I really enjoyed the article about the Desmos Art Projects. I am already very familiar with the app because the studetns in our high school all have iPads and I have already recommended that they use the Desmos app. I thought the digital literacy project with app was phenomenal and I will use this in my classroom. I loved the idea of the students trying different equations to make different shapes. Not only does it allow them to be creative but it will introduce them to so many different aspects of the math world. They will see how math can be used to create fun activities instead of just "problems". I also liked how it gives the students the opportunity to express themselves using math. It may help them to enjoy the subject more or at least on aspect. I have used the app many times and it never crossed my mind that you could use it to make art. It really taught me that I need to open my mind and look at the bigger picture sometimes. I need to look at the tools that I am given and really decided what I can do with these tools that will enhance the learning process of my students. What can I do with these tools that will help them enjoy the subject and also my class more than before they walked through the door. This gave me a whole new excitement about the possibilities in the classroom and that if we let the students be creative and discover that they may develop understanding and knowledge that may not have been opened to them before. Thank you for this opportunity to learn about digital literacy. I enjoyed it very much.

https://www.desmos.com/art