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To begin, I watched this amazing TED talk twice because it was filled with so much useful information that I agree with 100%. This TED talk has to do with teaching mathematics because math is one of those subjects that is ‘it’s either right or wrong’ and never ‘interesting view’ or ‘how did you comeContinue reading “Week 12 – Paradigm Shift”

What are the benefits of your school having a Makerspace? There are tons of benefits if my school had a Makerspace. Makerspaces helps students learn while working hands-on. As a hands on learning, I would have loved if Makerspace was a thing when I was still in k-12 years. Students get to learn on theirContinue reading “Makerspace – Week 11 – Carolina Ruiz”

To start on a personal note, I am afraid of COVID, not because of me (I have a pretty strong immune system/lungs), but because my father is diabetic and I would feel guilty if I brought it home. I work at a restaurant who is doing outdoor dinning and lots of people do not listen,Continue reading “Week 8 – COVID-19 – Carolina Ruiz”

When I think of the best math lesson that I have ever experienced, I think about my high school — junior year math teacher — Mr. Martinez. As I stated on your first blog, I have my ups and down with math, but with Mr. Martinez, math was always easy. He was patient and hadContinue reading “Week 6 Blog – Best Math Lesson – Carolina Ruiz”

My philosophy about math is never giving up. I want my students to understand that math is not always going to be easy and simple — which can make us upset, but if they keep trying, they will get better — the more practice a student gets, the more familiar they become with the subject.Continue reading “Week 4 – Mathematical Philosophical Statement – Carolina Ruiz”

The major difference I see in formative and summative assessments is that formative is more flexible while summative assessments are more structured. Formative also provides ways for students to improve. I see formative as less stressful for students because this just points out what needs to be improved. Does the teacher need to re-teach? HowContinue reading “Week 3 – Formative and Summative Assessments – Carolina Ruiz”

The big takeaway I took from Jean Piaget’s quote is that people should use their brains more to explore as many options that they can. There is not only one right answer to life — we should all be more creative and think of personalized ways to learn different concepts. Of all my the subjectsContinue reading “Math in the 21st Century – Week 2 – Carolina Ruiz”

Though I’ll be honest, I’m not the best at Math, it’s not something I hate. I have a love and hate relationship with math. To me, math is super fun when I understand what to do (it’s like a puzzle). When I don’t understand, however, I get frustrated and sassy. As long as I haveContinue reading “Math in the 21st Century – Week 1 – Carolina Ruiz”

Over the course of this period, I have learned more than I could imagine. I am happy to say that I truly enjoyed this class because of the cool technology I have learned. The first takeaway of this course is to always be interactive with technology. I feel like I have learned first hand byContinue reading “Final Blog – Week 13”

As I progress in this course, I am constantly learning something new. Though the main theme of this course is technology in the classroom, I still learn new ways to enhance the technology experience. I hope to apply all of the things I have learned and apply them to my future classroom. Since I wantContinue reading “Week 12 Blog Reflection”