TECHNOLOGY FOCUSES STUDENTS’ THINKING

According to Daniels (2002) ICTs have become within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy. Consequently, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays…


According to Daniels (2002) ICTs have become within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy. Consequently, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an essential role in the teaching and learning process in Mathematics.ICT integration truly gives students a smile and lighter moment as the result of providing effective teaching methods. It’s a clear manifestation that students have neither fear nor stress in resolving problems and other computations in Mathematics learning when technology is on guard. This factor results to a positive attitude of students when using ICT integration which adds more interest to teaching and learning process. Moreover, the use of computer in the classroom, wireless classroom microphone, mobile devices and interactive whiteboard is convenient technologies as tools in teaching Mathematics. With the rapid advances in technology, Math teachers are advised to integrate ICT into the teaching of Mathematics. As an example, the spreadsheet is an excellent aid to developing math models of certain types of business problems situations. And of course, spreadsheet models/simulations are used in many other disciplines. Thus, the math teacher is responsible both for teaching use of the spreadsheet to develop and implement models, but also how to use this tool in a variety of areas

By: Gloperlyn D. Chavez | Teacher I | Bataan National High School – SHS