Session 672 - Using the World Wide Web to Improve the Teaching of Mathematics

Conference within a Conference
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Grand Portage 2 (Marriott)

This CWAC will provide an opprtunity for beginners and experts in the use of the World Wide Web to get together and discuss what is currently available for use in mathematics education, how the materials can be effectively accessed and used in the classroom and what is coming. Here is the tentative agenda for the meeting.

Morning
8:30 Jonathan Choate, Opening Remarks- Using the World Wide Web to Improve The Teaching of Mathematics
8:40 Ihor Charischak, Council for Technology in Mathematics Education
9:00 Steve Rasmussen, Key Curriculum Press
9:20 Bob Johnson, Logal Software
9:40 Greg Tobin, Addison Wesley Publishers
10:00 Discussion & Break
10:35 Roland Cheyney, COMAP
10:55 Harry Tunis, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
11:15 Ricky Carter, BBN Systems and Technologies Educational Technologies Dept
11:35 Arnie Cutler, The Geometry Center
11:55 Discussion
12:15 Lunch

Afternoon
1:15- David Wexler, Annie Fetter, Steve Weimar- The Math Forum
3:00- Discussion and Wrap Up

The conference will conclude with a discussion of how the NCTM can best use the Internet both to improve the quality of mathematics teaching and to make available new mathematical content to its members. Participants will be given a comprehensive bibbliography of the Web resources.

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