INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTWARE

Choose one Instructional Software title. Complete all fields in the following template to describe the
software and how you would use this product in your future classroom to help students achieve required
learning standards.
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Name: John Quinn

Software Title: Khan Academy Tutorial on Trigometric Functions utilizing the Unit
Circle
URL: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/trig-functions/unit-circle-
definition-of-trig-functions-alg2/v/unit-circle-definition-of-trig-functions-1
Function(s) of Instructional Software (check all that apply):
Drill and Practice Tutorial Simulation Instructional Game e-
books/e-references
Features of the Software (check all that apply):
Assessment Monitoring/Reporting (Keeps track of student data and/or
generates reports for the teacher) Allows teacher to create customized lessons
for students Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in class Multi-
user or collaborative functions with others beyond local class Accessible to
students beyond the school day Accessible via mobile devices Multiple
languages Safety, security, and/or privacy features
Strengths of the Software: Fast paced, to the point, succinct and without
distraction, colorful, peer reviewed, accessible to students outside of the classroom
and via tablets and smart-phones. Practice and Assessment follows tutorial video.
Suggestions for Improvement: While Khan Academy can be used by teachers to
construct learning units, assessments and an ability to track assessment through
individual and group monitoring, it is not fully customizable.
Standards Addressed: See https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/Default.aspx
MGSE9-12.G.C.2 Identify and describe relationships among inscribed angles, radii,
chords, tangents, and secants. Include the relationship between central, inscribed,
and circumscribed angles; inscribed angles on a diameter are right angles; the
radius of a circle is perpendicular to the tangent where the radius intersects the
circle.

MGSE9-12.G.C.3 Construct the inscribed and circumscribed circles of a triangle, and

prove properties of angles for a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle.

MGSE9-12.G.GMD.1 Give informal arguments for geometric formulas. a. Give

informal arguments for the formulas of the circumference of a circle and area of a
circle using dissection arguments and informal limit arguments.
Grade Level/Content Area(s): 9th -10th Mathematics: Geometry
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply). See
http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating
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Description of how to implement in the class: In the classroom, Khan

Academy in general and this unit specifically could be used as supplemental
instruction material for clarification and reinforcement on lecture and application
practice. It can also be used as a reference in classroom and outside as it is
accessible on the internet, by smart-phone, and by tablet.

* Examples of common instructional models include whole group, teacher-led, student

self-paced, small group, or individual learning activities. Use as many of these
descriptors or other descriptors as apply.