comments on the research entitled technology integration in mathematics education

We do agree to the content pointed out in this research to a certain extent.

It is undeniable that the use of technology has somehow changed the learning atmosphere. Pupils become more interested as, for instance, the use of applets, provides fun activities and colourful images. Besides, it can encourage mathematical thinking such as critical and creative thinking skills. For instance, the use of Geometer's Sketchpad can promote pupils' CCTS as they can test their hypotheses on what they have assumed for a particular problem or situation given. They can experiment their assumptions by clicking and dragging lines to come up with the precise solution.

Despite the benefits brought by technology, it still won't bring about positive effect on pupils' learning when pupils don't even acquire the skills in using computer yet. So, it is not appropriate to ask pupils to write essays using Microsoft Words when they don't even know the functions provided in it. Furthermore, the use of technology is time consuming. A lot of time is taken to set up the technology in the classroom. Therefore, the teacher has taken away the time that should be used to complete the whole lesson. In addition, consideration in term of the physical setting of the classroom can sometimes becomes a major factor that hinder the technology from working effectively. For example, if there is suddenly no electricity, the teacher's plan for that day will be distracted. Another example is the lighting in the classroom. Sometimes, certain classrooms don't have suitable lighting, then it will not be visible for a projector or LCD to display the images on the screen.

All in all, technology brings advantages and also disadvantages. It's up to how we perceive the effectiveness of the integration of technology in mathematics learning. As teachers, we should equip ourselves with technological skills, and at the same time, be wise in balancing the use of technology resources with the typical and traditional materials so as to prepare for any possibilities that may arise during the teaching and learning process.

Activity: What's My Angle?

This is the link:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

The Benefits of using Technology in classroom..

We have came across an article that we think can give us as future teachers some information regarding the use of technology in classroom. This article telling about the benefits of using technology in classroom which the benefits are not only enjoyed by the pupils but also teachers and the ministry. From the article, it stated that by using technology, pupils can improve their attitude, confidence and writing skills. The process of learning can be optimized as pupils can access to different types of information. They also can can manipulate it on the computer through graphic displays or controlled experiments in ways never before possible, and can communicate their results and conclusions in a variety of media to their teacher, students in the next classroom, or students around the world. The pupils can be more independent in their learning. Meanwhile, for teachers and ministry, they can be more flexible their teaching presentations as they can do demonstrations that sometimes hard to be shown in a traditional way, enhance the curriculum and share resources with other teachers around the world.
There are many more advantages that have been highlighted in this article.
For further details you can click on this link and enjoy reading..(^_^)

http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/schools/rms/faculty/wrodgers/technology%20int/students.html

new games

try out this site...we think that it might be suitable for young learners as the game provides three difficulty levels according to learners' ability!


http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html

interesting activities

for this time around, we would like to share some interesting activties that might be useful for teachers and young learners. Have fun!!


http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml

Activities using GSP

http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/General_Resources/Classroom_Activities.html

this website might be useful for us to get some ideas on the activities that can be carried out using GSP. Don't forget to try out ya!!!

Reflection on our presentation

After preparing for our presentation, we have realized that there are so many things that are beyond our reach as we are not familiar with the software. we've never thought that GSP is more user friendly than Cabri. Thanks to our lecturer for helping us out. We've found that this software(GSP) is really useful in terms of providing students the environment to learn and explore geometry in a fun and creative way. We hope that this GSP can be widely used in our Malaysian school in the future as well as helping the teachers in the T&L process.