Recently in the Family Life section of the Poughkeepsie Journal there was an article titled "Math apps that measure up" written by Jinny Gudmundsen. The article was written on Oct. 1, 2013.
After reading the article I began to think at how much easier my life is because of technology and how much easier math is because of technology. But that there raises the question... is easier necessarily a better thing?
I came up with a list of just a few technological advances that make math easier:
Mathematica, Online tutoring, whiteboard, graphing calculator, wolfram alpha. There are many many more and in many different niches. All of the these programs work off of complex algorithms all designed to compute mathematical equations quickly, neatly, and easily.
Since we live in an age of social media and technology this should be expected that there are a products that make math easier but is that a good thing? What is your opinion? Does technology hamper or help?
Personally I think that sometimes working with technology and allowing it to solve the problem takes away from the person actually understanding the math behind why they got the answer they got or why this theorem works. Technology is great but it shouldn't be the main method. We should be able to know what we should have to leave for a tip at a restaurant or what 20% off at our favorite department store is without having to take out our cellphones and type it in.
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