Thursday, November 9, 2017

Some links for annotated bibliography

Some quick comments: the article poses some very important and difficult questions regarding the integration of technology into mathematics education. For example, considerations such as: should technology be used to enhance already existing paradigms in mathematics education? Or does the integration of technology include the need to create new pedagogies and teaching practices? What about technology creates a need for new ideas?

This article introduced some preliminary terms, i.e jargon, from the academic sphere of education. It used these terms and ideas to expand and explore the effect technology has on these pre-existing understandings. There is a case study of a teacher who encounters various difficulties and discusses based on anecdotal circumstances how we ought to efficiently and effectively get the benefit in teaching that technology can provide.

This paper does a very good way in theoretically separating different types of technology as to highlight what specific properties enhances mathematics education (and education more generally) and which properties have already inhibited this process.

This is a free online software available through an arbitrary browser. This is an example of something that is open-source and incredibly useful for educational purposes: how technology can bring about accessibility to knowledge instead of creating a culture where the ruling class disproportionately has access to more. 

This article has some specific examples in how handheld technology is mimicking some more traditional uses in mathematics education. It uses opinion based arguments and highlight some different perspectives. 

It is an interactive computational environment, in which you can combine code execution, rich text, mathematics, plots and rich media. It is free!!!!! And also illustrates the immense usage of coding for scientific and artistic purposes. These sorts of platforms are great resources for students to know about, be trained in, and have access to. It is incredibly important that it is open source, easy to use, and actually brings about mathematical and computational understanding.

This page presents some opinions from students on how technology enhances or inhibits their learning. Seeing as all the technological pedagocial content knowledge  is ultimately shaped by the students themselves, it is important to consider different student perspectives. 

Not an academic source, but it does pose some interesting counter perspectives on how technology in the classroom currently exists and the consequences of it not being implemented in a thoughtful and pedagogical way.