Beginning in 2002, a group of researchers and online-math-education-service providers began the Virtual Math Teams (VMT) Project. The mission of the VMT Project is to provide a new opportunity for students to engage in mathematical discourse. There are three primary goals in this project:

·       1. As service providers, we want to provide a stimulating online service for use by student teams from around the world.

·       2. As educational-technology designers, we want to develop an online environment that will effectively foster student mathematical discourse and collaborative knowledge building.

·       3. As researchers, we want to understand the nature of team interaction during mathematical discourse within this new environment.