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Before we start (15 min)
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Course overview; Navigating your course; Meet your facilitator; Course requirements; Reference to Professional Standards; Technical requirements; the introductory forum - (Article, video, comment)
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Topic 1: Getting started with GeoGebra (2 hours)
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Basic GeoGebra skills development. Basic skills are taught in context. A working GeoGebra file is demonstrated via video. Participants manipulate the file on their computer. Participants are then guided through the steps and build the file. This process is repeated for approximately 10 files. At the conclusion of building this first series of files, participants have learnt a significant number of skills with GeoGebra.
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Topic 2: Further skill development (2 hours)
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This session builds upon the initial skills gained in Session Two and uses the same learning model. Files covered include reflected and rotated polygons, locus of a parabola, tangent to function, integration, use of sliders. Importantly, the ability to create dynamic text within GeoGebra files is introduced.
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Topic 3: Consolidation through tasks (2 hours)
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This session introduces important new skills and techniques which increase the power of GeoGebra files, including snapping and deleting points, the bisector tools, the circle tools, the measure tools and the hide-show tool.
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Reflective module 1: Conceptual understanding through clever GeoGebra files. (1.5 hours)
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What is conceptual understanding? Strategies to promote conceptual understanding in students - use of questioning, meta-cognition, creating a need to learn. Applying these conceptual teaching strategies when creating GeoGebra files.
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Topic 4: Clever tools and tricks (2 hours)
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Now that most of the fundamental GeoGebra skills have been covered, participants are guided through files which combine various skills, as well as being introduced to some new ones. Files and skills include explorations of polygons, orthocentre of a triangle, a circumscribed circle, the median-centroid investigation.
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Topic 5: Circle Geometry comes alive (1 hour)
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Dynamic Geometry really comes alive with Circle Geometry, and Circle Geometry is what this session is all about. Participants will be able to easily represent any and all of the circle theorems by the end of this session.
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Topic 6: Creative Application & Implementation (2 hours)
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In this session participants spend time creating files for their own purposes. These files are then shared among participants. This means that in addition to the the 50+ course files participants typically receive an additional 20-50+ quality Geogebra files via Topic 6. (Includes 30 min implementation allocation)
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Reflective Module 2: Student centred files and investigations (2 hours)
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Tips and traps to be aware of when running student centred investigation; (and) read an article re this. Options for using GeoGebra for student-led investigations. The potential for genuine, student discovery of mathematical relationships; (and) read an article re this. Some examples of student-led investigations. Create at least two files which lend themselves to student investigation. (Preferably) trial the files and report back. (Includes 30 min implementation allocation)
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Completion: (15 min)
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Feedback, further information, the completion process.
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Total Time: 15hrs
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Duration of course: 4 months
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Contact
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Customer Service
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PD & Courses
Understanding & Agency in Mathematics
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