Friday, June 29

• Introductions
  
  
• Introductory Activity
  
  
• Clarifying Goals:
  • to become more familiar with Geometer's Sketchpad, SimCalc, and accessing mathematics resources on the Internet;
  • to think about and identify resources and approaches to stimulate students' mathematical thinking;
  • to think about using technology for instructional planning and practice;
  • to build 'community' that supports our professional growth.
  
  
• How would you respond to this student's conjecture?
  • Your assignment, should you accept it, is to read a chapter from Liping Ma, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathemtaics in China and the United States, "Exploring New Knowledge: The Relationship Between Area and Perimeter."
  
  
• A related Problem of the Week (PoW)
  
  
• Working with the Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Where are you on this GSP proficiency continuum?
    
    • Beginner = "I am not sure what the basic tools do."
    • Intermediate = "I know the basic tools and some but not most of what's in the menus."
    • Advanced = "I know how to do basic constructions, and have a grasp of how to use the transformation, locus, animation, and script tools."
  • Moving Forward with GSP: I do <<>> You do
    
    
  • You can find additional GSP lessons on our Lucent Index Page.
  
  
• Planning for Monday's session, focused on the Graphing Calculator ("GC"):
  • Where are you on this GC proficiency continuum?
    
    • Beginner = "I am not sure what the Windows, Zoom, Trace, Stats, Mode and Vars buttons do."
    • Intermediate = "I can use the GC to do things like find zeroes of functions, or put data in a list and display it as a box or scatterplot."
    • Advanced = "I know how to use the GC in my classes to reinforce instruction."

Monday, July 2

• Warm-up Problem
  • Student Responses
  
  
  
• Comments on the Ma reading?
  
  
• Geometer's Sketchpad: Construction of Rectangles with Constant Perimeter
  
  
• Exploring mathematical thinking with the TI-83 graphing calculator.

Tuesday, July 3

• Warm-up Problem
  • Student Responses
  
  
  
• The MATH FORUM: Your Personal Portal to Mathematics on the Internet
  
  
• Continued explorations with the graphing calculator.
  
  
• Thinking About School Goals and Action Planning
  
  
• Calendarizing
  • Site visits - Shelly, Anita, Roberta, Rutgers Students
  • In-service Workshops (4) - Possible topics include: Sketchpad, SimCalc, calculators, more thinking about student thinking, others?
  
  
• Evaluation Form

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Connecting with the New Jersey Mathematical Framework:

• Content Clusters
  
  • Number Sense, Concepts, & Applications
  • Spatial Sense & Geometry
  • Data Analysis, Probability, Statistics, & Discrete Mathematics
  • Patterns, Functions & Algebra
  
  
• Cross-Cluster Themes

  Problem Solving Communication Connections Reasoning

  Tools & Technology Numerical Operations Measurement Estimation Excellence & Equity

  
  
• Recurring Content Strands
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Building Blocks of Calculus