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April 18th, 2006

Experienced Team of Math Educators Developing a Computer-based Math Curriculum with MathResources

See ISM for yourself in booth 2407 at NCTM 2006 in St. Louis April 27th, 28th & 29th

Bill Masalski, the Editor of the NCTM 2005 Yearbook Technology-Supported Mathematics Learning Environments, and Carey Bolster, who will receive NCTM’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics Education next week at NCTM’s annual meeting in St. Louis, are working with MathResources to develop a computer-based middle school math curriculum called Interactive School Mathematics (ISM).

Technology presents tremendous opportunities for teaching and delivering mathematics but to unlock this potential school districts need interactive content that is credible, standards-based, and requires a minimal amount of professional development. ISM has been specifically designed to fulfill these needs.

Because Bill, ISM’s General Editor, and Carey, the original architect of the ISM program, are highly regarded within the NCTM and NCSM communities they have attracted a talented and experienced team of authors to make ISM’s exciting new approach to teaching and learning mathematics a reality.

A subset of members of the ISM team include Patrick Vennebush, Program Manager for NCTM’s Illuminations web site, Anne Collins, former Massachusetts Statewide Mathematics Coordinator Linda Gojak, President of NCSM, Kay Gilliland, Past President of NCSM, Terri Belcher, Executive Director of NCSM, and David DeCoste who currently serves on NCTM’s Board of Directors.

Learn More About ISM:
A Complete List of ISM’ Authors
Main ISM Page
Pilot ISM

Attend Bill Masalski’s ISM Presentation at NCTM:
“Interactive School Mathematics: Tapping into the Way Students Really Learn,”
Saturday, April 29th, 9:30, Rm 141 America’s Center

Piloting of ISM will continue this fall.

Dr. William Masalski - General Editor of the Interactive School Mathematics Program
Dr. Masalski is the Editor of the NCTM 2005 Yearbook Technology-Supported Mathematics Learning Environments. He has held many prestigious positions over his long and distinguished career including: past president of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England (ATMNE), Editor Emeritus of the New England Mathematics Journal and Professor Emeritus of mathematics education and educational technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also led the software development efforts for Mathemagica, a project of the JASON Foundation for Education ( www.jason.org/ ), funded through the Stars Schools program of the United States Department of Education.

Carey Bolster – Architect of the Interactive School Mathematics Program
Carey Bolster is the 2006 recipient of NCTM’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics Education. He is the President of Bolster Education and is currently serving as the Mathematics Content Director for the hit PBS cartoon series Cyberchase. He has held many prestigious positions over his long and distinguished career including: past president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Director of PBS Mathline, an author on several math textbook series and the author of many articles on the teaching and learning of mathematics.

About MathResources Inc.
MathResources founded in 1996 develops educational math software for K-12 and college markets. Constantly striving to find simple, elegant and practical ways to use the power of technology to make math come to life for students on desktops, laptops and handheld computers, they are highly regarded by leading educators and mathematicians within North America.

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