Background, Process & Outcomes

Vision Statement

Leveraging Funding Streams Matrix

Criteria to Assess Promising Practices

Promising Practices

Research and Resources

Tool Participants

Background, Process & Outcomes

• Background
• Process & Outcomes

Background

As education stakeholders address the importance of math for ensuring a competent workforce and for America’s competitiveness in a global economy, educational technology has an opportunity to make a significant contribution to improving student achievement and expanding higher level thinking skills in math.

Although state technology directors frequently develop programs that involve technology and math, states and districts are not yet maximizing the potential of collaborating across programs and working together. SETDA worked with Texas Instruments to explore the potential of integrating technology into math curriculum and instruction and to identify funding streams within programs across SEAs and LEAs.

Process and Outcomes
Through whole group guidance and focused discussions and research of subgroups, the Math Tool Team identified various tools that would be helpful for all SETDA members and the broader education community. The subgroups included:

• Creating a Vision
• Leveraging Funding for Technology
• Promising Practices and Resources

The Team specifically addressed ideas that may be accepted, but due to lack of time and resources, may not be fully explored and/or utilized. For example, the Team documented the vision for technology’s role in math curriculum and researched the specific references to technology throughout NCLB. The resulting tools in these two areas are currently available.

After much discussion, the Team also developed criteria to assess promising practices and a survey to collect programs integrating math and technology. The Team is in the process of collecting additional examples and reviewing them using the promising practices criteria. The Team also compiled research from academia, corporations, organizations, states, and school districts relating to math and technology. The resulting criteria, promising practices, and research will be released in October 2006.

The rich discussions and motivation to delve into the issue of the role of technology in math curriculum and instruction provided a rich learning experience for those involved. The resulting Toolkit attempts to share the lessons, examples, and potential ideas with all education stakeholders in a succinct and meaningful way.

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