Back in the first post on this blog, I suggested the purpose of this blog is to “keep track of where I go and highlight any interesting tidbits I pick up along the way”. As time has gone on my use of the blog has expanded to include aspects of my other work, in maths education.
Basically I do two activities:
- For the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and just for fun, I work in maths promotion or popular mathematics and also maths careers. I try to get people interested in maths and where it could take them. This activity includes the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast.
- For my PhD (currently suspended), part time lecturing at Nottingham Trent University and my employment with the University of Nottingham I work in mathematics teaching and learning and particularly teaching & learning mathematics with technology.
It seems to me that there is likely to be an audience who are interested in both but equally there are likely to be people interested in one or the other. I have generally tried to keep the education stuff off this blog but haven’t always been able to resist. Just recently my job title at Nottingham was improved to the slightly buzzwordy “Technology Enhanced Learning Officer”.
So I have now decided a schism is in order. I have created a seperate blog, “Adventures in Technology Enhanced Learning” to hold the education stuff. This blog, Travels in a Mathematical World, will relate to my activities:
- As University Liaison Officer for the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications;
- Volunteering as a Committee member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications East Midlands Branch;
- Volunteering as a Council member of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM) (I was recently co-opted to BSHM Council; Oh, didn’t I say?);
- Any other bits of mathematical interest that take my fancy, professionally or personally.
I have also recently updated my website peterrowlett.net to be a portal to everything I do online.
This blog post is written as a companion to the post on Adventures in Technology Enhanced Learning, “So I have another blog“.