helen.wildy@uwa.edu.au
david.andrich@uwa.edu.au
peter.merrotsy@uwa.edu.au (talked with him on Mon 11 Feb 2013: his suggestion, define a project and deliverables/and or fit in with one of his, e.g. science/math modelling).
I would very much like some sort of maths-ed association with UWA, probably some sort of Honorary Adjunct AsPro position.
I realise that age 66 is a bit late for a career move, but lots of my enthusiasms from earlier parts of my career fit with it.
Also, perhaps if I'm not paid, it isn't really a career; just a use of my skills and enthusiasms.
I live very close to UWA, so academics, maths teachers or trainee teachers could get my advice pretty well always (except I'm at Curtin 1 or 2 days a week).
I could help with (i) useful work for academics and postgrads (as besides the matters below, I'm tolerably good at stats though I now limit my computation in it to R and some maths packages);
(ii) answering maths/maths ed questions from DipEd students, and perhaps some enrichment work;
(iii) refereeing a few artlicles, such as
http://erpjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ERPV38-1.-Eddy-C.-et-al.-2011.-Examining-Mathematics-Teacher-Content-Knowledge.pdf
What I think I have to offer - and it is all in the maths/computation area - includes the following.
(1a) I have a serious interest in moodle and in particular the opportunities for the stack Computer Aided Assessment system.
I have a paper on this at ACEC2012.
http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/web-delivered-computer-aided-assessment-maths-stack
Sadly, I didn't capture WA School teacher interests to actually do anything about it.
(The only likely new stack site as a consequence of ACEC2012 was a "Future University" in Japan as a couple of maths/computing lecturers from it were at ACEC and were very interested that stack was already in use at Nagoya University.)
At UWA the undergrads use the local (Mathematica underpinned) calmaeth system:
at Curtin the undergrads use the moderately widely used (Maple-underpinned) AiM system.
I've authored for both UWA and Curtin, and in 2012 managed the AiM system at Curtin while the usual person for this was on long-service leave.
stack/moodle is by a colleague I worked with at the University of Birmingham.
more.
(1b) I expect to make an effort to interest moodle-users in Curtin's SMEC (Science and Maths Education Centre) in stack.
(2a) I have a serious interest in accessible maths topics.
My paper in March 2011 American Math Monthly is at a level that I have been able to explain to 1st year undergrad engineering maths students when the occasion arose (in connection with complex roots of polynomials). See under 2011 at my papers page.
(2b) I have a couple of geometry papers in the British Math. Gazette.
(2c) I have had an interest in machine proofs, including in geometry.
(2d) I have an interest in computer graphics, including associated with geometry, and programs like CabriGeometre, GeoGebra etc.
(3) I program in umpteen computer languages, have a serious interest in mobile devices, eBooks, etc..
(4) I have serious interests in (the underpinnings and) use of wolframalpha.
For some questions one can ask wolframalpha to "Show Steps", and this might be useful in final year calculus classes.
(5) I have interests in web-delivered computer algebra.
(6) I work (behind the scenes) with Greg Gamble on maths enrichment activities, IMO (Math Olympiad) etc.
His classes are at UWA Maths on Wednesdays.
(7) I have some interests in national curriculum efforts and know some of the AMSI people that have produced materials associated with it.
(Doesn't endorse everything they have done, of course.)
(8) Though I am ambivalent about it, I also know of efforts both by individual teachers and States (e.g. Victoria) to make use of (commercial) Computer Algebra Systems. I'm thoroughly aware of possible educational misuse of these. I'm more appreciative of appropriate use of items from wolframalpha or from demonstrations.wolfram or from maplets.