As I did not use much digital resources in my teaching and learning but now, I know, not much but few digital sites that really helpful for learning math’s. Out of these resources I really like the desmos as it provides equal opportunities to every student. I have used the Desmos graphing calculator few times, and I must say that it works pretty well for graphing most functions. Well, it is true that for learning & understanding Math’s, we really don’t need a graphing tool but sometimes it really helpful for the students and teachers to understand it very well. It has a lot of applications such as graphing calculator, scientific calculator, four function calculator, and, matrix calculator that really helps the students and teachers to do mathematics.

In the starting I planned that I will only use two to three elements of Ribble but after reading, Nine Elements (digitalcitizenship.net) about all the elements I realised that, Ribble’s nine elements such as (a) Digital access (b) Digital commerce (c) Digital communication and collaboration (d) Digital etiquette (e) Digital fluency (f) Digital health and welfare (g) Digital Law (h) Digital rights and responsibility (i) Digital security and privacy, all are completely fit into using Desmos curriculum while learning mathematics, as it provides equal distribution to teachers & students. Teachers can use this as a teaching resource and students can enhance their mathematical knowledge by bringing digital media into their education. Because of its interactive and creative activities, it provides equal opportunities to each and every student. That means it is equally digital accessible to everyone. According to the second element, definitely, it is best way for digital communication and collaboration and use of desmos is very flexible and creative as it is a blend of paper and technology. Moreover, it provides an open platform to teachers & students to enhance their problem-based thinking, and encourage collaboration. With the help of “Desmos’s MATH curriculum and design”, it become a best facilitation tool for everyone.   

There is no doubt that it is a time-consuming process to create good interactive resources but I use this instead of using a PowerPoint specially when teaching Live, i.e., in online classes. During covid- time, I used it for first time while teaching my cousins and the experience was awesome!! It has a lot of benefits such as: it is easy to pick, scope of improvement in every concept. Moreover, it provides more chances of interactions between students and teachers. Overall, I believe that, it is a fantastic tool to learn math’s. Now, I am looking forward to learn about more digital tools such as Flipgrid, Scribjab, and story book Canada from this class and class fellows, so that I can try new things in my classroom.

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