Assessment technologies

Inspite of the innovation of so many digital sites, I believe, the present traditional system demands too much from a teacher because a teacher is the only person who can makes the best use of all available resources. Therefore, to make teaching learning more effective, teacher should adopt different strategies and perform various activities to facilitate learners to acquire certain skills and qualities. There is no doubt I am using Facebook, Instagram, and many other social media sites for a long period of time but, to be very honest, I am not a social media- friendly person.

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In my previous classes, I learnt about multimedia sites such as jam-board, sketchpad, Mentimetre, scribjab and many more which are very easy to use. 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. 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.

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DESMOS is a blend of paper and technology, it is an amazing and powerful facilitation tool for teachers and students as it provides wide range of resources. It is a free graphing calculator, and teachers can use Desmos to help students connect mathematical concepts to concrete, real-world shapes and pictures. Recently, desmos completed its curriculum for math’s subjects from grade 6th to 8th, in this curriculum desmos includes various courses, units and chapters for teachers and students.

I am hoping to learn new digital sites which are very helpful in the field of education. Looking forward to learning more new digital tools and new skills from you all!!

Thank you

Lovepreet Kaur

2 thoughts on “Assessment technologies

  1. Thanks Lovepreet, for sharing your knowledge about the Desmos tool I also think its a great way to learn maths as I have always been afraid of doing maths; if a such tool can bring exciting way of knowing so I guess its a good way for the ones who are lacking interest in maths. I appreciate your choice of tool for making teaching and learning process easy.

  2. Great post Lovepreet, thanks for sharing your experience with the Desmos tool, I agree that there is much more to education technology than just using a few social media sites like Instagram or Facebook, I personally have used Desmos in my practice and being a maths teacher myself love this tool, it just makes equations easier to understand, students get the idea what that particular equation does also they can visualise the practical aspect of it.

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