Comments:GeoGebra Conference 2011

The Second International GeoGebra Conference from 29-31 August 2011 in Hagenberg, Austria will allow researchers, developers, and teachers to share their experiences and ideas concerning GeoGebra.

Dates & Location

• Dates: 29-31 August 2011, International GeoGebra Conference
• Location: RISC, JKU, Hagenberg near Linz, Austria
• Conference Registration & Hotel Reservation
• Presentation Submission, see Structure below for details

Program & Conference Wiki

• Conference Program (pdf)
• Conference Wiki with detailed information and presentation materials

Deadlines

• 15 June - Abstract submission (max. 250 words) for presentations, workshop, poster abstracts and choosing working groups (see structure below). Notification of acceptance in early July
• 15 June - Austrian teacher registration deadline (80 EUR thanks to support of the Austrian Ministry of Education)
• 1 July -Early registration deadline (180 EUR, students 130 EUR, accompanying person 100 EUR)
• 31 July -Final registration deadline (200 EUR, students 150 EUR, accompanying person 100 EUR)
• 30 September - submission of full papers (journals and format will be announced)
• 15 October - publishing Working Group reports

Registration & Hotel

• Conference Registration & Hotel Reservation

The registration fee includes participation fees, lunches, coffees, and the conference dinner on Monday. Thanks to support of the Austrian Ministry of Education, Austrian teachers only need to pay 80 EUR for meals (which they can get reimbursed from their schools later).

Structure

The conference will have plenary talks and scientific sessions as well as workshops in English. In addition, there will also be a workshop track in German for local teachers.

• Keynotes
  • Paul Drijvers (Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
  • Markus Hohenwarter, Michael Borcherds, et. al. (Johannes Kepler University, Austria; Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, UK)
  • Zsolt Lavicza (University of Cambridge, UK)
  • Dave Miller (University of Keele, UK)
  • Adrian Oldknow (University of Chichester, UK and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Luc Trouche(Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France)
• Presentations: (15 + 5minutes) These are usual conference presentations. Participants can submit abstracts and if accepted can present there ideas in 15 minutes and there is an additional 5 minute for answering questions from the audience.
• Working groups: Every participant should choose one Working Group session at registration. The aim of WGs is to discuss a specific topic for about 10 hours during the conference. WG chairs describe the topics in their abstracts (see below), but WG participants can also suggest topics for discussion. You can also submit an abstract for WG session to introduce your ideas (different abstract than for presentations above) and during the first WG session you can present these ideas for max 5 minutes and there will be time for 2 minutes questions. The primary aim of WGs is to engage in discussion and produce a report at the end of the conference to summarise the discussion topics.
• Workshops: There is a possibility to submit hands-on workshop proposals which can last either for 45 or 90 minutes.
• Posters, projected displays, video presentations: Throughout the conference these displays can be viewed.

Presentation submissions will be expected through the EasyChair system

Working Group Titles and Chairs

• Primary Education - Eleonora Faggiano (University of Bari, Italy), Damjan Kobal (University of Ljubliana, Slovenia)
• Secondary Geometry - Evelyn Stepancik (College of Education for Lower Austria, Austria), Esteban Diaz (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Secondary Algebra - Paul Drijvers (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands), Ornella Robutti (University of Torino, Italy)
• Interactive Whiteboards - Dave Miller (University of Keele, UK), Zsuzsanna Papp-Varga (Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary)
• Teacher Education - Mark Dawes (University of Cambridge, UK), Adrian Oldknow (University of Chichester, UK and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• On-line Education - Morten Misfeldt (Department of Curriculum and Research, Denmark), Peter Boon (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Reasoning-and-Proving - Gabriel Stylianides (University of Oxford, UK), Anders Sanne (The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
• College Statistics and Calculus - Mike May (Saint Louis University, USA), George Sturr (Santa Rosa Junior College, USA)
• GeoGebra Institutes - Zsolt Lavicza (University of Cambridge, UK)
• GeoGebra Developers - Markus Hohenwarter (Johannes Kepler University, Austria), Michael Borcherds (Queen Mary's School, UK)

(Please note that the working group leaders will organize the presentations and summaries of their groups)

Contact

• Markus Hohenwarter, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Zsolt Lavicza, University of Cambridge, UK
• Events GeoGebra, IGI

The International GeoGebra Conference is supported by

• Johannes Kepler University Linz, Mathematics Education & RISC
• Austrian Ministry of Education
• Pädagogische Hochschule Niederösterreich
• Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich
• Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese Linz

Previous Conferences

• International GeoGebra Conference 2009 in Hagenberg, Austria
• International GeoGebra Day2010 in Salamanca, Spain