I can think of dozens of ways to enrich just about any lesson with technology. One of the themes of this course is that technology isn't just a neat way to engage students, or get them to pay attention to otherwise boring content (althought those benefits shouldn't be downplayed). Technology really offers new ways to deliver instruction more effectively.
I can think back to a time when I taught a lesson to 9th-graders learning about functions. I remember having a very tough time msyelf in high school understanding what a "function" was. No teacher ever adequately explained it to me. I decide to use MS Excel to help my students understand the concept better.
When the students saw that formulas, input cells, and outputs all depended on one another in a simple spreadsheet, they began to understand the age-old "function machine" just a bit better.
What are your ideas for your technology-enhanced lessons?
I can think back to a time when I taught a lesson to 9th-graders learning about functions. I remember having a very tough time msyelf in high school understanding what a "function" was. No teacher ever adequately explained it to me. I decide to use MS Excel to help my students understand the concept better.
When the students saw that formulas, input cells, and outputs all depended on one another in a simple spreadsheet, they began to understand the age-old "function machine" just a bit better.
What are your ideas for your technology-enhanced lessons?
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