- MERLIN B. DERGHAM
- Montreal, Quebec Canada merlin@mymathlab.ca
- 37 years old
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- 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
- " 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
- " 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
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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
E-LEARNING EXPERIENCE & APPLICATIONS:
- 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
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- " 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...