Technology Access Fees Database

1818
Yes
Sciences
2017

Contact Information

Don Nelson
Donald.Nelson@mtsu.edu
Donald Nelson
Mathematical Sciences
Discipline specific equipment
KOM/Closet #24 or #25
N/A
N/A
32779.26
The Mathematics Education Curriculum Group in the Department of Mathematical Sciences offers courses to students in both the College of Education and our own department that focus on the teaching and learning of mathematics. Annual enrollments (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017) are: 280 in content courses for preservice elementary and middle school teachers, 40 in content and methods courses for preservice secondary school teachers, and 34 in graduate courses (MST and MSE programs) for a total of 354 annually. There are currently 550 students declared with majors in these programs, which are served by nine mathematics education specific undergraduate courses and a variety of graduate courses. In our work, we strive to model best practices in teaching, which includes appropriate use of technology. Currently, our accessible computer lab does not have updated software and lacks some of the technology we wish to use for instruction. In addition, we wish to provide technology instruction in a way that mirrors the instruction our student (prospective teachers) will employ in their future work as K-12 teachers. Most area K-12 schools use laptop carts for providing mathematics learning technology for their students. In order to offer a more robust experience with educational technology, we propose purchasing: (1) a laptop cart with 20 computers, and (2) mathematics education software to be installed on each laptop such as Geometer's Sketchpad, TI NSpire, Tinkerplots, Fathom, and Scientific Notebook.
37939
37939
40560.14
-2621.14
214700
101572178
62383
1
32 Unit Laptop Cart: Dell Part #A5841907
2408.00
2408.00
971.26
101573823
62387
20
Latitude E6540 Laptop
1174.00
23480.00
24292.20
N/A
N/A
20
Fathom Software
17.00
340.00
0.00
103367100
63382
20
Tinkerplots Software
20.00
400.00
400.00
103433068
63380
20
Geometer's Sketchpad Version 5
26.55
531.00
531.00
103199560
63334
20
TI NSpire Software
75.00
1500.00
1500.00
91196902
N/A
20
Scientific Notebook
164.00
3280.00
4275.00
SP180106
N/A
1
Construction
6000.00
6000.00
809.80
Yes
Yes
No
N/A