Math-Activity2

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= 21st Century ~ Math ~ Creating Math Comics & Math Concept Flash Cards for i-Pods =



* *  * **Background Information:** Use a comic creator for students to communicate math understandings using a comic strip format. We will use a web 2.0 tool called "Bit Strips" but teachers could go "low tech" and use paper and pencil.
 * **Link to Create a Bit Strips Account:** @http://www.bitstrips.com
 * **Handout on math comics**: [|Comics in Math.pdf]
 * **Links to Other Comic Creators:**
 * Pixton
 * Comiqs || [[image:acute_angle_comic.jpg]]
 * EXAMPLE:** Students show their understanding of acute angles by creating a comic strip using Bit Strips:
 * **Definition of an acute angle:** The measure of an angle with a measure between 0° and 90° or with less than 90° radian.
 * ** __Activity Task:__ //Create a Comic Strip to explain a math process, definition, formula or other math fact of your choice.// ** ||

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 * Creating Flash Cards Handout: [|Ipod flash cards.pdf]
 * Angles Sample: [|Angles Presentation Example.ppt]
 * Multiplication Tables Sample: [|Math Facts Nines.ppt]
 * Template or PowerPoint Starter: [|PPT-Template.ppt]
 * Instructions:**
 * 1) Use PowerPoint to create flash cards (a question slide followed by an answer slide)
 * 2) Create a series of slides in this order (question slide, answer slide, question slide, answer slide)
 * 3) Once you have finished the slides **FILE-->SAVE AS PICTURES**
 * 4) The slides will be saved as individual pictures in a folder
 * 5) Create and **ALBUM** in **i-PHOTO** and drag the slides into that album (check the order)
 * 6) **Synch with a i-pod** that has a visual display
 * 7) Voila--21st Century Flashcards (some students still need this) ||
 * === ICT Literacy Map Reflection [[image:rainbow_web_0710.jpg width="160" height="106" align="right"]] ===
 * Where might this activity fit in the ICT Literacy Map for Math?
 * Where might this activity fit in the ICT Literacy Map for Math?
 * | Math Home | Overview | Schedule | Activity 1 Smart Searching-Story Problem | Activity 2 |
 * Activity 3 Division of Fractions & Smart Boards | Activity 4 Math Writing Activity | Closure Sharing Activity |

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