I listened to Maine's Department of Education's pod cast named "Mathematics with Technology" and it was kind of boring. It was relatively short, less than five minutes, and hosted by Judy Chandler a Technology Integration Specialist and Math teacher. She discussed why math teachers did not utilize technology in their classroom and why. Teachers are reluctant to use these new innovations because they feel they have to take time to learn to use the hardware and software, then take time out of their classroom time to teach it to their students. Math teachers are focused on having enough time to finish the text book and teach students what they must learn in order to pass to the next grade. They feel that time is limited and this overwhelms the teacher as well as the students.
What does technology bring to mathematics? It is essential to enhanced learning. It gives each student a high quality math education. It offers tools in media and gives examples of visual representation. Technology in a mathematics class encourages students to want to do better. It engages different students and offers advanced communication and collaboration with other students and instructors.
If I were a math teacher, this would be a great starting point to initialize technology in a mathematics class.
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