Thursday, February 7, 2019

Paperless Math Class? But How???

We are newly 1:1 24/7 district for our 6-12 graders and 1:1 at school for K-5. We use touchscreen Lenovo 300e series Chromebooks. They're amazing. The screen can actually be written on with a graphite pencil, so text can be handwritten. 

Check out this video from The Verge to see the screen writing capabilities.



Students also use stylus and even their headphone jack works (weird, but it does). Last week while I was teaching in a science classroom, a student with an iPhone 7 made a comment about her phone not having the auxiliary port. Guess what? The charger jack also works on our screens!


hdr, headphone jack, headphones


I've worked with our algebra teacher quite a lot this year on how to incorporate the use of technology with math. She's been completely on board from day 1. We are a Google District, so all of her assignments are posted on Google Classroom. She uses Kami integrated into her Google Classroom. When she posts an assignment, it is posted to force copy for all students, and students open the assignment with the app/extension Kami. They use the paint/draw tool to hand write and work out problems. Students also use the text box feature to type notes and responses that require longer worded answers. 












All work is automatically saved in Kami; and, with Kami's Google Classroom integration the work shows up on the teacher side of Google Classroom making grading with Kami a breeze. Teachers are able to correct problems using a different color and make comments using text boxes. Teacher-student feedback is fast and easy. Teachers are also able to see student work, notes, and who is NOT taking notes in class in real time.

Several teachers have begun to use Kami in place of making paper copies for every student. Not only does it cut back on paper consumption, using Kami also helps students keep track of work. And there's never the excuse of "I lost my paper" or "I didn't get that assignment".

To see a step-by-step of how to create an assignment using Kami, check out my post here.

No comments:

Post a Comment