Teaching with Technology

I did not think this time would ever come! This blog has been an awesome experience, I thank my mentors and my classmates for all of their comments in regards to my classroom activity. Adding the last minute touch ups and writing it up as a whole was a good feeling. Looking back at the beginning, I feel I have come a long way in my attitude towards technology in the classroom. After developing my Polynomial Bingo Review, I have realized that technology really can be used as a learning tool. As I said from the beginning, math is a difficult concept for most students to grasp, let alone enjoy, but this activity has shown me that even those "difficult" or "boring" classes can use technology to help students understand and learn. By doing this acitivity, I am more confident in myself that I will be able to teach my future students.

Developing the activity itself was not very difficult. It was fun revising my ideas and it seemed like each week I always had something new to add, or more details to add to an already existing idea. My three pieces of technology include, Power Point, Microsoft Word, and E-mail. The hardest part was coming up with the actual math problems since I do not own my desired grade level curriculum. But once I stopped putting off the research, the internet had a lot of material to use. With that, my classroom activity is complete. The activity is written out as a whole. The supporting learning tools, such as the powerpoint, test, and follow up assignment are not there to view but are definitely explained! Enjoy!