This section is designed to help you to develop your use of TI-Nspire through the professional journeys taken by Annie, Mike and Cathy*, each of whom began the pilot project with different levels of confidence and experience with respect to using ICT with their learners.
*The names are fictitious, but the case studies are based entirely on pilot teachers' experiences.
Annie
'Annie' is the self-confessed ICT sceptic, who uses an interactive whiteboard most days, but this is mainly to organise her lesson resources and support her direct teaching. However she is keen to give the learners more access to ICT to think and learn for themselves without having to book an ICT room weeks in advance.
'Mike', who has recently qualified, has grown up with technology and thinks nothing of searching the internet for teaching ideas or homework activities for his pupils. However, he hasn’t much experience of using maths specific software and is keen to develop this area of his teaching.
'Cathy' is a self confessed technophile who grasps every new technology as it arrives but also acknowledges that she hasn’t necessarily got the staying power needed to support her colleagues to catch up. She is happiest when she is designing creative new approaches to learning mathematical concepts and is always willing to share these with others.
