Blog #6

The school website that I visited was Waterloo Midle School. I specifically looked at the 6th grade class pages and explored each in depth. I noticed different tabs for sets of information. One teacher, Ms. Flarida, had a section with information about herself including information about her family and her educational experience. She also had a welcoming home tab and a tab in which she post reminders about the homework. All of the teachers had a Welcome/Home Tab and a tab for assignments.

I envision myself using technology as a professor and with my future tutoring company. I would use technical tools such as PowerPoints or smart boards to teach math in the classroom. I may also use educational tools such as canvas to allow students to collaborate and access their academic material. Technology can be used in my tutoring company as a way to tutor students in great interactive ways. Students can learn through videos or smart board appliances in connection to the class material.

I learned about many technology tools that can be used in the classroom. Other than the tools stated in the previous paragraph, I was interested in the 3D pens and the 3D printing. I can see the 3D printing being used for mathematical models. For instance, I could ask students to find the surface area of a cube and use a 3D printed cube for them to have a physical experience with the math. The 3D pens could be used to elevate the graphs (parabola, line, etc.) that they may sketch. Afterwards, they can compare theirs to the right graph.