GeoGebra Institute:2012 Annual Report GI Timisoara, Romania

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People

Assist. prof. Alexandra Fortiș (chairman of the GI Timișoara, Romania)

Prof. Valerian Antohe (co-chair of the GI Timișoara, Romania)

Training and Support

The host institution of GI Timisoara, Romania: "Tibiscus" University is implementing a project with cofunding from the Social European Fund through Sectorial Operational Programme Human Resources Development, 2007-2013 (POSDRU/87/1.3/S/62626). The amount of money allocated to this project was 1.1 million Euros, for 30 months implementation stage. Information on this project can be found at http://www.cptm.tibiscus.ro/ (in Romanian) A training center in multimedia teaching techniques was created and a GeoGebra training practical course of 12 hours was included. During the last year, around 400 pre-university level teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, technologies, economy, and even modern languages from the West and North-West regions of Romania were trained and obtained their GeoGebra certificates.

Training course for preuniversity level math teachers at CCD Brăila entitled: “The Didactics of Teaching Mathematics with Modern Teching Techniques”.

Optional class for preuniversity students: "Euclid and the Computer, the study of geometry and mathematical analysis with GeoGebra"

Development and Sharing

The team of GI Timişoara is currently working on the translation of different released versions of GeoGebra and of the official training materials.

Research and Collaboration

The GI of Timişoara is extending the circle of users and collaborators all over the country. The focus is on creating educational resources, but a small community is also involved in research area using GeoGebra.

Outreach

The GeoGebra Institute of Timişoara is organizing an annual one-day workshop on GeoGebra with the 3rd edition on May 2012.

Also, GI of Timişoara is maintainig and currently updating the website http://geogebra.ro and the website http://ggijro.wordpress.com/

Publications

1. Valerian Antohe - GeoGebra in the Context of the IT Surrounding Environment

2. Alexandra Emilia Fortiş, Viorica Bogdan, Florina Petrea - Educational Resources for primary Classes with GeoGebra, 4th edition of International Simposium on "Education and New Technologies in Euroregion", Smart Kids 2012, Timişoara

3. Valerian Antohe - GeoGebra in the Context of the IT Surrounding Environment and Curriculum, GeoGebra International Journal of Romania, Vol.2 No.2

4. Adriana Bînzar - Geogebra, a useful tool for achieving school progress, GeoGebra International Journal of Romania, Vol.2 No.2