Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsBoston, Massachusetts, March 21-24, 2013Paper A116
The Class App: Surveying our Current Technology and How We Can Combine this Technology into a Single, Powerful Class App for Our Technology Drive, Multitasking Students |
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ABSTRACT
Mathematical Technology has evolved greatly since the abacus: Calculators that graph functions and perform complex statistical calculations, computers (laptops), tablets, smart phones, interactive educational software galore, and much more. Online education has swept the world with its convenience, and the online revolution continues as technology enhances the way we communicate. Flowing forward with this evolution, the logical next step is for online mathematics education is to take advantage of the App craze and turn each mathematics class into a single, powerful App Class.In this paper we quickly survey the current technology trends (software and hardware), outline how this technology enhances our online mathematical educational system, and rapidly demonstrate how we can fuse this technology to form The App Class and revolutionize the current online teaching platform. We explore the benefits of The App Class for both students and educators, and the institutions implementing this format. Finally we project the role of the instructor in this newly created teaching environment.
Keyword(s): mobile platforms