EN Translation - Lesson Evaluation
How did you implement your method?
I implemented the method in two class hours. I tried to help students draw heights in parallelograms in the first hour. In the second hour, I tried to help students discover the area formula in a parallelogram by means of a plotting paper ad height.
Do you think you could implement the technology in class properly?
(Please fill in this online evaluation form and summarize your response here.)
I didn’t experience any problems during the integration of technology in class. I conducted the same study in two classes, in one of which the smart board froze and we wasted some time until we sorted the problem out. This was, of course, due to the technological infrastructure of the school.
Do you think your students accomplished the outcomes of the lesson?
I think they did. I could see this through a game to calculate areas that I had taken from the book Geogebra to use in class and the assessment procedure we conducted at the end of the course. More importantly, it was when students could tell me about the relationship we intended to find that I could see into this. It was through this way that students could accomplish the outcomes along with their reasons in a more enjoyable way.
What do your students think about the course?
Since it was their first time to meet Geogebra, what they could do through the program looked so important to them and they enjoyed it. They wondered whether they should register to use the program or whether they could make use of the program without registering into it. I told them they could use the program in any ways they would like to.
It was so funny to hear the students say the course ended quite quickly. They also added that it was difficult to draw on their notebooks and they wished they could always use technology while drawing.
What sort of changes could be made so that your method will work better?
It could have been better if all students had had a tablet PC or we had had an access to a computer lab. It was easier for them to look at the smart board rather than their cell phones. I could see into it advance; however, the computer lab was in use by other classes during our class hours.