Recent years have seen a number of policy and curriculum initiatives which continue
to emphasise the role of technology in effective mathematics teaching and learning.
for instance, the Standards for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics in Australian
Schools (Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers 2006) describes excellent
teachers of mathematics as those who purposefully and responsively adopt a wide range
of strategies and techniques for using ICT in the classroom. More recently, the Shape of
the Australian Mathematics Curriculum document (Commonwealth of Australia 2009)
functionalities. These may be used separately or in combination … [and]
allow greater attention to meaning, transfer, connections and applications.
noted the important role of digital technologies as a tool for learning mathematics:
Modern mathematical technologies (hand-held devices or computer software)
support numerical, statistical, graphical, symbolic, geometric and text