STEM Academy: MIddle school students learn about graphing using technology tools
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Angelia Reid-Griffin, Kelli Slaten, UNC Wilmington, United States
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Jacksonville, Florida, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-07-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
To help with the challenges many middle school students experience when learning how to use new tools in the classroom, we provided a technology training session during our summer academy for middle school students. The annual summer academy focused on helping students learning graphing skill by offering technology training sessions using two innovative tools, TI-Nspire and InspireData. The poster will show how the tools were presented to our group of middle school students. The technology training sessions are one of many techniques using technology for teaching the participants during the week long summer program. The products showcased in the poster can be used to help middle school students learn how to apply data analysis and graphing skills. As a result of this experience the participants were more proficient at using technologies as tools to prepare them for the next generation of learning.
Citation
Reid-Griffin, A. & Slaten, K. (2014). STEM Academy: MIddle school students learn about graphing using technology tools. In M. Searson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2014--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2947-2951). Jacksonville, Florida, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 6, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/131255/.
© 2014 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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