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2007
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 MONDAY 7th July 2008
Long distance delegates can arrive on Monday afternoon, and stay an extra night (see application form).
19:00
Tutors' Reception
---------Yorke House
TUESDAY 8th July 2008
10:30 Registration (Great Hall)
10:30 Welcome
Reception
---------in the Great Hall Gardens
---------[inside the Great Hall if wet]
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11:30 Welcome (Great Hall)
12:45 Drinks, lunch
14:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
16:00 Tea
16:30 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
18:45 Drinks and Dinner
20:15 Using Magic in the Maths
.........Classroom - Andrew Jeffrey
.........(Maths teacher for 20 years
.........professional magician for 10)
WEDNESDAY 9th July 2008
07:00 Swimming Pool available
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Delegates' Forum
---------1st plenary to exchange ideas
---------led by Mark McCourt,
---------Asst Dir (Secondary) NCETM,
---------and author
of Emaths resources.
12:45 Drinks, lunch
14:00 OPEN WORKSHOPS (2 hrs)
---------A chance to visit workshops
OR----time free to look around Oundle
16:00 Tea
16:30 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
18:45 Drinks, Dinner
20:15 The Mathematics of Stadium
---------Designs - Paul Shepherd
---------(Dept of Architecture and Civil
---------Engineering, University of Bath)
THURSDAY
10th July 2007
07:00 Swimming Pool available
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Workshop Strand B (2 hrs)
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Delegates' Forum
---------2nd plenary to exchange ideas
---------led by Tim Tarrant, Head of ICT
---------Team, Training and development
---------Agency for Schools (TDA)
12:45 Drinks, Lunch
14:00 Workshop Strand A (2 hrs)
16:00 Tea and depart
Delegates will
choose one workshop in each 6 hr strand to concentrate on,
but will be able to try others in
the Open Workshop slot.
Those successfully completing the course will receive appropriate certification.
Delegates are (optionally) asked to bring ideas to present at the two "Delegates' Forum" sessions.
Labs:
IT1 (24), IT2 (24), IT3 (16),
S5 (13+ 8 Lap), Lang.Lab
(26)
Micro Lab (16 + IWB)
Max: 125
NEW:
On-line
APPLICATION FORM (pdf)
[fill-in onscreen and email] |
STRAND A: MS OFFICE for Mathematics
(6 hrs)
A1 - Word 2007 and The Internet for Mathematics
[Douglas + Mike W]
Exploring the new Office 2007 interface. Sorting out symbols, equations, diagrams in Word; using hyperlinks;
importing text, graphics, data from the Web, Excel and Autograph
[TSM-resources]
A2 - Putting Excel to work (beginners/intermediate)
[Karl + Simon]
How to get started with Excel, creating sequences, graphs and charts,
filling down, formulae and text. Simple simulations.
[Mark's Excel web pages]
A3 - Excel for Statistics and Data Handling
[Sidney + Jean-Jacques]
Excel is a powerful and dynamic tool for investigating and demonstrating
mathematics and basic statistics.
[Sidney's web] [Sidney's Excel] [DISCUSS site]
A4 - Excel for advanced users
[Mike H + David B]
This workshop will look at some of the advanced features of Excel and how they can be used to create interactive and dynamic resources for use in the classroom or for independent learning.
We will look at features such as conditional formatting, slider bars, buttons and option boxes, named and dynamic ranges and data validation as well as including an introduction to the Macro recorder and Visual Basic for Applications.
You can explore recording and using simple Macros or delve into more advanced coding. There will be plentiful examples and a chance to work on an idea of your own.
[Mike's Excel web pages]
A5 - Teaching with CAS (Computer Algebra)
[Marlene + Martin]
[Marlene's CAS web pages]
A6 - Autograph 3.2 in
the classroom
[Alan + Kate]
Trying out lesson plans using Autograph, working in a classroom environment with different technologies available to try: Interactive
Whiteboard, Tablet PC, graphics tablet.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data
STRAND B: Dynamic Classroom (6 hrs)
B1 - Autograph 3.2: beginners/intermediate
[Douglas + Karl HB]
B2 - Autograph 3.2: intermediate users
[Alan + Mike H]
Object selection and the right-click menu; ideas
for dynamic lessons on straight lines, coordinate geometry, vectors, transformations,
graphs, scatter diagrams, histograms, including the GCSE Stats Project
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
B3 - Autograph 3.2:
for AS / IB
[Martin + Simon]
1D: Prob.distr., hypothesis tests, histograms, c. lim.
th.
2D: Graphs, functions, numerical methods, rigonometry; calculus, coordinate geometry; bivariate data;
residuals.
3D: lines, planes, vectors; surfaces; volumes of rev.
B4 - Autograph-based Investigation and Modelling Activities for A2/IB students
[Mike W + Marlene]
Various ideas for developing tasks to explore mathematical ideas and concepts essential for success at A2/IB Mathematics HL. The more advanced features of Autograph will be used.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
B5 - Geometry [based on Cabri 2 and Cabri 3D
[Jean-Jacques + Kate]
Covering dynamic geometry (Euclidean plane): constructions; scripts.
Applications to circle theorems, transformations; triangles and polygons;
recreational mathematics: fractals, tesselations.
B6 - Autograph 3.2 in the classroom
[David + Sidney]
Trying out lesson plans using Autograph, working in a classroom environment with different technologies available to try: Interactive
Whiteboard, Tablet PC, graphics tablet.
[Autograph on web: Home page - Tutorials - Data]
TUTORS
DAVID BENJAMIN, Folkestone Academy, Kent
DOUGLAS BUTLER, Oundle
School, Peterborough
ALAN CATLEY, Tyne
Metropoitan College, Newcastle
MIKE HADDEN, freelance consultant, Hereford
JEAN-JACQUES DAHAN, IREM, Toulouse, France
KARL HAYWARD-BRADLEY, Oundle School
KATE MACKRELL, freelance consultant, Canada
MARLENE TORRES-SKOUMAL, Vienna Int. School
SIDNEY TYRRELL, Coventry
University
MIKE WAKEFORD, Skagerak
Int. School, Norway
MARTIN WITHINGTON, Moreton Hall, Shropshire
SIMON WOODHEAD, Development Manager, Autograph
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