Our CSULA MATH 320 History of Mathematics students are of varied and interesting backgrounds. For example, this past Summer 2000 group of 44 students had one graduate of Caltech, one graduate of Pomona College, one graduate of the Sorbonne, three post-baccalaureates from the Middle East, one U. S. Army colonel who had fought in Bosnia, three Vietnamese, two from mainland China, two head football coaches, and several graduates from East Los Angeles and Wilshire District inner city high schools. These students were united in their desire to become good mathematics teachers. Their skills and enthusiasms will in turn be networked to a broad audience of Los Angeles County high school students, arguably one of the most diverse student populations in the U.S.

The challenge to the professor organizing this course is to include good teacher preparation skills while using materials with strong mathematical content. Significantly, we recognize the decline of interest among university students in using traditional library sources, and the increased preference for finding materials on the web. We also recognize the popularity of the graphing calculator, some use of videotape and the appeal of technology as a medium. This presentation will be a sampler of mathematics materials organized under a small LACTE / NSF grant. The materials in this presentation will be selected for gender and diversity awareness using appropriate delivery via technology. They include JAVA scripting interactive mathematics. These unique materials have been both university and high school class tested for effectiveness.