The three technology tools used in module 2 were Twitter, Pixton, and Diigo. My dream is to be a Mathematics Secondary Teacher, therefore I want the students to be in a welcome surrounding where mathematics isn't found hard or complicated but a fun way of finding different methods to get the answer right. (This is without breaking math rules of course.)
Twitter is a connection site, allowing people to post or comment on their thoughts about a specific topic. I plan to use Twitter with the students and expose them to resources related to mathematics and have them reflect on it for the following meeting. Pixton is a comic site. I personally like comic pictures and wouldn't hesitate to make a math class actually more fun. Also, Diigo is a program with many advantages. with Diigo you can annotate, highlight, and save documents or links you are interested in. Diigo can be used with students to highlight basic or even math formulas. Nowadays, math textbooks are electronic text (e-text), and having to save the important notes and highlight the solution of a problem would make things easier as a teacher and also for students.
As to how there are advantages in each technology tools, there are also challenging situations for the users. Using Twitter as a site of resources can lead students to lose interest in having to read articles since math is more for solving and manipulation formulas. Pixton can be a more fun area and as a future teacher, I need to be sure that no inappropriate creations are spread among the students. Diigo can be challenging for some students because as teachers we should consider what class is the student what I refer to class is if the student has a high family class, medium class, or low class. Not having access to the internet can be considered as a challenge for some students.
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