‘BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE’
(BYOD) IN THE
MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
MALA NATARAJ, SELWYN COLLEGE
AMA WORKSHOP APRIL 5TH 2014
NATARAJM@SELWYN.SCHOOL.NZ
MALANATARAJ16@GMAIL.COM
STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES
• Students’ difficulties in Mathematics and Statistics highlighted in the Research literature.
• Many students appear to struggle with Algebraic concepts and also ideas in Number such as
fractions and powers
• So how can we help students who are struggling in mathematics?
• And how can we extend the gifted and talented?
BYOD (BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE)
• Many schools going with the BYOD idea for teaching and learning
• How can technology help students in mathematics?
USES OF BYOD IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
• Use of calculator in BYOD
• Research – for example, students can conduct research on
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a mathematician (e.g Fermat)
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a mathematical idea (Pascal’s triangle) or
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the history of mathematics
USE OF BYOD
• BYOD can also be used as a tool for:
 Scaffolding learning
 Increasing thinking skills
 Enhancing conceptual understanding
 Extending the more able students
SOME EXAMPLES OF USE OF BYOD
BYOD worksheets that I have developed so far for Years 9-13 are related to the following topics:
 Number
 Algebraic manipulation
 Algebraic graphs
 Calculus
CONCLUSION
• Thank you very much for attending this session!
• Comments, suggestions for improvement and other ideas welcome.
• Email : natarajm@selwyn.school.nz
•
malanataraj16@gmail.com