Math Techonology in the Elementary School Classroom

I want to apologize to everyone that this post and my comments are so late, as I have been having technology issues (ironic huh?) due to the fact that I graduated from CLC a year ago and now had to get all my student id's, email, etc... all changed or reactived so it has been a pain! Anyways, I really enjoyed reading this article. I have found in my experience with Americorps reading Tutoring through my workstudy at CLC and subbing as a paraprofessional in the Brainerd School District that has been really helpful. The students use Math games in the computer lab and I have helped with and watched many of them and the students really learn from them AND they are fun! This makes it fun for them to learn math, rather than just from a boring textbook which I think is awesome! I personally struggle with math and do much better when it is fun and/or I can relate it to real life. I know this helps do both for the students and as a teacher this is really important to myself as well. Brainerd also uses a hands-on math curriculum in which they use tanograms and geoboards and I have found the students pick up these new lessons with these really easily and do really well as it is fun and very hands-on. They also use the new projector screens to go thru the workbooks which helps to see the teacher do some examples. I have found that is very helpful for students and teachers and definately plan on using it in my classroom. I would like to learn more about how to use the smartboards with students, as I have found this helpful for myself in these math problems using it.