MERLIN B. DERGHAM
37 years old
 
           

 

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
 
"           Masters in Teaching Mathematics, Concordia University (Specialized in Technology Integration into math classes)
 
"           B.A In Math                 - American University
           
"           Teaching Diploma         - American University
 
"           Author in ‘Gama e-Learning’ –For  Educ. Colleges & Schools  Reg. # 184
             www.gamalearn.com
 
 
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 2002-2004
  (Teaching by means of Laptops - Digital Projector- LAN- WAN...)
 
"          Tutoring Math GMAT, GRE, SAT

"          Canadian Mathematics Competitions/ Contests/ Challenges/ Olympiad click for details

 

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:

"           Math Video Solutions for University students www.mathvideos.2join2.com
            Check the list of Math topics at www.mymathlab.ca/mathtopics.htm
 
"           Technical comparison between MyMathLab and Moodle (A CD provided with animation/ audio/ video
            as a part of requirement towards my masters degree), Nov 2007  http://mathmontreal.webs.com/indexx.htm
 
"          Math interactive forum for students/ teachers/ parents/...   http://montrealmathematics.noonhost.com/index.php
 
"           Moodle Hybrid project (2006):  http://moodle.24yahoo.com
 
"           Designing / Hosting Student Class Websites      :
                        a.         www.nicenet.org         
                        b.         www.mathyards.com                       
                       
"           Certificate for being a participant in “UAE- IT Challenge 2004” Project 1, 2  www.yaho0.org
 
"           Supervisor for a winning Stockholm Challenge Math interactive website - 2002/2003   
                        www.uaemath.com/index2.html
 
"          Member of  “elearning for kids”, A global non-profit foundation. Chicago United States  click for more details
"          Member of  “elearning 2.0 Practices and Research”, University/ College. Sofia Bulgaria  click for more details
"          Member of “Teach with Internet”  A social network for teachers to share, Benavídez, Argentina. click for more details

 

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
"           A researcher into Mersenne Prime numbers (GIMPS- Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search).    
            http://www.mersenne.org/primenet   
 
“           A researcher on “Engineering of Alphabets”
 
 
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHES DONE

 

"           Integrating Technology to Pre-University Math Classes - Data were 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...