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How Does Technology Affect My Teaching/ Change The Way I

Teach?
During the fall semester of 2015, I enrolled in a class called CT
200. This class was an introduction to technology class, which as a new
teacher, was very appealing to me. I had no idea that by the end of the
semester, I would have gained so much knowledge about different
types of technology that would better my teaching for the years to
come. As a math teacher, technology is a tool that can really help me
reach all the different types of learners in my classroom. To begin any
lesson, in order to find fun interesting ways to teach a certain topic, I
can look on Pinterest to gather together some fun ideas. I can also use
technology to create a visual learning tool, such as a web, in order to
show students how different topics relate and use as a nice review tool.
In order to make the lesson more engaging, I can also make a SMART
Notebook presentation in order to have the students interact with the
lesson. Or, I can make a video about the lesson, have the students
view the lesson from home and then use class time to answer more
questions (this is a flipped classroom). To review before an assessment,
we can play Kahoot! and have fun while reviewing at the same time.
Then, I can use Google Forms to make the assessment, which can help
me grade and export the data into an organized Google Sheet. All this
can be ended by having the students complete a project, such as a
digital storytelling project, to summarize what they have learned. So as
you can see, there are so many ways to incorporate technology into a

classroom. Having access to and knowledge about all these types of


technology will make me a more effective teacher. First, it will allow me
to make my lessons more enticing and make my students interesting in
learning when they see a SMART Notebook presentation in front of
them. Next, it will allow me to reach more students who are different
types of learners. For example, students who are visual learners will
benefit from having a web of important concepts in order to see where
the topics are related to each other. Then, students will be extremely
engaged when playing a review game, such as Kahoot! which will help
them review and in addition, help them on tests in class and the state
exams. Lastly, using Google Forms and Google Sheets for assessments
will allow me to keep track of what level each student is performing at
and track the progress that is being made. It will allow me to give
immediate feedback in order for the students to correct any mistakes
before they become bad habits. In all, technology is a huge asset to
being a teacher and I am extremely thankful Professor Davola was able
to teach me so much in order to become a better role model for my
students.

Pythagoras and His Influence on Mathematics


When it comes to math, there are many famous theorems as well
as the mathematicians who devised those theorems, and were able to
prove them true. Pythagoras of Samos is one of those famous

mathematicians. Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher,


mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement
called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was
written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information
is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled,
visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to
Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and
there established some kind of school or guild. Pythagoras is most
famous for the Pythagorean Theorem. The Pythagorean theorem
states, if you have a right triangle, then the take the two smaller sides,
or legs, of a right triangle, square them and find the sum, that is equal
to the length of the longest side, or the hypotenuse, squared. Most
people know this as a2+b2=c2, where a and b are the legs of the
triangle and c is the hypotenuse. The theorem is of fundamental
importance in Euclidean Geometry where it serves as a basis for the
definition of distance between two points. Actually, this theorem was
shown to be used by the Babylonians and Native Americans before it
was used by Pythagoras. However, Pythagoras was the first person to
prove that the theorem true for any given right triangle. The theorem
has been given numerous proofs, possibly the most for any
mathematical theorem. They are very diverse, including both
geometric proofs and algebraic proofs, with some over thousands of
years old. One way to prove the Pythagorean Theorem is with squares.

When we talk about a2 that is the same thing as the area of a square.
So, if we make 3 squares with areas a2 , b2 , and c2, if we add a2+b2 or
put those 2 squares together, it is exactly the same as c2. Thus, the
Pythagorean Theorem is proven true. To conclude, the Pythagorean
Theorem is an extremely important theorem in mathematics. It can be
used to solve a variety of problems, which makes it very well known to
the majority of high school students. Although it cannot be proved who
was the first to discover this theorem, nor if Pythagoras was truly the
first to prove it true, the Pythagorean Theorem will remain the name,
and Pythagoras remains a very notable mathematician in history.

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