Vygotsky Post 2

     One common tool in today’s classroom is the PowerPoint Presentation. Our culture provides many of us with computers and basic software that make these presentations an accessible, clear format in which to present information. Calculators are also commonly used tools developed by someone else. These are important for more complex math when it is more about knowing how to set up a problem than how to perform the mathematic functions. The culture of math education has changed to accommodate more and more of these problems.

     Vygotsky in the video gives the example of a computer application as a more knowledgeable other. This could scaffold someone in giving guidance and training someone to do a task or operate software on their own. In a classroom, instructions on a worksheet could accomplish similar things.