MathResources Inc.
Halifax, NS
Company Overview
MathResources provides through sales and under license the most robust math software available to schools. The company, its products and people have received many awards and distinctions. The most recent is a New Exporter Award from the Province of Nova Scotia. The President, Ron Fitzgerald, is the recently elected Chair of the Canadian Board of the Software & Information Industry Association and Dr. Jonathan Borwein, one of the other founders has just been elected President of the Canadian Mathematical Society. Dr. Borwein also recieved an Honourary Degree from the University of Limoge for his work with math researchers and students in France. The company is currently in the Research and Development phase of its development. The company's key strength is the accessability and robustness of its interactive objects and math computation and plotting tools. Currently nothing exists in the market which has a learning curve of under 15 minutes combined with the power of MathResources software. Seeing the interaction of numbers and equations with their graphical output is extremely important to the overall comprehension of mathematics. This combination of events provides a real opportunity for individuals to learn math and math based disciplines. MathResources is providing this opportunity by producing both proprietary products and products under contract that are easy to use irrespective of the end users sophistication.
Company Information
Physical Address
312-5516 Spring Garden Rd.
Halifax, NS B3J 1G6
CA
Mailing Address
312-5516 Spring Garden Rd.
Halifax, NS B3J 1G6
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: MathResources Inc.
Number of Employees: 6
CA
MathResources has and continues to construct interactive objects, plotting and computational devices for teaching and learning math. This approach affords our company and other companies the opportunity to construct extremely interactive and mathematically rigorous software with a short learning curve.
Because the objects and devices are modular they can be connected in various forms to create a host of different products. MathResources utilizes these in the construction of their own software and offers them to other organizations under license to be included in their software.
Contacts
Ron Fitzgerald
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Services
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Software Consulting
Partnering Opportunities
a)Projects seeking partners
We are interested in both long and near-term opportunities in the educational software market. Most importantly we are interested in partners that can add substantial value to our organization and products. These opportunities exist in the area of equity investment, licensing, distribution and localization. Currently MathResources is interested in establishing a relationship with a supplier of educational software to both the educational and consumer software markets worldwide. Bundling opportunities with computer hardware manufacturers or textbook publishers is a high priority.
b)Partners seeking projects
We are interested in identifying partners to bring us opportunities where we can provide a value-added function or service related to:
- Product development educational or otherwise
- Consulting services for the educational, mathematics or
computing markets
- Distribution or introductions to the Canadian educational
market.
Products
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Let's Do Math: Graphing & Calculating
Let's Do Math: Graphing & Calculating: This software emulates the power of today's more intricate and expensive graphing calculators. The functionality is similar but the power of the computer makes this software considerably more robust and intuitive to use. It is also less expensive and is available in lab packs or for networks. This is a tremendous alternative for students and teachers. The market is junior high, high school, college and university.
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Let's Do Math: Tools & Things
Let's Do Math: Tools & Things: This software provides teachers, students and parents with a language interface to interactive math tools for investigation, calculating and graphing math concepts. Teachers can illustrate the power of mathematics;
students can investigate, visualize and communicate with and about mathematics; parents can assist their children in the learning process because of the software's ease of use. The market is upper elementary to early high school.
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Mri-graphing Calculator For Windows Ce
MRI-Graphing Calculator for Windows CE: This software is designed specifically for the WindowsCE operating system. Please specify which handheld you are using and the processor. The software emulates the power of today's more intricate and expensive graphing calculators. The functionality is similar but the power of the computer makes this software considerably more robust and intuitive to use. This is a tremendous alternative for students and teachers. This product will provide substantial benefit to any user of a handheld PC.
- The Mathresource: Interactive Math Dictionary
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