This Tech Task got me really excited just because I really enjoyed this class. In high school I had Smartboards from about grade 10 and on. It wasn’t until grade 12 that my teachers really started to use them. However, it was mostly the basics that were being used, like writing on it like a chalkboard, but in Calculus 30 is where I started to see some different tools being used. I took Calculus through correspondence and he used Smartboards to teach his lessons, they were recorded so that we could view them at a later date if needed. The lessons were pretty basic, but he often used the magic pen to emphasize certain areas, as well as the reveal tool. Because I want to be a math teacher I figured I may as well post a couple of math lessons dealing with calculus just because the material can be pretty dry, so it would be great to make calculus fun!
The first example I found was on Graphing, breaking it down into simpler steps. This Smartboard activity doesn’t seem to need any modifications, it seems basic yet useful. When I was first introduced to calculus graphing it was sort of tricky for me, but this activity seems to involve a lot of interactiveness, but in a fun way. This may get the students more interested in graphing and may also make it a lot simpler to understand the concepts of asymptotes and how to properly graph a function.
The second example I found was on Infinite Limits of Rational Functions. I found this activity to be kind of boring because it is basically a multiple choice quiz. It is not very interactive, but it does teach students about infinite limits of rational functions. I think to make this more fun I would add a few of the Smartboard tools in to it. Instead of just having multiple choice, I would give the answer and have the students figure out what the graph would look like, or what the equation would be.
