How Teachers Can Use Technology

There are many different types of technology.  In class this week, we discussed how different classes could use different types of technology.  I never thought of all the different ways that teachers use technology especially in a History or English class.  I liked the ideas about using video cameras for projects in English class and using Google Earth for History class.  Those ideas really stuck out to me.  As a math teacher though I do not really see the need for such tools in technology.  I came up with some ideas of my own that I think would work great in a math class.  One piece of modern technology that I think would be most beneficial is the Smart Board.   It is a great, easy way to put math notes and problems in front of the class and makes it capable to save them for multiple class periods.  The only thing about using technology is you want to make sure that you have a back-up plan if you have technical problems.  Some ideas that other people had that I could use are using programs such as LaTex to create math work sheets or tests.  I think it is important to make sure that technology is only used to help a student learn and not to hinder the learning of math concepts.

Technology and Math Do Not Always Mix

Hello everyone out there! :) My name is Hayley Studebaker and I am a sophomore at Cedarville University. I am originally from New Carlisle, Ohio which is just north of Dayton. I enjoy spending time with friends, attending Young Life, playing intramural soccer, and cheering on the all-girl squad here at school. I graduated from Tecumseh High School in 2010 with Honors and as Valedictorian.  I am studying Math Education in hopes of one day being a high school math teacher. Going from a high school student to a college student, I experienced a lot of differences in teaching techniques.  One of the most obvious is the impact that technology has had in the classroom, professors and students.  Technology has grown in importance to the point that it is impossible to avoid it.  So for all you anti-techies out there, it is time to dive into the world of technology that continues to grow around us. In the classroom is one of the most obvious ways that technology has changed.  The days of chalk boards was replaced by white boards, projectors, and smart boards.  Technology has even gotten to the point where you do not have to attend class, but solely have to log onto the Internet.  As a future high school math teacher, technology will be knocking at my classroom door. I think technology is an important tool for teachers to use, but there are certain techniques that do not involve the newest technology that I feel work better for math classes.  Math lessons are best learned when written out on a board and if the students copy the notes down in a notebook.  The real magic happens when the thought goes down your arm and onto your paper.  The only thing about writing the notes on the board is it can be very repetitive for the teacher if they teach multiple class periods of the same subject.  A Smart Board is an excellent resource of technology for a math teacher to use.  It makes it possible to write on like a white board, but it is connected to a computer so you can save the writing if desired. This cuts down on the repetitiveness of rewriting the notes every time on the board, but gives the same environment of the students writing the notes.  Some may think that using PowerPoint would be as affective. However, math is much easier to write than type.  I think that technology has advanced in a very positive way, but for a high school math classroom sometimes the newest forms of technology are not the best.

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