SEQUENCES AND INDUCTIVE REASONING

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SEQUENCES AND INDUCTIVE REASONING
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Teacher Personal Presentation

• Karen Matarangas
• Independence High School
• San Jose, California
• 95133
• e-mail kmatarangas_at_hotmail.com

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Personal Expectations

• To become more familiar with the technology
  already in my classroom
• To be able to instruct my students in the use of
  technology in my curriculum
• To reach the non-traditional student with
  alternative learning tools

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Personal Outcomes

• Overwhelmingmore knowledge and tools were
  presented than I could absorb
• Incredible learningon my part
• Satisfactionwith increased skills and student
  excitement

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Successes

• Actually including internet lessons in geometry
  classroom for first time
• Students who failed math in traditional class are
  actually excited and learning and teaching
  geometry to other students
• Bringing relevance of traditional math into 21st
  century

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Evidence of Success
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Shortcomings

• Internet not as convenient as textbook, sometimes
  slow to respond
• Teacher is slower to learn technology than
  students
• Fewer computers than students, have to take turns
  using

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Summary

• In spite of the frustration, the hours of work,
  waiting for the server, and general technological
  anxiety it is an amazing feeling of satisfaction
  to have caught up with the potential in education
  for the year 2001.

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Summary (cont.)

• At last there is the possibility of reaching the
  student with a history of failure in math, or
  the one who gets bored doing textbook problems,
  or who tunes out when the teacher talks. At
  last, there is an alternative for the student too
  often ignored!