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ICT and Mathematics
How the publisher describes it:
“The original guide was produced for the Teacher Training Agency by The Mathematical Association in July 2002. This updated version has been produced as part of the DfES ' KS3 ICT Offer to Schools' in September 2004. The guide has been written to support the continued professional development of serving mathematics teachers, and the preparation of teachers in training.”
Review by Peter Hall
In brief:
This really is an essential publication - I challenge you to read this book and not find a use for ICT applicable to your classroom. It encourages us to fully explore the riches of ICT and to help teachers inspire and motivate their increasingly ICT-literate students.
“The book gives a very detailed list of supplementary information”
This comprehensive guide is essential reading. Whether you are a Head of Department or a new teacher this book has something for you. Schools who are confident ICT users will find new ideas to work on, and for those with less confidence and less knowledge this book is a gold mine of resources and activities.
The book is firmly classroom-focused with every product being considered in the light of the teaching of mathematics. In essence the book has three sections, it begins with a comprehensive discussion about what is effective. By describing the aspects of mathematics that can be productively assisted by ICT this section gives many suggestions - whether the obvious help that graph drawing software can bring, or graphical calculators or geometry software.
Section two reviews the various tools available - there are too many to list here - but the reader is left with no doubt as to the serious research that has gone into the book. The book covers whole class displays and hand-held technologies. Small programs, programming languages, general purpose software, mathematically-specific software and so on. Many good Internet sites are given, as well as ideas to help the teacher use digital media - both still and moving images are covered.
Finally the book gives a very detailed list of supplementary information - full details of each product, web-pages and addresses, details of available support, trials of ICT - where to go to read more.
This really is an essential publication - I challenge you to read this book and not find a use for ICT applicable to your classroom. It encourages us to fully explore the riches of ICT and to help teachers inspire and motivate their increasingly ICT-literate students.
Peter Hall • AST Mathematics, Imberhorne School, East Grinstead
ICT and Mathematics
A guide to Teaching and Learning Mathematics 11-19 using ICT
Edited by Adrian Oldknow
Published: The Mathematical Association
ISBN 0 906588 60 X
