The iPod Touch study is moving forward. Students completed online surveys about their personal use of technology and a timed pretest to determine their current knowledge of multiplication facts.
For the study students will be introduced to five apps that focus on multiplication facts. After all five have been introduced, students will be allowed to choose the app they want to use during class. Students will use an app for ten minutes, which is the same length of time students who are not using the iTouches work on their multiplication facts in class.
The two classes that are using the iPod Touches in our study were introduced to the Touches today. I reviewed "responsible use" of the Touches and then showed students the Pop Math app. As I mentioned in an earlier post, it is important to emphasize the goal of the app and the goal in Pop Math is to earn points by popping the factors and correct product; not just moving to the next level since that can be done by just guessing. Students spent ten minutes using the app and there was no question about student engagement. I also noticed that students self-selected "tables" of numbers that they did not know well.
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