You'll have opportunities to do some serious reading about the use of the calculator in the mathematics classroom, the use of media in general in the classroom, and the use of the computer in eduational settings today. These reading assignments will serve as springboards for small group discussions and for writing assignments.

You'll have opportunites to "investigate" with the calculator. One of the important activities you must engage in is reading/studying the TI-83 documentation manual. You'd be amazed at what you can teach yourself!

You'll have opportunities to reflect on your own learning experiences and discuss or write about those experiences as they relate to technology in the classroom.

You'll join a list or two (or subscribe to a newsgroup or two) on the internet and take part in a nationwide or even worldwide discussion on an educational topic of your choice.

You'll explore the World Wide Web for ideas that you can utilize in your classroom, for support of your own professional development, and for possible student use in learning mathematics.

You'll have opportunities to utilize e-mail to communicate with one another (and me!). You will be expected to submit written assignments to me via e-mail.

You'll use Geometer's Sketchpad as an integral part of a geometry lesson you will develop. Of, course, you'll also have to do some individual learning of the software....welcome to world of life-long learning!

You'll design a word processing activity as an integral part of a mathematics lesson.

You'll design a spreadsheet activity as an integral part of a mathematics lesson.

You'll design a data base activity as an integral part of a mathematics lesson.

You'll have the opportunity learn via a computer tutorial.

You'll have opportunites to reflect on assessment as is applies to technology in the classroom.

You'll have opportunites to discuss managing technology in the classroom.

You'll have opportunities to incorporate traditional media forms into your lesson.

You'll have opportunites to generate a rationale for media use and then select media appropriate for your lesson objectives.

You'll have the opportunity to learn some basic HTML and create a web page of your own.

You'll create a Web Quest activity.

You'll examine current journals like the Mathematics Teacher for timely interesting and useful articles about mathematics learning and instruction.

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