Tuesday, May 27, 2008

IPhoto Reflection and Accompanied Brainstorm

As an aspiring mathematics teacher, I can see how IPhoto can be helpful to geometry lessons. I can take pictures of sculptures and architecture, and incorporate it into a geometry lesson. The down side is that it cannot help me much more than that. I scanned the Indiana standards for various math subjects and my imagination did not come up with any ideas on how photography can help me teach these subjects. The up side is that the concept of making books with pictures did bring up a good idea.

Technology I would like to bring to the classroom is Mathematica and Geometer’s Sketchpad. I can make booklets that include problems and graphs from these programs. I have thought of making overhead projections using these programs, however I did not think of making booklets until I used IPhoto.

1 comment:

Matthew E. Mooney, Ph.D. said...

Good ideas. Not everything we'll cover will work in every classroom, but without experiencing these different applications, you might not even think of the possibilities.