The past two days have been a wonderful experience - I have learned so many new technological tools, and can't wait to try them out in the classroom! I'm excited to have all of these resources at my disposal to use with my students. One idea I really loved, and that I think I will implement in my classroom, is having students record themselves solving math problems and talking through their process. While this is probably too time consuming for everyday homework assignments, I think it might be a really useful way to do test corrections or quizzes.
I'm still contemplating the more philosophical side of the technology debate, and trying to understand what role technology ought to play in the big picture of the classroom. What do we gain and what do we lose? These are questions that are going to take much longer to answer than two days, but I think we've made a good start.
Annie,
ReplyDeleteIt's really fun to hear your thoughts on how to use videos to help students communicate their math work to us as teachers! When I heard that idea in class, it made me pretty excited because I know from personal experience how much more learning occurs when you can talk through your thought process on a problem. I like your thought to use this approach for more specialized assignments such as test corrections or quizzes. I definitely also need to think through which areas are practical for me to use this approach within my own classroom.
Annie,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts with us! I really appreciate that you are taking the time to contemplate the bigger picture, while gaining we are also loosing something else. That is such an important concept to keep in mind. I think it comes down to balance. Much like your example of students recording themselves doing homework, it would not be done on a daily basis.
-Cori
Check out Dan Meyer...his Ted Talk and his blog. I recommend him to every math teacher I meet. This guy is reinventing math and working with textbook companies to do the same.
ReplyDeleteVideo in the math classroom is awesome: Check out this teacher and site: http://mathtrain.tv/