Using iPad apps such as Software Garden Note Taker HD, she can quickly bring up an x and y coordinate plane, and use her Stylus pen to drag a straight line to its intersecting point on a parabola. Instead, Chang can write out the text for word problems on her iPad before class, and then use in class time to read aloud problems and work them out with her students. Also, using an iPad 'certainly saves time,' Chang says, as she does not need to erase her work to make room for the next problem. She says that she switched from using chalk and dry erase boards to projecting her iPad onto the board about two to three years ago and now has 'So much flexibility.' For example, when Chang uses her iPad in class to work out problems, she can actually face her students while teaching (instead of turning her back while she writes on a dry erase board). Chang believes that seeing problems unfold live helps students better understand proper solving procedures.Ĭhang says that now, 'Students expect technology,' and that attitude earned her a 2013 ASSETT Outstanding Teaching with Technology Award. She works out problems in different colors, asks students questions to predict next steps, and lets them volunteer answers. Silva Chang projects her lessons from an iPad onto the board in Calculus classes.

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