GeoGebra Institute:2012 Annual Report GI Ceske Budejovice
1 Introduction
GeoGebra Institute of České Budějovice (http://www.pf.jcu.cz/ggi)
is hosted by the Faculty of Education (http://www.pf.jcu.cz) of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (http://www.jcu.cz). The GeoGebra Institute is closely connected to the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Education. Its aim is in accordance with the activities of the department, namely with its research in the use of technology in mathematics education, as well as with both its pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes for mathematics teachers and the doctoral study program “Theory of mathematics education”.
2 People
Faculty members: Helena Binterová, Roman Hašek, Pavel Pech, Vladimíra Petrášková, Libuše Samková, Jiří Vaníček.
Mathematics teachers: Jan Ptáčník, Irena Štrausová, Marek Vejsada.
Students: Zuzana Bouchalová, Jakub Jareš, Michaela Noruláková, Monika Posekaná, Tereza Suchopárová, Markéta Tomanová.
3 Training and Support
The in-service teacher training courses “The use of GeoGebra I and II” for applicants for the GeoGebra certificates were accredited at the ministry of education of the Czech Republic. These courses and the GeoGebra certification process were launched in summer 2012 (17 GeoGebra User Certificates were granted).
Two special courses on GeoGebra (15 hours of e-learning plus 9 hours of the on-site learning) for practicing teachers from two schools in Tábor and České Budějovice (about 20 attendants).
Within the pre-service teacher training courses The Faculty of Education offers the subject “The Use of computers in mathematics education”, the 2D geometry part of which is based on the use of GeoGebra.
A postgraduate e-learning course “Computer based education” with the significant use of GeoGebra (http://moodle.pf.jcu.cz/course/category.php?id=3, supported by ESF OP VK "INDICT").
4 Development and Sharing
Work on the Czech localization of GeoGebra continued in cooperation with the GeoGebra Institute of Prague.
5 Research and Collaboration
EU funded project: Matematech - Mathematics across borders. European Territorial Cooperation Austria-Czech Republic 2007-2013, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích (University of South Bohemia), Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. The aim of the project is to answer the question how to increase the interest of high school students in mathematics. The regular meetings of Czech and Austrian participants are organized within the project in order to exchange experiences in mathematics teaching and to find the answer to the stated question.
Members of the Institute participate in the student research project “Integration of the educational environments in mathematics education”.
5 Publications
Lectures
Pech, P. How integration of DGS and CAS helps to solve problems in geometry. 17th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics, December 16-20, 2012, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pech, P. On inquiry based teaching geometry with computer in pre-service teacher training. The Fibonacci Project, European Training Session - Deepening the Understanding of Inquiry in Mathematics, 15 - 17 February 2012, ARVENA Hotel, Bayreuth, Germany.
Conference presentations
Hašek, R. Systems of Computer Algebra and Dynamic Geometry as Tools of Mathematical Investigation. Technology and its Integration in Mathematics Education - TIME 2012, July 10-14 2012 in Tartu, Estonia.
Hašek, R., Petrášková, V. GeoGebra in financial education. The International GeoGebra Institute Conference 2012, 21-23 September, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland.
Jareš, J., Pech, P. Exploring loci of points by DGS and CAS. CADGME 2012, 22-24 June, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Samková, L. Deepening the content knowledge with GeoGebra. CADGME 2012, 22-24 June, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Štrausová, I., Hašek, R. Visualization of proofs using dynamic software. CADGME 2012, 22-24 June, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Workshops
Hašek, R. GeoGebra ve výuce matematiky (GeoGebra in mathematics education). Modrava, June 2012, Czech Republic.
Samková, L. Volume and area ratios with GeoGebra. CADGME 2012, 22-24 June, Novi Sad, Serbia.
Journal papers
Hašek, R. Investigation of logarithmic spirals in nature by means of dynamic geometry and computer algebra systems. Research Journal of Mathematics and Technology, Volume 1, Number 2, ISSN 2163 - 0380, Blacksburg: Mathematics and Technology, LLC, USA, 2012, pp. 121 - 134.
Hašek, R. Numerical analysis of a planar motion: GeoGebra as a tool of investigation. North American GeoGebra Journal (ISSN: 2162-3856). Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA. Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012. pp. 33 - 36. Petrášková, V., Hašek, R. Financial education demands concerning teacher training. Acta Didactica Universitatis Comenianae, Mathematics, Issue 12, 2012, pp. 86 – 107.
Hašek, R., Pech, P. Inovace výuky deskriptivní geometrie na Pedagogické fakultě Jihočeské univerzity. In Sborník příspěvků 32. konference o geometrii a grafice. Železná Ruda - Špičák, 10. - 13. září 2012. Plzeň: Vydavatelský servis, Republikánská 28, 2012. s. 115-120. ISBN 978-80-86843-40-7.
Samková, L. Volume and area ratios with GeoGebra, North American GeoGebra Journal (ISSN: 2162-3856). Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA. (to appear).
Pech, P. Automated Derivation of Geometry Theorems. Research Journal of Mathematics and Technology, Volume 1, Number 1, ISSN 2163 - 0380, Blacksburg: Mathematics and Technology, LLC, USA, 2012, pp. 48 - 69.
Books
Günzel, M. a kol. Integrace elektronických prostředí pro počítačem podporovanou výuku matematiky (Integration of electronic environments for the computer-aided mathematics teaching, collective monograph). České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita v Č.B., 2012, 1. vyd., 187 s. ISBN 978-80-7394-386-8.
Diploma thesis dealing with the use of GeoGebra in mathematics education
Bína, M. Grafická podoba matematiky (A graphical approach to mathematics).
Kotlas, M. Polibky kružnic (Kissing Circles).
Kuklová, L. Sbírka řešených úloh z geomatrie (Problems and exercises in geometry).
Kovářová, B. Interaktivní výuka matematiky v 7. třídě (Interactive teaching on the elementary school).
