Tapping into TI-Navigator ActivitiesKymn Van Dyken

Aspen Valley High Schoolkymn.vandyken@asd20.org

http://mrsvandyken.pbwiki.com/

"Mathematics is the Queen of the Sciences." - Carl Friedrich Gauss

What can happen on a 3 year journey

1. A few calculators to check out

2. One school wide projector with a fuzzy screen

3. Huh, what is TI-Navigator

4. How can we write a grant5. Mismatch in grade level

standards and a shortage of math classes

1. TI-84 Silver Plus’s for all math students

2. Ceiling mounted projectors in the entire school

3. 3 dedicated TI-Navigators in our building

4. 3 grants and the only school in CO to attend the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum in 2007

5. Beginning to realign our math program

Why use TI-Navigator?

• Gets everyone involved• Provides real-time feedback• The technology appeals to the students• Great for visual learners• Formative assessments• Electronic portfolios

Real Data in Real Time

1. Perfect for using data in the classroom as formative assessments. The immediate feedback allows teachers to adjust teaching

2. Data from the world around us helps students connect with our teaching

How to Log in on the student calculators

• Press the key• Arrow down to Navnet• Press • Press again

Using Learn Check in the class

• Learn checks can be used as formative and summative assessments.

• Make great lesson warm ups• Templates can be used to collect homework.• Use the class analysis feature for results• Sample Quiz

http://www.quizrocket.com/dumb-test/

How to Open Sample Quiz

• Back• Network apps• Learncheck• Take sample quiz

Class Analysis Feature

• Show the results of a learn check by showing a PowerPoint type of presentation with the

• Question• Answer• An spreadsheet of

answers for the teacher

• Class analysis icon

How to use the quick poll

• As the teacher, Click on the quick poll feature

• Questions can be typed in or created ahead of time

• Great for formative assessments

• Quick poll responses include:

• True/False• Yes/No• Right/Wrong• Multiple Choice• Open Response

View of Quick Poll and Options

Fastest Finger

• Shared at T3

in Dallas• Great for basic facts, multiple choice

problems, and homework+5 Being the first person and right+3 (if the 1st person is not correct, and right answer)+1 Correct answer at any time 0 Wrong answer-5 For being the first person and wrong!

• The point is that it is more important to be right than to be fast

Quick Poll

• On a scale from 0 to 1000, how important is access to the internet to you?

Examples of internet responses

• Sample of the Quick Poll Summary

• Each student rated the importance of the internet on a scale between 0 and 1000

Activity Center Notes and Ideas

• 1. Graphing Activity from Patrick Sanchez• 2. Try graphing points from verbal directions • 3. Graph lines with the slope and y-intercept

y = 1/3x - 2• 4. Graph inequalities such as y ≤ 2x + 1 Activity from Robert Lochel

Uses for the Activity Center

• Students contribute points, lines, or data.• Students can fill out forms.• Activity settings can be prepared in advance.• Collected data can be disseminated back to

students.

Material for the Census at School example

“Census At School is a non-profit project funded by organizations interested in promoting good use of statistics and data handling.” Students can participate and use their own data for math classes.

• Phase 8 Secondary Survey http://www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk/default.asp

Activity Center • The same data from

quick poll can be collected in the activity center and disseminated back out to the class via a list (existing activity lists).

• 0 means “not at all” and 1000 means “very important”.

An idea of the Website

Census at School Phase 8 Survey

Data is e-mailed to me in Excelglobalwarming pollution rubbish water energy lifestyle computer internet

800 887 704 1000 499 585 1000 1000

316 316 186 346 433 121 853 719

343 901 618 406 585 352 1000 999

454 818 0 0 818 1000 1000 1000

510 1000 1000 1000 872 716 842 788

0 475 1000 500 500 1000 982 1000

961 628 949 244 187 724 500 516

648 1000 681 770 681 1000 1000 1000

0 0 0 0 0 624 0 0

564 558 564 630 627 752 558 633

352 352 734 731 743 815 893 887

0 0 500 215 531 627 1000 1000

636 621 636 970 278 1000 0 0

645 851 310 569 839 901 558 618

278 299 293 725 710 570 278 725

27 0 0 0 0 0 0 66

119 500 0 707 788 845 500 1000

478 500 500 500 500 845 1000 1000

582 776 297 770 743 710 1000 1000

Lists in Activity Center

Collecting Data• Open Activity Center• Click contribute > lists>

configure• Choose L1 > click ok • Check the lists from

calculator box• Start the activity and

have students send list by pressing zoom

Returning List• Configure again• Send existing lists back

to each calculator

Screen Capture

• The screen capture feature can take a snapshot of the class at any one time.

• The shot can be saved as a jpeg.

• “Every lessons uses Navigator”

This is the same data collected and returned to the class

Data can also be collected on forms

• Start by choosing the form option

Forms are easy to set up

Input the name and the list that you want it sent to:

Importing large lists into Navigator

• Copy a list in Excel• Paste it into TI-Interactive• Export to computer and save as a list to the

desktop• Open Navigator• Go to load > load lists> browse for the list

Sources for data for TI-Navigator examples

• Consider RSS Feeds• Really SSimple SSyndications• Used for frequently updated info• Good for news!• Also for updated statistics• Think of filtered updates• You need an aggregator or feed reader to read these• Can be web-based or on the desktop-based

Sign into Googlecreated account

After signing in…

1. Click on my account

2. Click on reader

Example of my Google Reader

• These are some of my feeds

• You can personalize your preferences

Click on RSS link and paste the URL into the reader

http://landmark-project.com/

• For data on:• Environment• Census• economics• sports

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/

• Population clocks

• http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html• http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/popclockest.txt

What is the connection to TI-Navigator

Students learn how to “navigate” large pieces of data

This link gives directions for turning data into excel lists

http://landmark-project.com/d3.php

TI-Website

• Does not currently have RSS feeds

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