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CLIME (Technology & Math) Meeting in Boston
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Mar 17, 1995 11:42 AM
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>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 11:28:42 -0500 >From: icharisc@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU (Ihor Charischak) >Subject: CLIME (Technology & Math) Meeting in Boston >To: nctm-l@forum.swarthmore.edu >Cc: icharisc@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU > >*Announcement* >The Council for Logo & Technology in Mathematics Education (better known as >CLIME) will be holding its 9th annual meeting during the Boston/NCTM. > >Time: Thursday, April 6th, 4:30-6:30 PM >Place: Sheraton Gardner Room (A & B) > >CLIME's mission is to support and faciliate the effective use of technology >in mathematics education. It is the only technology oriented affiliate >group of NCTM. > >The agenda for the meeting includes : > >***Presentations*** >*John Olive (U. of Georgia) - The use of the Internet in the Math Classroom >*Chris Hancock (TERC) - Data analysis with the new dynamic database program > "Tabletop" >*Ihor Charischak (Stevens Institute of Technology) - The use of >spreadsheets in prealgebra and algebra > >***Two Video classroom vignettes*** >*Robert Berkman (Bank Street School, New York, NY) leads his 7th grade >class in exploring random events with Logo Software and spreadsheets (His >lesson was recently discussed in an issue of "Mathematics Teaching in the >Middle School". Jan.-Mar. 1995) >*Toby Caplin (Graham & Parks School, Cambridge MA) uses an inquiry learning >strategy with her 6th graders to explore the area of triangles with the >software program - Geometry Inventor. > >***Discussion*** >*Affiliate group matters, election of officers and CLIME's future direction. >*Also on the table is to discuss what role CLIME might play in influencing >NCTM in regards to the Internet revolution. Interestingly, out of 1062 >sessions at the Boston meeting only 6 deal directly with the use of the >Internet. It seems that this topic warrents more discussion. > >*A historical footnote* >Back in 1992 CLIME proposed a resolution to NCTM to establish an advisory >committee on technology issues in mathematics education. Though the >proposal was almost unanimously approved by the delegate assembly, no such >committee was established. Rather a task force was created (on which I was >a member) to look into what needed to be done. The upshot was an update of >NCTM position papers on technology. It might be time again to push on NCTM >to pay closer attention to the impact of the information superhighway on >mathematics education. Your input on this matter will be appreciated. > >I hope you can make this meeting! > >-Ihor Charischak >Founder of CLIME > >
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