Steven Yarbrough,
Reich College
of Education, Appalachian State University
Artifact 3
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Context
I evaluated several mathematics and mathematics education web sites as
part of my MAT 4015 ("Senior Seminar for Mathematics Majors in
Education," Spring 2004) course taught by Dr. Deborah Crocker. I
used popular search engines, links pages, and teaching-oriented web
sites to locate a variety of online sites dedicated to high school
mathematics and/or mathematics pedagogy. I explored each site,
perused the teacher resources, and experimented with any available
tools (for example, a graphing calculator applet); I then wrote a brief
evaluation of each site, with an emphasis on its usefulness for
pre-service and in-service teachers. I used Netscape Composer to
reformat the evaluations into HTML for use with this Teaching Telefolio.
This artifact should be used as a resource for pre-service and
in-service teachers who need general information about math education
destinations on the Web.
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Impact
This artifact will support my teaching by serving as a starting point
for Internet searches related to mathematics education. Rather
than beginning from a general search engine such as Yahoo! or Google,
teachers may use this artifact to immediately narrow their searches
among sites likely to be appropriate. This artifact supports
professional communication by offering one teacher's viewpoint on
popular mathematics education web sites and their resources. This
artifact also serves as a tool for communication with students, since
the evaluations explain briefly which sites might be appropriate for
high school students who need supplemental study resources.
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Alignment
This artifact satisfies standard II-C
of the NETS-T competencies and standard 10.3
of the NCATC, since its creation required that I identify, access, and
evaluate technology-based teaching and content resources. This
artifact illustrates NETS-T standard V-D
since, as a part of this online Teaching Telefolio, it serves as a tool
for communication with colleagues, parents, and students about using
technology in the content area.
