AAMT e-news

for the Australian mathematics education community

26 May 2015 (updated)

Apologies: an earlier version of this email listed an incorrect webinar title.

Award for former AAMT staff member

Former AAMT staff member Joy Edmunds was honoured at the Mathematical Association of Tasmania Conference in Launceston last weekend. Joy was awarded Life Membership of the MAT for here many years of contribution and commitment to the work of the association. Joy worked from the AAMT Office during the early 1990s on a project to strengthen the professional development provided by AAMT and the state and territory associations. Her well-deserved recognition from her Tasmanian colleagues complements the esteem in which she is held by the wider AAMT community. Congratulations Joy!

AAMT conference update

Financial Literacy is everyone’s business
Creating outdoor spaces for rich mathematics learning experiences
Mathematics for the 21st century
Tools to promote higher order thinking in the primary mathematics classroom

These are just a few of the major presentations that are in the program of the 2015 AAMT Conference. To read more about these and other interesting and exciting offerings go to www.cvent.com/d/74q5tv/15K?cpc=XHN77YT3QW9

[webinar] Mathematica and the Barn Quilt Project

Thursday 28 May 2015, 4.30–5.30 pm EST

Presenter: Craig Bauling, Wolfram Research

For information about this and other webinars and to register, go to www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars

[webinar] My geeky like – one man’s love of maths

Wednesday 10 June 2015, 4.30–5.30 pm EST

Presenters: Adam Spencer and Mary Coupland

For information about this and other webinars and to register, go to www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars

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