In this weeks topic of assessing meaningful learning I was researched rubrics, which I have seen and used before when helping the teachers that I work with grade. This can be very helpful even in math, especially in assigned projects. Next, I explored clickers. I had never heard about clickers until I was in one of my course and one of the other students was explaining about them. They seem to give a fun perspective on learning, treating it more like a game show rather than a review. Inspiration is a learning tool with visual learning , concept maps, graphical organizers, teachers are able to create presentations, but something that is more for the kids, is my favorite though, was the Kidspiration, mostly because it has a Math tools manipulative. This is where the students can build problem solving and reasoning skills. They can use this to understand math concepts visually that they could not seem to understand just by the teacher explaining it. It gives them a different perspective and practice on a particular skill that they may need a bit of extra time on in order to grasp.
Being a math teacher I would love to be able to implement all of the technology that we have learned. I know for a fact that there will be somethings that I will carry on with me, like podcasting, willing that we have mp3's available where I am going to teach. As well as Wikispaces, and be able to open that up to questions for homework. I know it is more difficult to have a lot of technology in Math, but it is possible. I have gained quite a bit of knowledge within this class that I will take with me in my journey and will try my best to keep tabs on the new Web 2.0 tools that come out so that I can try to implement them with my classes. Technology has become a huge part of our lives and we as teachers need to keep up with the times.
