GeoGebra Conference 2009

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The First International GeoGebra Conference 2009 will allow researchers, developers, and teachers to meet and discuss in working group sessions where they can share their experiences and ideas concerning GeoGebra.

Contents 1 Dates & Location 2 Call for Proposals 3 Registration 4 Working Group Topics 4.1 A) Software Development & Open Source 4.2 B) Online Systems & Open Educational Resources 4.3 C) GeoGebra in Primary Schools 4.4 D) GeoGebra in Secondary Schools 4.5 E) GeoGebra at Universities and in Teacher Education 4.6 F) GeoGebra Institutes & Research 5 Conference Program 6 Contact

Dates & Location

• Dates: July 14-15, 2009, First International GeoGebra Conference
• Location: RISC, Castle of Hagenberg near Linz, Austria
• Hotel: you can reserve a hotel room together with your conference registration

The first international GeoGebra Conference will take place right after the Computer Algebra and Dynamic Geometry Systems in Mathematics Education (CADGME 2009) conference in Hagenberg, Austria.

If you are interested in the GeoGebra Conference, but will not be able to come and join us in person, please let us know about your ideas and/or projects concerning GeoGebra by sending an email to one of our working group chairs: see the list of working groups below. We are looking forward to hearing from you, thank you!

Call for Proposals

The principal aim of the conference is to find out together the direction and vision the GeoGebra community should take in the future. Therefore, the conference will be organised in a working group format (see description of working groups below). Each group will engage in discussions for two days, report their ideas/findings to other groups at the end of the conference, and write up these issues after the conference. In addition, we aim to publish these reports on the IGI website and in a journal.

To participate at the conference, please choose a working group and submit some sentences about your ideas or experiences (1-3 pages). For example, you can describe your current work with GeoGebra, your ideas for further developments, your wishes, vision, and plans etc. If you wish to make a presentation it will be possible, but presentations are restricted to a maximum of 5 minutes (3-5 slides) each.

• Choose your working group (1-3 page summary about your work and/or ideas) for a specific working group
• Deadline: June 15, 2009

All proposals will be accepted (although we have to limit the size of the conference to 180 participants) as the goal of the conference is to share ideas with the GeoGebra community.

Registration

• GeoGebra conference registration

• Registration fee (including 2 lunches, 1 dinner, and coffee):
  • 110 Euro (before 15 June 2009)
  • 130 Euro (after 15 June 2009)

• Accompanying person fee (including 2 lunches, 1 dinner):
  • 90 Euro (before 15 June 2009)
  • 110 Euro (after 15 June 2009)

Working Group Topics

This is the list of working groups topics together with short abstracts. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact the people listed below directly. They will be helping to co-chair the sessions.

A) Software Development & Open Source

• Contact: Markus Hohenwarter, Michael Borcherds, Jason Aubrey

The primary aims of this working group are to exchange ideas/plans for future extensions of GeoGebra and organise its developer community. Current projects include extending the data analysis and spreadsheet capabilities of GeoGebra and improving CAS integration into the software. In addition, some work has been already carried out on the 3D extension of GeoGebra. As an open-source project with a large user base, the future development of GeoGebra will be substantially influenced by the needs and desires of the GeoGebra user community and by the strength and cohesiveness of the GeoGebra developers. The focus areas of this working group can include:

• exploring the possible extension of GeoGebra features currently under development;
• developing and evaluating a wish list for future extensions;
• scheduling and distributing work (e.g., utilising collaborative software development tools);
• investigating the needs of the user community to identify priorities for future development;
• exploring resources for future developments and supporting developers;
• investigating the technical and social aspects of extending, maintaining, and managing a healthy and active open-source developer community

B) Online Systems & Open Educational Resources

• Contact: Anders Sanne, Morten Misfeldt, Maria Fortuny Aymemí, Philippe Richard

This working group aims to explore the role and use of GeoGebra in relation to Online Systems and Open Educational Resources with the following topics of interest:

• Collecting information about already existing projects and resouces;
• Developing ideas for research and development projects;
• Exploring and further developing the GeoGebraWiki (e.g., increasing its usability for local user communities, sharing resources effectively and with ease);
• Developing online professional development resources for teachers;
• Utilising online learning management systems (e.g. Moodle and/or Portfolio systems), online collaboration platforms (e.g. Wikis) as well as online assessment and tutorial systems to assist the teaching and learning mathematics with GeoGebra;
• Exploring possible extensions, features, tools and commands to enhance the usability of GeoGebra in online environments

C) GeoGebra in Primary Schools

• Contact: Yves Kreis, Irini Chrysanthou, Alison Parish

This working group aims to investigate the potential of GeoGebra for teaching and learning mathematics in primary schools (ages 6 - 12). Thereby, we will focus on the following topics:

• Collecting information about already existing projects and ideas in the use of GeoGebra in primary schools;
• Developing ideas for future projects;
• Designing professional development resources for primary school teachers to facilitate the introduction of the software and to foster successful uses of GeoGebra at this level;
• Discussing potential applications of GeoGebra and the development of instructional resources in primary grades;
• Encouraging the creation and sharing of instructional resources (e.g., lesson plans, activities, dynamic worksheets, GeoGebra files) to create a usable pool of GeoGebra-related materials for primary grades;
• Discussing opportunities for international collaboration;
• Creating a wish list for features, tools and commands that support the use GeoGebra in primary schools

D) GeoGebra in Secondary Schools

• Contact: Susan Papp-Varga, Evelyn Stepancik, Judith Hohenwarter

This working group aims to investigate the use of GeoGebra for teaching and learning of students in secondary schools (ages 11 to 18) discussing the following topics:

• Collecting information about already existing projects and ideas in the use of GeoGebra in secondary schools;
• Developing ideas for future projects;
• Designing professional development resources for secondary school teachers to facilitate the introduction of the software and to foster successful uses of GeoGebra at this level;
• Discussing potential applications of GeoGebra and the development of instructional resources in secondary grades;
• Encouraging the creation and sharing of instructional resources (e.g., lesson plans, activities, dynamic worksheets, GeoGebra files) to create a usable pool of GeoGebra-related materials for secondary grades;
• Discussing opportunities for international collaboration;
• Creating a wish list for features, tools and commands that support the use GeoGebra in secondary schools;
• Investigating the use and applicability of other technological resources such as Interactive Whiteboards (IWB), voting systems, and learning managements system (e.g. Moodle);
• Discuss possible methods of facilitating the documentation of GeoGebra-related classroom activities and the use of GeoGebra as an authoring tool for secondary school teachers

E) GeoGebra at Universities and in Teacher Education

• Contact: Anita Dorfmayr, Mike May, Chris Sangwin, Patrick Johnson, Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska

This working group will explore the use of GeoGebra at universities and in teacher education. Topics of interest include:

• Developing GeoGebra materials in accordance with standard of university-level courses;
• Developing resources to help students use GeoGebra to build simulators of problems from maths and sciences;
• Examining the incorporation of GeoGebra into automatic homework evaluation systems;
• Evaluating techniques for using GeoGebra effectively in large lecture classes and in on-line courses;
• Elaborating on the usability of GeoGebra in university-level assessment;
• Discussing issues in relation to pre-service teacher training (e.g., the connection of a learning objective, a GeoGebra activity, a lesson plan, key examples, and an assessment procedure);
• Examining various methods of professional development;
• Exploring issues in developing textbook support for use of GeoGebra;
• Creating a wish list for features, tools and commands that support the use GeoGebra at the university level

F) GeoGebra Institutes & Research

• Contact: Zsolt Lavicza, Tomas Recio, Zekeriya Karadag,Kasia Winkowska-Nowak,

This working group aims to brainstorm ideas for developing international collaborative research projects, to promote the development of new research ideas and priorities of projects, and to find out how to find and assist funding opportunities for both research and pragmatic purposes. The preliminary list of topics to be discussed in this working group:

• Developing and prioritising research ideas/topics;
• Supporting and sharing local and international research projects;
• Sharing information about international funding opportunities;
• Investigating postgraduate student funding options;
• Assisting the establishment of local GeoGebra Institutes;
• Assisting the collaboration between GeoGebra Institutes;
• Encouraging publications and dissemination;
• Exploring opportunities for professional development in local and international communities;
• Designing a functional and effective IGI website and Wikis

Conference Program

Times	Tue, July 14	Wed, July 15
8:40 - 9:00	Welcome	Day Overview
9:00 - 9:40	Keynote Markus Hohenwarter	Keynote Zsolt Lavicza
9:40 - 10:00	Introduction of Working Groups	Networking Break
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Working Groups Session 1	Working Groups Session 3
12:00 - 13:20	Lunch	Lunch
13:20 - 14:00	Keynote Tomas Recio	Keynote Damjan Kobal
14:00 - 15:30	Working Groups Session 2	Working Groups Session 4
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:40	Working Groups Day Summary Session	Working Groups Day Summary Session
16:40 - 18:00	Reports of Working Groups	Reports of Working Groups Conclusions

Contact

• Zsolt Lavicza, University of Cambridge, UK
• Markus Hohenwarter, Florida State University, USA

Co organized by the Austrian GeoGebra Institute, Educational University of Lower Austria, Baden:

• Anita Dorfmayr
• Walter Klinger
• Andreas Lindner
• Evelyn Stepancik
• Walter Wegscheider