Computer Grant
by Colleen Stachowiak
November 09, 2009
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation generously funded a
grant for 32 ACER laptop computers to be used in Highland’s
mathematics classrooms. Students are using the computer program
Geometer’s Sketchpad in order to develop their reasoning in
mathematics and to create mathematics in the classroom.
Students have thus far completed activities involving the
Pythagorean Theorem and properties of parallel lines. Students in
8th grade and the Informative Geometry class have had the
opportunity thus far to use the computers. Students in Geometry
will soon be using the computers to explore the concept of slope.
Working with these mathematical concepts on the computers provides
a concrete understanding of the topics, and also helps students
remember the material because they constructed it on their own.
The students enjoy working with the computers because it allows
them to be creative in the classroom and provides a new way of
working with mathematics. The added technology in the classroom
adds a new dimension to learning mathematics!
