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17 Apr 2009
Geogebra is a dynamic mathematics software and I have used it previously to create drawings and diagrams for my lesson plans.  But inspired by this post with a geogebra widget on parts of a circle, I spent a little bit of time exploring the geogebra wiki and realised how easy it is to create simple interactive worksheets.  I [...]
31 Dec 2008
I was fortunate to attend the 3rd International LAMS conference held in Sydney on 5th December 2008.  In particular, I was really impressed by the presentation by Jarrod Johnson Peter Cheel from Pedare Christian College.  Jarrod Peter presented two sessions both of which were very interesting. The first was about how they used LAMS to scaffold [...]
07 Nov 2008
As beginning teachers, it will be important for us to build and maintain a network of relationships. This will help us keep connected to others who have similar interests/values to us in relation to education.   I am particularly conscious of this as the time nears for us to all leave university and begin our fledgling [...]
06 Nov 2008
Just read this news item in the NY Times about a firm that offers online math courses to American school students.  A typical example of use of technology for objectivist teaching (refer chapter by Robyler).  Reading the article made me wonder why drill and practice style programs (like the one described) manage to get such good press. Programs such as [...]
03 Nov 2008
I just read an interesting article in todays Washington Post about how some schools in the US are using internet-based classroom portals to provide information to students and parents on student progress and assessment outcomes as also information on assignments that need to be completed.  For parents it provides a connection to their childrens academic [...]
In response to Marees blogpost, We definitely need student teachers to be exposed to a range of technology tools and provided with opportunities to think about and experiment with various ways of using these in the classroom (similar to what we are currently engaged in as part of this course). If we have tried something [...]
31 Oct 2008
I just read an interesting article by Prensky (if you can ignore the repeated references to teachers who ?look stupid?). He makes a valid point that technology is changing so rapidly that just as we think we?ve mastered a new technology, it may have already become outdated.  So rather than asking for training on some new [...]
28 Oct 2008
Yesterday in class, Paul presented the use of comic book creating software (he used software from PLASQ, but there are others available too; unfortunately, I didnt find any that are free) to present mathematics content in comic book format as a way of engaging disengaged students.  What a fantastic idea!   I think the idea has great potential!  Think [...]
24 Oct 2008
As I read more about technology in education - I am both excited and a little intimidiated by the possibilities.  Listen to my podcast. podcast2410 Authored by madhu. Hosted by Edublogs.
In my travels on the web, I came across this interesting blogpost that talks about mathcasts.  Essentially, a mathcast is a screen recording + voice from an interactive whiteboard.  There are some examples on the blogpost. It is easy to see how such mathcasts can be very useful for students who may have missed a lesson or for students [...]

Madhu Narayanan


I am a student currently training to be a high-school mathematics teacher. After15 years working in industry, I have made a career change to teaching...
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Sydney,   NSW,   Australia
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School Education
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Student
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