Your Reflections On This GeoGebra-Proficiency PD

Think about these prompts and then Share your reflections on this PD. Feel free to use the prompts below as a stimulus (but please write in your own words rather than just answering the 5 questions.)

• Has your classroom practice changed for the better?
• Have your students benefitted from the PD?
• Have your eyes been opened to some new possibilities?
• Has the PD inspired you? 
• Has your confidence with GeoGebra improved substantially?

Some past comments ... 

Benjamin Loo
Excellent course
The best aspects of this course were its practicality and the transfer of some newly found skills to my lessons. I wouldn't regard myself as an expert in Geogebra but Geogebra is my primary tool to go now when I try to create a student-centred investigative lesson. I wish more content could be covered more thoroughly with statistics and 3D Geometry, and I hope there will be a follow-up course.

Samantha Coultas
Great learning experience
A terrific course for the beginner. I have gained confidence in the use of Geogebra and feel able to now create my own files. The videos and instructions were clear and easy to follow and I will now be using these in my classroom.
I would also be interested in learning more about the 3D calculator in later versions.

Lori Babel
I really liked the format of this GeoGebra online course.  As an American, I have taken other online courses before and did not really get any feedback from the instructor other than a grade for a paper I had to write.  The video tutorials were very helpful in learning the program.  I liked that the learning was scaffolded.  We started out just by doodling, then went to replicating files off a video, then construct files, and finally we created files on our own.  It was well structured and I felt like there was support if I needed it throughout the course.  I was inspired by the course to try to make my class more student centered and can't wait to start using Geogebra at the start of the school year. 

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More past comments ... 

Rod Krause
Inspirational
I am very close to the end of my teaching career - and I have enjoyed every step of the way. What is fantastic is that in the last year of teaching (2022) I have been inspired to work out ways for student to interact with concepts using geogebra and in fact any other appropriate method. I am REALLY looking forward to next year and honestly, this course and the ideas and strategies presented have have been transformational. Thank you, Richard.

Ile Ilijevski
This course is brilliant and it gave me pretty much everything I was hoping to gain. I really liked the idea of replicating the files as it made me see how easy little things were to implement. The strategies explained in the course, honestly, are so in line with my own thinking of how the whole education process should be.
GeoGebra is definitely a software which can instantaneously show a student's understanding (or lack of) of the concept being working on. In other words, it fills the gap between theory and practice. With GeoGebra, students get to show what they've learned and if they can apply their knowledge. Simply a great course, excellent pace, friendly approach by the facilitators. I am very grateful. 

Karen Paulsen
As a faculty we are completing this course. I have found this learning experience very valuable and I feel confident now that I can incorporate GeoGebra into my lessons to assist my students in developing a better understanding of the concepts that are often hard to visualise. Knowing there are resources out there to use or create my own fills me with confidence moving forward. Thanks Richard for making this course very user friendly, achievable and confidence boosting. 

Paul Mirrington
The main things I have realised as I have moved through this GeoGebra course are:

    GeoGebra is not just for graphing.
    GeoGebra is not just for senior mathematics
    GeoGebra is not just for the best mathematics students
    GeoGebra is not just for use as a teacher demonstration tool.

Geogebra can be (and should be) used for most Mathematics topics, in all age groups and ability levels, and for student-centered activities. My suggestion to maths teachers is: spend the time, early in the year, with your classes learning the Geogebra basics; it will pay dividends and save time throughout the year.

Bhaskaran Malapaka
The title and the notes are appropriate for the content of the training. The explanation is clear and straightforward. The author presented the material in an organised manner, and the examples are well-chosen. The tasks and lessons were structured in such a way that even a beginner can become proficient by working through the process set by the course facilitator. It was thrilling to achieve the required outcomes set by the trainer by going through each lesson repeatedly. The author clarified several of the questions raised by my colleagues during the training process. The manuscript associated with videos did an excellent job demonstrating the proficiency and depth of knowledge. This work is a good reminder for all the future presenters to pay attention to the details when providing training. The author introduced each topic right away which I think is good because I immediately know what I’ll be learning about. The best part of this course is implementing phase. Sometimes I had to refer back to my lessons to clarify some doubts raised by my students. Initially the students were a bit hesitant to try but after a couple of attempts, by following the step-by-step instructions, they were able to create a couple of files. Due to time constraint, I could not dive deep into the subject and hopefully, next year we may embed Geogebra in our Stage 5 program. Overall, I enjoyed working through this whole course, it kept my attention and I thought it was nicely presented. Thank you
Richard​
Thanks so much for your detailed feedback, Bhaskaran. That is all great to hear. Glad the PD hit the spot for you.