As part of my teaching course, I am doing some research into the role of computers (and ICT in general) in the teaching of maths.

I would be interested in reading anybody's accounts of how they learnt or improved their maths through the use of ICT. Examples might include:

* Doing an on-line course

* Mathematical games such as Dolphin Racing (where you have to choose the biggest fraction to get your dolphin to go faster than the others)

* Nntendo brain trainers

* Serious maths packages such as Mathcad or graph-drawing programs

* As part of another activity, e.g. writing formulas in Excel

Alternatively, I'd be interested in computer-based maths teaching that didn't work, or where there was an overreliance on computers when dice, counters, cardboard boxes and so on would have been far more effective.

Thanks in advance.