen • creating lists of term numbers with actual terms • generating a sequence – building lists • comparing strategies: scatter plots, linear functions, and tables • This was the most difficult lesson to follow. • I know that Texas Instruments will soon be coming out with a next-generation interface system for graphing calculators. o This interface will be more like the point-and-click system used with computers. o It seems the new system will be much more user-friendly than the TI-84 Plus. o The new calculators will have the option to have a faceplate and functionality of the TI-84 Plus. • For me to learn the TI-84 Plus interface system may be of limited value; however, I am still, at least, learning the functions of several of the “mystery buttons” on the calculators.