montreal math tutoring. My CV at www.mymathlab.ca

MERLIN DERGHAM
Montreal, Quebec Canada merlin@mymathlab.ca
37 years old


EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

" Masters in Teaching Mathematics, Concordia University

" B.A In Math - American University

" Teaching Diploma - American University

" Certified as a Participant in eLearningBC (British Columbia) Community

" Author in ‘Gama e-Learning’ –For Educ. Colleges & Schools Reg. # 184



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

" Math 201 Pre Calculus, Part time Instructor, at Concordia University (Loyola),
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Winter 2008.

" Concordia University (SGW) - Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics 2006-07
Teaching Assistant – Grade 1 for Math 200-209
Teaching Assistant – Grade 3 for Math 201 sections B & 02

" Class Math teacher for grades 11, 12 at American International School 2000-2004



PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

" Workshop on "The Integration of Math & Computers"- Sagesse High School

" Attended conference on "Use of Technology in the Teaching of Mathematics"

" 7th Annual Conference on "Global Education of the Child"

" 4th Annual Science & Math Teacher's Conference SMEC IV- AUB,

" 1st annual conference of IT – SIG 2003 “issues in designing , delivering,
and evaluating Online Courses”

" Laptop e-Learning Faculty Forum" on 9th April 2003

" WebCT Online Seminar registration (Dec 10, 2003 & Jan22,2004)

" Workshop on MML (My Math Lab) August 23rd, 2007- Pearson representatives
Concordia University.

" Orientation meeting on Tutoring/Marking by Dr. Adrian Iovita Sep 14th, 2007
- Concordia University


E-LEARNING EXPERIENCE & APPLICATIONS:

" Technical comparison between MyMathLab and Moodle (A CD provided with animation/ audio/ video
as a part of requirement towards my masters degree), Nov 2007

" Moodle Hybrid project (2006): http://www.glassrabbit.org/moodle/login/index.php

" Designing / Hosting Student Class Websites :
a. http://www.nicenet.org/
b. http://www.mathyards.com/

" Certificate for being a participant in “UAE- IT Challenge 2004” Project 1, 2
" Supervisor for a winning Stockholm Challenge Math interactive website - 2002/2003
www.uaemath.com/index2.html


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

" A researcher into Mersenne Prime numbers (GIMPS- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search).
http://www.mersenne.org/primenet/status.txt

“ A researcher on “Engineering of Alphabets”


UNIVERSITY RESEARCHES DONE

" Integrating Technology to Pre-University Math Classes (ongoing)- Data to be collected from MML
(My Math Lab) implementation at Concordia University 2007/2008.
" Affective aspects of learning mathematics in a computer environment for high school students, Fall 2005
" Basic Functions through the Lens of Computer Algebra Systems, Fall 2005
" Kids like Laptops (affective perspectives: Beliefs, attitudes and emotions), Fall 2005
" Laptops in schools (educational computing perspective), Summer 2006
" Educational Audio Blog: http://odeo.com/channel/113700/view , Summer 2006
" Curriculum Development of Teaching Mathematics Using Laptops For Junior High School Classroom Students, Fall 2006
" The Cantor Set: Paradoxes and Pedagogical obstacles, Winter 2007
" The Effect of Heuristics on Mathematical Problem Solving, Fall 2007



A List Of e-Learning Packs That I Do Apply :

Quizzes
Over Internet / Intranet + evaluation result sheet for students/applicants detailing each Quest/answer,
correct/wrong with total score per applicant/per class.

Power-Point Expert Utilities
Converting Lessons / Courses done on ppt to html/ pdf / Ms office/ exe/ Flash(swf) /... (& conversely)
for easy access over Internet/Email with animation talking characters + Interactive L.

Design
All forms of design templates/buttons/own fonts/... Home pages,…
3D folding e-Books,…

Math, Sciences, Art
Professional Interactive Software & Sites (for the core material + Graphing programs) with the aid
of Multimedia CD’s

Staff Administrative Work
All paper work are transformed to computers / Internet / Intranet in a professional manner where
Students – Parents can check or Clients as:
Gradebook (each one has his own ID of which he can access his monthly record on the Net),
Schedule, Agenda, Syllabus , WhiteBoard, GuestBook, PenPad, …

LAN Classroom/Office Management Software
Vary from remote controlling (create users, change passwords,..) to sharing Clients (Students)
screens / activities, file transfer, chat, conference, video recording…

LAN Software Utilities
Vary from Network info, users TCP/IP, Trace route, search for hidden network resources for
files/folders by name/ type/size to Security & Anti-hacking.

Security
For any kind of files, documents, applications, ... Varies from Locking / password assignment
to Trial shareware for a limited date or limiting the number of executions/file access/...setting
serial numbers, registration keys...