A Good Beginning

Today was our first day of attending PMEY 3101 Integration of Technology in Primary School Mathematics Teaching class. Our first thought about this course was that we might be basically learning on how to teach Mathematics in primary school and continue learning new Mathematics terms. However, for this time, we will learn how to teach Mathematics by integrating technology. It was something new for us since we have not been exposed with this idea of integrating technology in teaching Mathematics class before. Honestly, we are so excited to know more about this course. Our pleasant-looking lecturer, Mr. Shahul Kabir, is very friendly and continuously encourage us to appreciate the technology and make use of the technology gadgets effectively and wisely.

Secondly, he introduced the first Mathematics term that was ‘conjectures’. We wondered what it meant. We admired the way he introduced the term. He had used inquiry-discovery model by asking us to find the meaning from the internet on our own. We enjoyed his way of teaching because it benefits us most. We realized that learning is our own responsibility and it enhances motivation to us. Besides that, our learning became more meaningful as we acquire the information and knowledge independently.

As proverb goes, “Sharing is Caring”. This proverb refers to him as he generously shared with us some useful websites especially for us, as teachers-to-be. We were highly appreciated his sharing as it helped us later on. He always encourages us to share knowledge with everyone. When anyone of us gains new information related to teaching Mathematics, he advised us to post them in our blogs so that the others can gain the knowledge too. Here are some of the websites that we find practical and relevant for us as future Mathematics teachers:

http://mathforum.org/mathed/tech.mathed.html
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointmathlessons/Teach_Basic_Math_Using_PowerPoint.htm

https://php.radford.edu/~ejmt/Content/Papers/eJMT_v1n1n2.pdf

All in all, we hope that we would be fully master concepts or skills especially in using technology skills and able to know the best way on how to integrate technology in teaching Mathematics in order to vividly sustain pupils’ concentration span and interest for a longer period of time.