Technology is marching into our classroom. Like it or not, it is there. Our new generation is brought up with milk bottle in one hand and mouse in the other. Their mind is stimulated by colourful graphic and animated games even before they utter their first word.
I was amazed that there are so many softwares being developed and online site being created for developing and supporting various mathematical concepts and teaching. Tools for developing numeration? Check. Tools for developing geometry? Check. Tool for developing Probability? Check.Tool for developing algebraic thinking? Check. Concept instruction? Check! Problem Solving? Check. Drill and Reinforcement? Check, check.
I suppose "resistance is futile". We as teacher should instead, embrace technology and use it as an effective tool to aid our teaching, making lessons more interesting and engaging. We need to be informed and be able to select suitable software that can enhance our lesson, critically review the effectiveness of each chosen program and make sure they meet the objectives we set to achieve.
Use technology to our advantages
The Teacher Resource listed at the end of Chapter 7 are treasure to every Mathematic teacher. I just spent more than 2 hours surfing and getting into the different websites. Warning! It is addictive! I particularly like The Math Forum. (http://mathforum.org/ ).It provides a platform for interactions among teachers and it links to wonderful websites for different levels and different topics. As a K1 teacher, I am always looking for classroom activities to reinforce the math concept and this link that I found "Count Us In Game" has many fun games and suggested activities for younger children. I will definitely bookmark it and try out in the coming term. Cheers
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