Math Web 2.0

If your district is like ours, integrating technology or Web 2.0 tools into the math curriculum seems a difficult task. So I went online to see what tools might be available. Check these sites out and let me know what you think! There are online student-created tutorials and much more!

MathTrain.com (TV and audio)is a cool site that has many student-created tutorials for educators to use as part of their teaching strategies or to provide as an example for those who are wanting to take their student-created products to the next level and allow their students to create an online tutorial using various tools such as Screencast or podcast.





VOICETHREAD
I have spoken about Voicethread before in the ELA sense but I can definitely see it being used by students and teachers for math purposes. Students can collaborate using their comments within the presentation itself, very useful if you're seeking student input within the project. Here are some example of VoiceThread being used for mathematics.





GEOGEBRA
Geogebra is a cool site for math nuts and they even have a Wiki to be utilized as a resource! You can use it in your Direct Teach or have student work in pairs to solve assigned problems. I could see the students posting their responses in a teacher-created class wiki as part of a integrated project!
FROM THE WEBSITE: GeoGebraWiki is a free pool of teaching materials for the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. Everyone can contribute and upload materials! All contents of this pool may be used free of charge.

UPDATE: Here is another site for Math Nuts!

NumberNut.com is a free math activity site that has a huge variety of flash-based math games. Beyond the games, they also have very good descriptions of mathematical concepts. Students are able to learn a concept then practice with one of the games. It is a well-organized site and perfect for many lessons.
**I could see this site being used as part of an individual project whereas students are to complete X amount of lessons/activities per a projected timeline (timeline in a WIKI, love those WIKIS!). Students can post when they have completed activities and "what they learned" on a specific Wiki page, with maybe a student product as a cumulating activity (voicethread or a podcast that explains what they did and gleaned during the project).**


http://teacher.tenmarks.com/ - math video lessons – free. They have loads of math video lessons – 3-5 minutes long – perfect for sharing with kids and parents for grades 3-10. What I like most is the wonderful way they have explained complex math problems by breaking it into smaller pieces.
 
http://www.khanacademy.org/ – A huge collection of Math and Science tutorials. Created by an MIT graduate this site is a terrific resource for students and teachers. The videos are hosted on Youtube so Youtube access is required.