"As a medium for learning, digital games provide promising possibilities to motivate and
engage students in subject learning. In this study, a game-based learning system, My-Pet-
My-Quest, is developed to support pupils' math learning. This is due to the fact that most
students in Taiwan have relatively lower positive attitude towards math learning, even
though their math performance is prominent. To this end, a three-tire framework is
proposed to guide the design of the My-Pet-My-Quest system. A quasi-experiment was
conducted to examine the influence of game quests on pupils' enjoyment and goalpursuing
in math learning. The results revealed that game quests were favored by students
in terms of enjoyment, goal orientation, and goal intensity. Possible reasons for these
results and a discussion of related issues are presented in this paper."
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Geoff Roulet and Jill Lazarus will discuss their use of wikis, GeoGebra and Jing with students, and invite participants for an extended DIY exploration. More details concerning the software required are below.
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About Blended Mathematical Collaboration using a Wiki, GeoGebra and Jing
This discussion centers on the use of computer tools in a high school class. The goal was to develop a "math-talk learning community" to establish mathematics communication and collaboration as a classroom norm. In support of this we have combined the use of a wiki, GeoGebra, and Jing.
We would like to invite educators who have experience with wikis, GeoGebra and screencasts, or who would like to learn more, to discuss our project and share their ideas.
Event Hosts
Geoff is the skipper of and Jill a crew member on Jeannie, a J35 racing yacht. When not sailing, they are mathematics educators.
After graduate work at the University of Waterloo, Geoff Roulet began teaching mathematics, computer science, and chemistry at Roland Michener Secondary School in Timmins, northern Ontario. In the late 1970s, when personal computers for computer science were placed in the back of his classroom, Geoff began using these to support student learning in mathematics. Since then he has been involved in ICT use in teaching and learning at all grades and in all subjects, but with a particular focus on mathematics. Teaching was followed by a short spell of curriculum development and support work with the Ontario Ministry of Education and then in 1990 a move to the Faculty of Education, Queen's University at Kingston. Along the way Geoff completed M.Ed. and D.Ed. degrees at the Ontario Institute for Studies