GeoGebra Institute:2010 Annual Report GI Sheffield

People

Mathematics Education Centre:

• Mark Dabbs (Chair)
• Hilary Povey
• Sue Elliott
• Max Caley
• Colin Jackson

Mathematics Department

• Neil Challis
• Harry Gretton
• Jeff Waldock

Courses

Undergraduate Courses that include aspects of GeoGebra

• 3 Year BSc (hons) in Mathematics with Education and QTS
  • EXPLORING MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
  • INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRA, THINKING, LEARNING AND RESEARCH
  • INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES
  • CROSS CURRICULAR MODELLING
  • EXPLORING EXISTING KNOWLEDGE

• BSc in Mathematics
  • DYNAMIC GEOMETRY

Postgraduate Courses that include aspects of GeoGebra

• Teach First
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOGEBRA

• Subject Knowledge Enhancement course (SKE)/PGCE Secondary Mathematics (full time two year)
  • CROSS CURRICULAR MODELLING

• Short Course Programme Mathematics Development Programme for Teachers (MDPT)
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOGEBRA

• Flexible PGCE in Mathematics
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOGEBRA

Development and Sharing

Maintenance of the association website where we can find information about courses, workshops, meetings, conferences... and preparation of resources for the virtual campus courses that have been made, the people registration to the activities... Some of our teaching and GeoGebra related materials can be downloaded from our GI's page: Resources These materials are designed to be shared by the community of teachers at all kinds of schools, from elementary schools to universities.

Outreach

A number of events for local secondary school mathematics departments were held to introduce them to GeoGebra.

Publications

Currently we are working on an on-line GeoGebra for resource teachers.