GeoGebra Institute:2011 Annual Report GI Portugal

Staff

During 2011 the Institute has worked in collaboration with:

Alexandre Emanuel Trocado

Ana Inês Pimenta Azevedo

António Ribeiro

Jorge Manuel Botelho Geraldes

José Manuel Santos dos Santos

Maria João Carrilho Vitória Peres

Paulo Manuel Inácio Correia

As consultants: Dárida Fernandes Rui Oliva Teles

Online Dissemination Channels

The GeoGebra Institute- Portugal (IGP)site [www.geogebra.org.pt] was maintained, renewing its potential and keeping its investment in working examples for the classroom and teacher support, extending its use as a channel of support for teacher training. Channels of communication through Facebook and Twiter were developed, including the publication of news about the activities of the institute.

Teacher Training Activities

Several teacher training activities were developed: two short-term during ProfMat2011, in collaboration with the Centro de Formação da Associação de Professores de Matemática(1.) ; two in-service training workshops at the Centro de Formação da Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto(2.) ; and one in collaboration with the SPLIU. The Profmat2011 activities were two 15-hour courses: a) Course 3 - “GeoGebra for Algebra and Geometry in grades 7-12: classroom activities and teacher software knowledge”: 37 trainees, tutors Ana Azevedo and Paulo Correia; b) Course 4 – “GeoGebra for mathematical content and skills development in grades 1-6: classroom activities and teacher software knowledge”: 15 trainees, tutor José Manuel Santos dos Santos.

The long-term in-service training activities developed at theTraining Center of Oporto’s College of Education provided levels 1 and 2 certification: a) Action 1 - “Using GeoGebra to learn and teach mathematics”: workshop, 26 trainees, tutored by the IGP team; b) Action 2 – “GeoGebra and learning communities as a support for Mathematics”: workshop, enabled the certification of several more level II GeoGebra Institute Trainers.

(1.) Training Center of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (2.)Training Center of Oporto’s College of Education

International certification

At present, the IGP has certified 15 GeoGebra Institute Trainers - level II, and 48 GeoGebra Users - level I.

Meetings

The IGP organized the “1st GeoGebra Day – Portugal”, that took place on May 21, 2011 at Oporto’s College of Education with 120 teachers attending it. It is expected that the "2nd GeoGebra Day Portugal" will take place on May 26, 2012, probably in Coimbra. The IGP was publicized: a) at AveiroMat (November 5, Aveiro - Secondary School Dr. José Estêvão) through a conference session titled "GeoGebra from 2001 to 2011 - a decade of constant evolution ", b) at the 1st Latin American GeoGebra Conference (November 14, S. Paulo - Pontifical University of St. Paul), through a round-table debate.

International Cooperation

The IGP is committed to the dissemination of GeoGebra in Africa, contacts having already been established with teachers in Cap Vert and Angola. Regarding the former, there’s some work with the University of Cap Vert that may soon lead to the creation of the GeoGeobra Institute in this Portuguese-speaking country.

List of IGP certified trainers for training in GeoGebra:

Alexandre Emanuel Batista Trocado, Ana Inês Pimenta Azevedo, António Soares Ribeiro, Aurélio Ramalho Ferreira de Sousa, Cristina Maria de Almeida Mariz Azevedo Sousa, Eva Susana de Brito Araújo Zorzan, Idalinda Pereira da Cunha, José Manuel Dos Santos Dos Santos, Luísa Maria Domingues Cruz Alves, Manuel António Macedo Loureiro, Maria João Carrilho Vitória Peres, Maria Lucinda Dias Moreira Pinto, Maria Manuela de Sousa Costa Duarte Vieira, Nuno Miguel Pinto da Silva, Paulo Manuel Inácio Correia

List of teachers certified by the IGP as GeoGebra users:

Alberto Nunes de Oliveira, Ana Paula Rebelo Teixeira Marques, Anabela Rodrigues, Carla Margarida Rocha Martins, Carlos Alebrto Pires, Carlos Jaime Quintas Lopes, Célia Fernanda dos Santos Ferreira Ramos, Cláudia Maria Neves de Freitas Oliveira, Cristina Maria Cruchinho da Fonseca, Cristina Maria Santos Ferreira Mota, Daniel Carvalho Aradas, Emília Maria Martins da Silva, Fausto António Oliveira Taveira Teixeira Baptista, Isabel Maria da Silva Teixeira Moreira, Isabel Maria Fernandes Costa, Ivo José Brito Palma, Jaquelina Jesus Correia, João Manuel de Almeida Fernandes Moço, Joaquina Maria Azenha Barros Silva Pereira, José Maria, Josefina Gonçalves Reis, Julieta Flores Arantes Ferreira, Luisa Manuela Santos Maia, Manuel Alves Mota, Maria Agostinha Ribeiro de Freitas, Maria Alice Fernandes Franco Camilo, Maria Cristina Marques da Silva, Maria da Luz Fernandes Alves, Maria de Fátima Neves Ferreira, Maria de Fátima Neves Ferreira, Maria Elisabete Videira Lopes, Maria José da Silva Magalhães, Maria José Marques Carapinha, Maria Manuela Santos Silva, Maria Margarida Rodrigues Fernandes Martins, Maria Olímpia Pires Barreira, Mário Pinto Correia, Marisa Alexandra Meira de Sousa, Marta José Rodrigues Cordeiro, Núbelia Fortunato Coelho de Faria, Paula Cristina Gomes Barata Salgueiro Pereira, Paula Maria Santos Abrunhosa Figueiredo, Raquel Ramos Pinto Barroso, Sílvia Cláudia Neves Marques , Sofia Gabriela Ribeiro Cardoso Malheiro Costa, Susana Cristina Lourenço Borlido