Reflection

As my current course comes to a conclusion, my personal theory of learning has not changed. From this course I have learned new strategies to accomplish my goals for the students. I still believe that students should do the problems over and over again but now I can integrate technology into the lesson to change the pace of the class and allow the students to be creative as they solve problems.


There are a couple adjustments that I can make right away in my class; the first adjustment is to use the technology that I have available as a learning tool and not an instructional tool. I need to allow the student to use the technology and not always me showing them on the technology. With the smart board that I have in my classroom the students can come to the front and work on the board. The second adjustment is to allow for more group work to be done. I feel this will allow the students to work together to create finished product. By allowing students to work in groups, I can assign a multipart assignment that the students can use Microsoft Works products as ways of solving the problem and presenting an answer to the class.

As a long term goal I would like to have at least one project a month for the students to allow them to use technology as a way to solve a problem and then to give a presentation to the class. To allow for this to work I need to start to integrating technology into my current lessons. I need to evaluate the students and how they respond to the changes. I also need to see if the project presents a challenge to the students or if it is easy. Once I have seen how it works make adjustments and continue to add more to the class. Another goal that I have to create a blog for the student to be able to ask math questions to classmates and teachers. I would also post the lessons on the blog. This way if a student is absent then the student can get the missed lesson and the assignment. To accomplish this I have to start by creating a blog and then allow the students to use the blog.

Technology is a wonderful thing when we can understand the ways that it can be used. This course has given me insight on how I can change the way that I use technology in my classroom so that it benefits the students. This course has also allowed me to think of new ways to present concepts and how the students can study their newly learned information.