Technological Environments beyond the Classroom

This chapter discusses several options that technology can bring tomathematics teaching and learning, in providing access to many challenging virtual resources that become easily available to all learners. Recent studies point to new challenging learning opportunities that may be enhanced by technology by means of dynamic and interactive tools of modeling and experimenting. Finally, recent developments of flexible and sophisticated communication tools create numerous virtual spaces where people can meet, ask questions, discuss, and work collaboratively on challengingmathematical learning tasks.We present a broad view of existing worldwide practices and analyze concrete examples that deepen our understanding of the advantages and disadvantages related to integrating technology into challenging mathematical activities in and beyond the classroom. We conclude with several research paths that are opening in this relatively new field of study in mathematics education.

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