1. Outcome

1.1 Teaching tools

In these several weeks, we studied many teaching tools as follows:

• Canvas, Google classroom, Miro...

The tools in this class are designed to help students manage their learning. By using them, students can easily keep track of all the assignments they post and all the study materials their teachers provide, which is a good way to make learning efficient and visible.

In class we experience the use of Google Classroom and Miro. I think I like Miro more because it is more interactive with other students and also with the teacher, and the teacher can easily have comments on the students' work. But in real class, it might get out of control if students are busy in chatting or playing with each other, it has high demand on discipline management, it would be interesting to use it ocaationally.

• Geogebra (for geometry and more)

Geogebra is a very famous maths tool that it can illustrate maths graphics intuitively, also teachers can make it interact with students, for example, the homework we did in Geogebra is very interesting and I would apply them in my future teaching. 

Also, there are many societies in the Internet sharing their Geogebra work, it can also borden my mind to see other's creative thoughts in designing Geogebra activity. Students would love to see the technology like Geogebra using in class.

• Desmos (for calculus)

It is my first time to know Desmos, in my view it looks like a slide design tool which is focus on mathematics teaching. Teachers can easily use Desmos to design their teaching activities, and it can get the feedback from students immediately, also many interesting games, like matching, playing versus games etc.

I think it is more fun compared to just using pen and paper or asking students to come to the blackboard to get to know how well the students are learning.

• ChatGPT

ChatGPT is very powerful, it can give many good advice and provide pretty complete teaching procedure. Also, when we ask ChatGPT, we have to design some class situation, i.e. class range, student level, class classification etc. 

As an assignment, we design a lesson plan using ChatGPT. It saves a lot of time searching for materials on the      internet, by asking ChatGPT questions it can give you quick advice, but we have to check the reality of the  answer.

1.2 Teaching pedagogy theories

In MAED5511, we also leaned some famous teaching pedagogy theories, which can instruct my teaching activity.  Some theory models like Inquiry-based learning, experiential learning, collaborative learning, variation theory, flipped classroom.

They are very useful in teaching, in terms of inquiry-based learning, I think teachers have a lot of work to prepare efficient questions that help students to learn step by step, also when designing questions, we could use variation theory, which includes comparison with old knowledge, differentiation with similar knowledge, etc. In addition, flipped classroom and collaborative learning are also useful in organising discovery class, it can increase students' collaborative ability and get more engaged in the class.

1.3 Design teaching plan & teaching materials

In week 7 & 8, we are preparing a lesson plan and related teaching materials. During the preparation, we read a lot of excellent lesson plans on the Internet from different regions, such as Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, India, Canada, etc. I think it is very interesting to see that there are different ways of teaching, as different regions have different cultures, people would bring up different stories or life scenes to teach their students. 

Also, when we prepare our lesson, we use a lot of e-tools that we learned in this class, like Geogebra, Desmos, Google class and Edpuzzle. It is a lot of fun to discuss with partners and make the lesson colourful. 🌸

2. Wish to learn  

I think it would be interesting to see how the other countries design their textbooks, or some other way to increase students' interest in studying mathematics topics, like how they design their lead-in.