K-12 Teachers: Navigating Digital Mathematics Tools and Resources

Digital tools and resources available for teachers to use in mathematics teaching vary widely. In supplementing and constructing their mathematics curriculum, teachers must be aware of important and complex features required in order to support the type of mathematics learning in which they expect (and are expected) to engage their students. In order to critically choose and strategically implement digital tools and resources in their mathematics teaching, teachers must develop an internal professional framework for noticing important general, pedagogical, and mathematical features of digital tools and resources. In a master’s level online course on mathematics teaching and learning with technology, the instructor and I support teachers’ development of such an internal evaluation framework by providing opportunities for teachers to develop, discuss, and reflect on shared classroom external frameworks, as well as on their own personalized frameworks. Some observations of teachers’ engagement and struggles will be shared, and some lesson learned.