District/School Administration PK-16 Program Support Educational Technology
Technology Toolkit

SELECT Math
Boston Public Schools

Contact Information

Teacher who developed and implemented the unit:

Susan Young, Mathematics Teacher

Email (as of 2004):

susanmyoung@comcast.net

Staff who assisted in developing and implementing the unit:

Jim Coffey, SELECT Math Project Coordinator

Project background: Susan Young developed this unit as a result of training she received through Boston's SELECT Math project (http://boston.k12.ma.us/teach/technology/select/). This ongoing project was designed through a collaboration with the district's technology and math departments, with a core group of staff working together to align web-based virtual manipulatives to Boston's math curriculum. As of 2004, over 200 teachers have been trained to use virtual manipulatives in math instruction, enabling them to earn digital projectors for use in their classrooms.

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