Reflection MIT 2 Years - Sadie Elliott

Working together to learn how to use technology on a daily basis has been a true adventure! There are so many tools that I use every day, it's hard to pick just a few as my favorites. Although, I would have to say that the document camera is top notch. Using the document camera during math instruction has helped my students actively engage with sharing their thinking. It's fun to watch students "become the teacher" and ask prompting questions of one another as they talk about a math problem. My kids have truly come together as a class to work on solving problems rather than focusing on the individuals. In this way, we all have learned to be more focused on the process of solving problems rather than the correct answer.

As a teacher, I have learned how to plan more reflectively during my math lessons. Our time spent discussing how to best structure math lessons and questions has been highly useful. The result has been that I am much more aware of how my instructional methods and presentations impact my students learning. Now that I have had the opportunity to implement new tools and learn new techniques, I am so thankful to have learned how to plan math lessons more thoughtfully. In the future, I can't imagine teaching without these tools! Using technology incorporated with math instruction has been the one of the best chances I took as a new teacher. Thank you all so much for all of your help!