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GeoGebra

GeoGebra. Mark Dawes University of Cambridge Comberton Village College GeoGebra Institute of Cambridge md437@cam.ac.uk www.geogebra.org. and the STEM agenda. xkcd. http://xkcd.com/435/. Every Child Matters (ECM). According to the British government, every child should: be healthy

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GeoGebra

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  1. GeoGebra Mark Dawes University of Cambridge Comberton Village College GeoGebra Institute of Cambridge md437@cam.ac.uk www.geogebra.org and the STEM agenda

  2. xkcd http://xkcd.com/435/

  3. Every Child Matters (ECM) • According to the British government, every child should: • be healthy • stay safe • enjoy and achieve • make a positive contribution • achieve economic well-being

  4. STEM • achieve economic well-being Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

  5. STEM Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Engineering Technology Science Maths Are the parts of mathematics that do not have applications to S, T and E considered to be worthless?

  6. A better model? Maths Science Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Maths Technology Maths Engineering

  7. GeoGebra = Geometry + Algebra + Spreadsheet Algebra Window Geometry & Graphics Window

  8. This talk • GeoGebra and STEM • How much I have learned from using GeoGebra: • as a learner • as a school-teacher • from pupils in school • as a lecturer • from students at university

  9. Some things I learned from my pupils

  10. Question: “Make a conjecture about the triangle in a semi-circle. Prove it.”

  11. John’s Conjecture

  12. John’s Conjecture y x y x

  13. What actually happened …

  14. John’s Conjecture The two smaller triangles have the same area

  15. Maddie’s Diagram

  16. Maddie’s Diagram

  17. Some things I learned as a teacher / as a learner

  18. Maths Science

  19. Maths Engineering

  20. Interacting with important ideas

  21. This talk • GeoGebra and STEM • How much I have learned from using GeoGebra: • as a learner • as a school-teacher • from pupils in school • as a lecturer • from students at university

  22. Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin

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