Making the Math Visible: Explorations in College Geometry Using the
Geometer’s SketchpadBill
Fenton, Sr. Barbara Reynolds
June 4-11, 2006
Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY
Co-sponsored by Key College Publishing
Registration
for this workshop is now closed
Participants will use The Geometer’s Sketchpad to gain hands-on
experience constructing and experimenting with geometric diagrams to
develop visual insight into geometric, trigonometric and algebraic
relationships. Various topics from College Geometry – such as
properties of triangles and circles, analytic geometry,
transformational geometry and symmetry groups, taxicab geometry, the
hyperbolic plane, and projective geometry – will be investigated using
explorations that will enable workshop participants to see familiar
geometric
relationships in new ways. No background with The Geometer’s Sketchpad
is assumed; skills will be developed as needed through working on the
activities.
College Geometry Using the Geometer’s
Sketchpad will serve as the text for this workshop. The unique
feature of this text is that it introduces all the geometric concepts
through computer-based explorations with Sketchpad.
In addition to mathematical content of college geometry, participants
will experience firsthand a course taught using cooperative learning in
a computer lab setting. Some of the class discussions will focus on the
underlying pedagogy and issues of a course that utilizes these teaching
strategies.
Participants will receive software, text materials, and other resources
related to teaching geometry, teaching with cooperative learning, and
teaching with technology. For more information, please visit the
workshop web page at:
http://faculty.bellarmine.edu/fenton/PREPworkshop.asp