AAMT e-news

for the Australian mathematics education community

6 June 2016

TEMPEST Implementation Officers

As part of the TEMPEST project, there are now 5 Implementation Officers around Australia who are there to help you with your professional learning needs!

Find their contact details at www.aamt.edu.au/Contact/Implementation-Officers

Free Connect with Maths webinars

Literature as a Gateway to Numeracy

Presenter: Valerie Barker
9 June 2016, 4:30–5:30 pm EST

Alice celebrated her 150th birthday in 2015 – thus it is timely to ask what the world of books is able to offer the classroom teacher of mathematics. If the world were a village, what could Alice (and Harry and a parrot) contribute to my students’ world view?

The Impact of Humanoid Robots on Student Learning

Presenter: Monica Williams
14 June 2016, 4:30–5:30 pm EST

This workshop will provide you with an understanding of how humanoid robots have impacted on learning and teaching. This research project is a three-year collaboration (2015–2017) between the AISSA, Swinburne University, QUT and UQ using two NAO humanoid robots (Pink and Thomas) in schools in South Australia. This multi-case study research involves metropolitan and rural and semi-rural schools and students from ELC to Year 10.

Registration and instructions: www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars

Introducing students to STEM careers

AAMT has partnered with the Australia Day of STEM, a national initiative designed to raise awareness of STEM career pathways. Participation in the program is offered completely free of charge for students and teachers throughout Australia.

The Day of STEM initiative enables students to test-drive STEM careers by selecting their own industry-leading Australian mentor who guides them through a wide range of STEM and cyber based careers, whilst simultaneously introducing them to challenging real-life career scenarios.

Pre-register your interest at http://dayofstem.com.au.

If you have any questions, please email tim@lifejourney.us.

ISDDE conference

Infrastructuring by Design
19–22 September 2016, Utrecht, the Netherlands

The conference of the International Society for Design and Development in Education (ISDDE) is for educational designers who are interested in raising the quality of educational processes, materials and assessments.

For more information, go to: https://sites.google.com/site/isdde2016/registration

[featured resource] Traditional Tales with a Mathematical Twist

Vince Wright

Introduces a new and somewhat different angle to 22 popular children’s stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and many others. These humourous interpretations are followed by activities for students to work on in groups or individually. Includes photocopy masters as well as teaching notes that outline learning outcomes, the mathematics involved, equipment and assessment ideas.

#UNW875 $35.00 * AAMT members: $28.00 *

www.aamt.edu.au/Webshop/Entire-catalogue/Traditional-Tales