One of the goals of the JEM network is to connect the various communities involved in mathematics education, from the technology developers to the users to the researchers in education. The last JEM workshop was organized as a satellite event to the fourth in a series of European workshops on MathML, which has shifted the emphasis from being purely technically oriented to addressing also the various communities. The participants were indeed a mixture of expertise: from long-time users of ICT in mathematics educations, to developers of leading technologies, to researchers of mathematics educations. This mix lead to some interesting remarks and conversations over the three days and hopefully increased awareness. As you can read from her blog, Christine, for instance, has come to realize that the interaction with her user community can be frustrating (when you expect to be understood) and exciting (when you are given direct user feedback). Do not miss out on her remarks on the various talks she attended. What about you, did you bring home anything from the workshop?

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