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Casio

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Bright Ideas at Brighton

MANSW Annual Conference 2006

Bright Ideas at Brighton

Our 2006 annual conference was held at Novotel Brighton Beach on 8 - 10 September 2006.

 

MANSW’s Annual Conference 2006 was held at the Novotel Brighton Beach, Brighton le sands on Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th September. The broad conference program provided stimulating teaching ideas for all teachers of mathematics, be they early childhood, primary, secondary or post-secondary. There were workshops on teaching strategies K-12+, reports on the latest educational research and the opportunity to improve technological knowledge and skills while evaluating the impact of technology on the teaching of mathematics. Our conference included a combination of keynote addresses, presentations and workshop sessions with approximately 9 different workshops/ presentations in each session. A copy of the Program is included in the PDF of the Conference Brochure.

A display of educational publishers and distributors in the foyer of the Novotel Brighton Beach provided insight into the latest reference material and teaching support available. The discussions and networking with other teachers proved to be extremely valuable and it’s fun just catching up with friends from the past.

PDFDownload a DRAFT Conference Program as a PDF

PDFDownload a PDF of the Conference Synopses

Keynote Addresses

OPENING KEYNOTE: FRIDAY 9:30am
What can technology add to a mathematics classroom?
Douglas Butler. Oundle School, UK

KEYNOTE: SATURDAY 9:00am
Playing the Numbers
Dr Jamie McKenzie

CLOSING ADDRESS: SUNDAY 2:30 pm
The Mathematics of Sex
Dr Clio Cresswell

Presentation notes available online

KEYNOTE
Douglas Butler
(Friday)		 Primary K-6 Secondary 7-12 What can technology add to a mathematics classroom?
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Judy Anderson Secondary 7-10 Bright Ideas in the Years 7-10 Syllabus: Implementing Working Mathematically
Mary Barnes Secondary 11-12 Financial Maths with a Graphics Calculator
Mary Barnes Secondary 7-10 Dynamic Geometry and Trigonometry on a Graphics Calculator
Dawn Bartlett Secondary 7-10

How come you’re the only teacher in maths that gives assignments?
Douglas Butler Secondary 7-12 Autograph for teaching probability and statistics
Douglas Butler Secondary 7-12 Autograph for teaching pure mathematics in 2D and 3D
Emma Campbell Secondary 7-12 Using Word for Worksheets and Assessments
Michael Cavanagh Secondary 7-10 Secondary teachers’ responses to the new syllabus
Anita Chin Primary 3-6 &
Secondary 7-8		 Fun for tomorrow with concrete materials today
Nick Connolly Primary K-6 and
Secondary 7-12 		The Word Worlds of school Mathematics
Peter Coutis Secondary 7-12 Crossing the chasm: What should we be teaching in Extension Mathematics?

Lloyd Dawe &
David Tynan

 Secondary 7-10

Thinking mathematically: developing manageable tasks for teachers
Trish Fisher &
Judy Anderson

 Primary K-6 Assessing the Working Mathematically in Students' Responses to Rich Tasks
Ian Iredale &
Peter Garside

 Secondary 7-12 New Ways to Think Spatially
Thomas Garvey Secondary 7-12

Playing some games on Geometers Sketchpad
Karen Hughes Primary 5-6 and
Secondary 7-8

FLEXIMATHS - A new approach to middle school learning
Anne Joshua Primary 1-2 Catering for able students in Stage 1
Anne Joshua Primary 5-6 and
Secondary 7-8		 Fun, Recreational Maths, suitable for Maths clubs and Maths lessons
Anne Joshua Primary 3-6 Practical ideas for teaching able students in Mathematics
Brian Lannen
John Springall
Geoff Dix		 Secondary 7-12

The Graphics Calculator PD program that worked for our school
Bruce Llewellyn Primary 5-6 and
Secondary 7-8		 Numeracy vs Mathematics
Quality Teaching and Mathematics
Wheels on Vehicles
Sharon London Secondary 7-10 HOTmaths - exciting teaching and learning ideas
Rachel McCann Primary K-6 and
Secondary 7-8		 Make Maths Fun Through Easy Differentiation - Bloomsmath
Michael Mitchelmore
& Heather McMaster

 Secondary 7-10 Working Mathematically with Patterns and Algebra
Workbook sample
Joanne Mulligan Primary K-2 Pattern and Structure in the K-2 Classroom
Morris Needleman Secondary 7-12 Lovely Problems and Elegant Solutions
Bing Hiong Ngu Secondary 7-10 Algebra Equations Instruction: a comparison of
Balance scale method and Inverse method
Mark O’Brien Secondary 7-12 Exploring and Applying Exponential Functions
Mark O’Brien Secondary 7-12 Focussing On Learning in the Maths Classroom - paper
Focussing On Learning in the Maths Classroom - presentation
Cyril Quinlan Secondary 7-10 Educational Responses to Cognitive Challenges Identified by Research into Early Algebra
Shane Scott Secondary 7-10 Solving algebraic equations by crossing over the bridge
Thanom Shaw Secondary 11-12 Introducing LaTeX - the easiest (and cheapest) way to type beautiful mathematical documents
Beth Southwell Primary K-6 Product vs. process: A bright or tarnished idea for planning?
Paul Swan Secondary 7-10 Mathemagic
Peter Taylor Secondary 7-12 Methods of problem solving
Alexander Young Primary 3-6 Self assessment of the quality of your pedagogy in real time

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Resources from previous annual conferences

2005   Wollongong
2004   Mudgee
2003   Brighton Beach
2002   Manly

 

 


 

 

 

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