“Motivating mathematics teachers to use ICT through training” Submission 2005A149

This paper will argue that mathematics teachers need as much help with ICT issues out of the classroom as in, and will discuss the TSM (Technology for Secondary/College Mathematics) model which always mixes courses on ‘productivity ’ tools with sessions on dynamic software. Only with increased confidence in both preparing lessons and delivering them can teachers be motivated to make ICT work for them. TSM Workshops(1) have been taking place since 1994 with an increasingly international team of tutors, either at Oundle School, or on the premises of schools and colleges in the UK and abroad. They aim of the workshop is to help those mathematics teachers who want to use ICT in their work, but who generally: 1. have little idea how to create mathematical expressions in Word 2. have little idea how to use the Drawing Toolbar to create mathematical diagrams 3. lack confidence in finding and incorporating effective web resources into their lesson plans using hyperlinks 4. are generally mystified by the mathematical possibilities of Excel, and are certainl