I am very pleased that Jenny Gage from the MOTIVATE team has agreed to venture over to Norfolk and deliver these two courses.

2MN012, Mathematics Teaching With and Interactive White Board

2MN030, Video Conferencing for mathematics

I am increasingly aware that Interactive Whiteboards are appearing in mathematics classrooms across the county. I hope that these courses will support those of you who are already teaching with these boards and also inspire those who are considering their possible use in mathematics teaching.

MOTIVATE is a project developed by Cambridge University’s Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and School of Education that aims to involve schools in video-conferencing or in using interactive whiteboards in a multi-media environment.

Their web-site can be found at www.motivate.maths.org

It contains details of next year’s program and an on-line registration form so that you can choose which you want to join. As well as long projects lasting a month, they are planning one-day conferences in the style of a Master Class using interactive video-conferencing.

MOTIVATE program for student’s aged 6 – 18, 2002 – 2003

· The Commonwealth Games (the maths of sport, aimed at 14 – 16 year old students)

· robots (for 9 – 11 year old students)

· bubbles (for 16 – 18 year old students)

regards

Brenda Emmott

Mathematics Adviser