Using ICT to enrich learning in secondary mathematics – A hands-on CPD day

Speakers

	Adrian Oldknow Adrian chaired the NCETM conference on the Potential of ICT last March, and is pleased to be one of the ATM/MA group which has been working with Becta to develop a programme of support for mathematics teachers. An author of many books and articles, as well as a contributor to many conferences, Adrian is currently involved with classroom based projects for QCA and Nuffield with an emphasis on integrating maths into STEM developments, using ICT as a catalyst.
	Ruth Tanner Ruth is a former head of mathematics and advanced skills teacher. Ruth has always been an enthusiastic user of many different forms of ICT in the classroom and she is particularly interested in the creative use of ICT to explore mathematical concepts and improve motivation in the classroom. Currently she is a secondary mathematics consultant with Shropshire Local Authority and has been a member of the ATM ICT task group for many years. Recently Ruth has been investigating the role of dynamic geometry in providing rich activities to support the teaching and learning of the Key Processes in the New Curriculum.
	Alison Clark-Wilson Alison is a former head of mathematics and advanced skills teacher who is now based at The Mathematics Centre, University of Chichester. Alison has a vast experience of working with a range of ICTs for secondary mathematics and coordinates a range of teacher and curriculum development projects, which have included Research Machine’s Maths Alive, the DCFS’ Practical Support Pack and The Mathematical Toolkit. Most recently Alison directed the English pilot of Texas Instruments TI-Nspire in seven secondary schools. She has coordinated the BECTa funded Using ICT for hard to teach topics in mathematics project, the outcomes of which have led to this conference.
	Jennie Golding Jennie has taught maths to students aged 3 to 93 in this country and Australia, and trained Primary and Secondary teachers in both. She is currently an AST and Director of Specialism in Dorset, is a member of the QCA 14-19 Mathematics Advisory Committee, and chairs the Teaching Committee of The Mathematical Association. She is an associate consultant for QCA and the NCETM, and a member of the SSAT Mathematics and Computing Specialism Advisory Group. Jennie is passionate in her belief that all students can engage with, enjoy, and succeed in mathematics, and sees the appropriate use of ICT as an integral part of that learning.
	Alan Catley After graduating in Mathematical Sciences at Newcastle University Alan has been teaching in the North East of England for over 30 years. A keen athlete, cyclist and fell-walker, he also has 10 years experience as an examiner. In recent years he has developed an international reputation for enthusiastically delivering well-received INSET days for teachers designed to help them make constructive use of a wide variety of resources and get the best out of ICT facilities available in the classroom.
	Jay Timotheus Jay is Head of Mathematics at Blue Coat C of E Comprehensive School in Walsall, West Midlands. He regularly leads professional development workshops on the use of handheld technology in the mathematics classroom and used the TI-Nspire handhelds when he recently featured in the Teachers’ TV programme Hard to Teach – Secondary Maths Using ICT. He has contributed to a number of professional journals and other publications, most recently writing the two part article From Mathematics to Mathematics-with-ICT in Mathematics Teaching 212 and 213. He took part in the English pilot of TI-Nspire, as a classroom teacher, member of the project support team and also as a writer of new classroom activities. He is currently trialling the wireless TI-Navigator system with his classes.
	Vicky Lally Vicky currently works part-time as 2i/c Maths at St. John the Baptist School, Woking – a post she has held for the last ten years. For the last four years she has been one of Surrey’s Lead Practitioners, and this year she is a Lead Practitioner for the SSAT. Vicky has always showed creativity in using ICT to enhance the teaching and learning experience in the classroom, and her work was short-listed for the Microsoft Innovative Teachers award in 2005. Vicky has always been keen to embrace the developments of new technologies in the classroom. Most recently she has been involved with developing video clips to teach visual topics which fall under the “Hard to Teach Topics in Mathematics” field, and her work has been shared with other schools by Surrey’s numeracy consultants.
	Aishling Ryan Aishling Ryan is the 2i/c, Key Stage 4 and e-Learning Coordinator of the Mathematics Department in St Angela’s Ursuline School in Newham. Aishling has been involved in a wide range of projects aimed at improving mathematics teaching. This includes the London Mathematics Challenge's Collaborative Practice project – where she worked with a network of teachers in five Local Authorities across London to improve mathematics teaching. Aishling piloted the My Music activity for the Bowland Mathematics project in June 2007. She is extremely interested in how the use of ICT can improve learning in Mathematics classrooms and has filmed uses of Dynamic Geometry software Cabri II Plus in the mathematics classroom and the BECTA funded / Mathematics Association Hard to Teach Mathematics project Case Study (filmed for Teachers TV). Aishling also collaborated with a school in Hillingdon on a Virtual Learning programme with KS3 Gifted and Talented students to extend and challenge their learning. She is currently completing the Outstanding Teacher Programme at St Angela’s Ursuline School and recently presented at the NCETM’s “Mathematics in London; Celebrating Success and Taking on the Challenge”.
	Linda Tetlow Linda Tetlow is a former Head of Mathematics in an 11-18 school who has also taught in Further Education and in an on-line classroom for ‘out -of-school learning’. She was a teacher researcher for the ‘Raising Achievement in Mathematics Project’ (RAMP) based at the University of Chichester and helped to pioneer and implement the RAMP 100% coursework A-level in mathematics. She also worked to develop the Record of Mathematics Achievement. She is co-author of an interactive A level mathematics CD designed to encourage the use of ICT to enhance mathematics (ICTAM) and has written for RM Discover Alive. She has experience as both an examiner and a coursework moderator and has coordinated the work of a team to produce a grid linking KS4 mathematics to rich activities, approaches and resources using ICT. She has recently been working on the QCA project ‘Engaging mathematics for all learners 11-19.’
	Clare Dolan Clare is an AST at Portchester Community School, Hampshire and is also one of Hampshire LA’s leading mathematics teachers. She has been involved in a number of projects focussing on the development of ICT for mathematics. In addition she has worked with other LMTs in Hampshire over the past 4 years to help improve the mathematical knowledge of gifted and talented learners in the 11-16 classroom.
	Pip Huyton Pip has significant experience as a teacher of mathematics, subject leader and CPD provider working with a range of Local Authorities and schools. Currently she is a freelance Mathematics Advisor and Project Manager with a specialism in the development of ICT being embedded in the teaching and learning of Mathematics. As co-ordinator of the 2 year DCSF funded London Mathematics Challenge Collaborative Practice Project, Pip established a network of approx. 60 teachers in 5 London LAs to work collaboratively in the pursuit of improved student achievement Other Recent Projects Pip has been involved in are - Development and trialling of Bowland Maths resources, Production of resources using Cabri II Plus and Cabri 3D in preparation for the making of videos, the BECTa funded ‘Using ICT for Hard To Teach Topics in Mathematics’ project, The Nuffield KS3 STEM project and The Use of Virtual rooms as a means of establishing online collaboration.