Mastering Middle School Math in the World of Technology

Students explored google earth and its tools. They located their house and found the actual and driving distance from four different locations. Lastly, they compared the two distances by making a ratio. They made a conclusion about the ratios and what it means.  As a class, we compared four different houses of students from our school. We discussed our ratios and made a final conclusion. Here is the URL to our concept map

  Behaviorism in education is praising preferred behaviors and punishing poor ones (Orey, 2010).   There are many methods to use behaviorism in the classroom, for example, contracts, consequences, reinforcement, extinction, and behavior modification (Orey, 2010). These methods can be used along with instructional strategies and technology tools to support student learning. When educators use instructional strategies and technology tools in the class, they can use behaviorism methods to teach students the desired behavior.   Having good behavioral management can increase engagement time and student performance (Johnson, 2015). Many technology tools will provide instant feedback to students that can enforce the desired outcome as well (Pitler et al., 2012).   Instructional strategies help deliver the curriculum, technology tools enhance it, and behaviorism methods can help manage the students. All three work together to ensure that students are successful in the clas...

       As technology is advancing in society, it is also changing the way students are learning. I started my master's in technology integration, learning, and discovering new ways to use technology in the classroom. I want to have a curriculum that prepares my students for the 21st-century college or career path they choose. This course opened up my mind to many new opportunities and tools that I can use in my classroom. It has given me the time to try new ideas with my students and broaden my understanding of different education web tools.   Going through this course has opened up ideas and resources that I did not imagine using in the classroom. I have been a learner, collaborator, designer, and facilitator of student learning through technology (ISTE, 2008). I have learned how to use blogs, wiki’s, and social bookmarking to enhance my students' learning.   I have collaborated with classmates on finding resources that can be used in the classroom throu...