Day Three - Project Discussions
Tuesday, July 11, 1995
In a late afternoon meeting we discussed project ideas for
the week. We came away with four main ideas and a few other pursuits,
all
of which still need to be developed further. Participants will begin
to
form groups this evening and into tomorrow, until we form a clear idea
of
exactly what we want to achieve and how we want to go about it. Here
is
what was laid out at the meeting:
- Organize Internet resources by topic and level.
Anne, along with Mike, Suzanne, Margaret, Ruth and Paul, wants
to
create a clear model for how The Geometry Forum and others might better
present their resources. Ideally, a teacher or student will be able to
come to the computer and immediately focus in on his or her desired
subject. He or she could find everything from lesson plans, to past
discussions, to Sketchpad documents to software all in one place. In
conjunction with this project, Matt would like to see an improved
collection of 3-D based stuff, including geometrical tools and virtual
reality sites.
- Internet Merit Badges
Margaret and Anne hope to develop a system of recognition for
teachers and students who contribute to the Internet.
- Guest Speakers/Mentors/CU See Me Forum/Applications to math
Despite the confusing title I've just given it, this project
actually seems to have good direction already. Growing from a desire
to
have applications as a topic in the first project (#1), this idea now
involves establishing a database of speakers who would be available to
give input on various areas of applied mathematics. What's more,
technology such as CU See Me (sort of video conferencing on the Internet)
can be used for these guest speakers as well
as to further enhance instances of linked classes, students and
teachers.
- Interactive Contests and Projects
Matt, Ruth and Anne are interested in creating more sites on
the
internet that are fun and exciting for students. They want to work on
both incentive based contests as well as highly interactive projects on
the Net.
Mike, a PC user, would like to help Steve Weimar with expanding the
Forum's archive of
PC Internet software. And Margaret wants to help people to easily find
references for
Internet use.
That's about it for now.
Eric Sasson
Geometry Forum
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