Welcome to the 2012 Annual Report GI Australia
Web page
GeoGebra Institute of Australia
People
Chris Robertson (Chair) christopher.robertson@det.nsw.edu.au Senior Support Officer, Analysis and Evaluation, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
Damian Wanstall damian.wanstall1@det.nsw.edu.au Deputy Principal, Kellyville High School
Carolyn McGinty carolyn.mcginty@det.nsw.edu.au Senior Curriculum Support Officer, K-12 Mathematics, NSW Curriculum and Learning Innovation Centre
Kaye Stacey k.stacey@unimelb.edu.au Professor of Mathematics Education Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Robyn Pierce r.pierce@unimelb.edu.au Senior Research Fellow in Mathematics Education Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Lynda Ball lball@unimelb.edu.au Lecturer in Mathematics Education Melbourne Graduate School of Education University of Melbourne
Training and Support
"Using dynamic geometry to bring the real world into the classroom”. Paper presented at the Geogebra ICME-12 Pre-conference, Seoul, Korea. July 8, 2012.
GeoGebra for beginners - online is a NSW Institute of Teachers registered, non-facilitated online course with a mix of pedagogy and technical skill development.
Development and Sharing
Numerous teaching and learning resources incorporating GeoGebra are available from http://www.clic.nsw.edu.au/gia/resources.shtm
Teaching and learning resources for the new Australian Curriculum which incorporate the use of GeoGebra are currently being developed.
The GIA website offers the facility to submit GeoGebra resources created by educators that are appropriate for Australian curriculum. A library of submissions is available from http://www.clic.nsw.edu.au/gia/library.shtm
Outreach
The GeoGebra Institute of Australia website (www.clic.nsw.edu.au/gia) was officially launched on 16 September 2011 at the Annual Conference of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales. Visitor activity on the site is being tracked with Google Analytics.
Publications
Pierce, R., & Stacey, K. (2011). Using dynamic geometry to bring the real world into the classroom. In L. Bu & R. Schoen (Eds.), Model-Centered Learning: Pathways to mathematical understanding using GeoGebra (pp. 41-55). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.