The
students did their final presentations on Monday. They had to create a video lesson over a
statistics or probability topic, show us the video, and respond to the following:
·
Why
you selected the particular math content for the lesson.
·
Which
app or program you used and why.
·
What
you learned while creating the lesson.
·
What
you would do differently if you were to do it again or had more time.
The
11 students were divided into 4 groups.
It was very interesting to me that each group used a different
technology for their lesson. The
following technologies were used:
Knowmia, Educreations, Camtasia, and a webcam. Three of the groups presented with slides of
material and audio added to the slides.
One group was brave enough to actually put themselves on camera and do a
demonstration.
All
groups did a great job and learned a lot—the most frequent comment was that it
took longer than anticipated. I think
that one of their biggest takeaways from the course is the amount of time
needed to use technology well in a math classroom. I do think that this year’s class seemed to be
more hesitant to embrace technology.
Several of them started the semester disliking technology and I think
that they may feel the same way at the end of the semester. This concerns me and is something that I need
to think about before the class next spring—how can I convince them that
technology can be very effective in a math classroom and maintain the
philosophy that technology should not be used simply for technology’s sake?
What
should you expect in this class in Spring 2015?
·
I
think I am going to try to have students make an iPad app.
·
I
am going to somehow incorporate my new Da Vinci 3D printer.
·
More
blogging—and encourage them to think outside the box when they blog.
·
I
want to figure out how to create animated lessons.
As
you can see, it looks like I will be busy learning between now and January
2015. One of the things that I love most
about teaching is that I am always learning!
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