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DOUGLAS BUTLER Director, iCT Training Centre, Oundle School, Peterborough (UK) and Lead author, Autograph

DOUGLAS BUTLER Director, iCT Training Centre, Oundle School, Peterborough (UK) and Lead author, Autograph. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007.

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DOUGLAS BUTLER Director, iCT Training Centre, Oundle School, Peterborough (UK) and Lead author, Autograph

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  1. DOUGLAS BUTLERDirector, iCT Training Centre,Oundle School, Peterborough (UK)andLead author, Autograph The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 WELL, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE CLASSROOM GADGETS - NOW WHAT? OPENING PLENARY 9:30-10:30am, Saturday 8th September

  2. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 The next 60 minutes may seem like a roller-coaster!

  3. www.MATHskills.com www.MATHSkills.com

  4. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • How did it all begin?

  5. The early Calculators . . .

  6. The early microcomputers . . .

  7. The early Visualisers . . .

  8. The early Visualisers . . .

  9. The early Visualisers . . .

  10. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • The modern mathematics classroom

  11. A typical mathematics classroom at Oundle School (UK)

  12. And at Chu Van An National High School, Hanoi, (Vietnam)

  13. Two types of TABLET to take round the class:

  14. And what is happening to software? • COMPUTER SOFTWARE • Xthink (USA) - Videos • Geometry Expressions (USA) • Physics Illustrator (USA) – You Tube video • Cabri 3D (France), Autograph (UK), Yenka (UK) and GSP (USA) … + growing free software, eg Geogebra (USA), Peanut (USA) • HAND-HELD • Casio Classpad (Japan) • TI Nspire (USA)

  15. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • Meanwhile:

  16. Who would have thought?

  17. You-Tube video (Univ. of Washington)

  18. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • An internet connected computerprojected in the classroom is a …

  19. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • An internet connected computerprojected in the classroom is a …WINDOW ON THE WORLD!

  20. Fun with Google Earth and Google Sketchup and the Iconico Screen Protractor

  21. Finding real geometry on Google Earth!

  22. Bits and bobsfrom Google images

  23. Using Sketchup 6

  24. Using Sketchup 6

  25. And back in Google Earth . . .

  26. What’s next door?

  27. What do the runway numbers mean?

  28. Is the runway direction right?

  29. A concrete oddity near Dungeness

  30. A concrete oddity near Dungeness

  31. A concrete oddity near Dungeness

  32. A concrete oddity near Dungeness

  33. A concrete oddity near Dungeness Sound mirrors web site Autograph 3

  34. What about our place in the grand scheme? • These unattributed images are available from this web site

  35. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • When and where did mathematics start?

  36. The MATHEMATICS EDUCATION into the 21st Century Project The University of NORTH CAROLINA, Charlotte, USA Friday 7th - Wednesday 12th September 2007 • When and where did mathematics start? Try this TIME LINE

  37. Let’s look back ... • Pythagoras of Samos (569 - 475 BC) • The Tunnel of Eupalinos

  38. The Mathematics of 1000 years ago • How did we count?

  39. What’s all this about BIG PRIMES? Mersenne PrimesA nice link to the history of technology

  40. What’s all this about BIG PRIMES? Mersenne PrimesA nice link to the history of technology M44? 2^32,582,657 – 1has 9,808,358 digits 4th Sep 2006, Dr Cooper/Dr Boone, USA

  41. Where can you find all these resources? www.tsm-resources.com

  42. Some images off the web . . .

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