Workshops, Talks, Special Courses

Academic Year 1996-7 | 1997-8 | 1998-9 | 1999-2000 | 2000-1 | 2001-2 | 2002-3
Summer 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002

Workshops and Talks, Summer 2003

Workshops and Talks, 2002-2003

NWMI Fall Workshop, Western Washington University, Bellingham, November 16, 2002.
Solving the Three Jug Problem with Triangular Trips
Seminar Talk, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, April 16, 2003.
Classical Geometry with Dynamic Software

Workshops and Talks, Summer 2002

IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, Utah, June 30 - July 20, 2002.
Helped lead Geometry Working Group in the HS Teacher program. Worked on Web and Outreach.
Teaching and Learning Partnership, University of Washington, August 5 - 9, 2002.
Taught Geometry "Intensive" for future middle school teachers.
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Program, August 10-16, 2002.

Workshops and Talks, 2001-2002

NWMI March Workshop, Jackson High School, Mill Creek, March 16, 2001.
Introduction to Geometer's Sketchpad Version 4.

Workshops and Talks, Summer 2001

UW Institute for Teaching Excellence, Forks, Washington, June 10-14, 2001
Listened and learned a lot. Talked a bit.
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, Utah, July 8-28, 2001.
Helped lead Geometry Working Group in the HS Teacher program. Worked on Web and Outreach.
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Geometry, August 11-17, 2001.

Workshops and Talks, 2000-2001

MAA-AMS Joint Meetings, Jan 10-13, 2001, New Orleans
Invited 20-minute talk at Special Session, " Approaching affine geometry concepts with dynamic software: invariance, concurrence, area theorems, barycentric coordinates and splines.

Workshops and Talks, Summer 2000

IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J, July 16-August 5, 2000.
The PCMI now has 6 programs. Working in the HS Teacher program and on Outreach.
Teach the Teachers Collaborative, Thacher School, Ojai, California, August 6-11, 2000.
A one-week course for high school teachers on preparing teaching materials with Sketchpad.
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Program, August 12-18, 2000

Workshops and Talks, 1999-2000

NWMI May Workshop, Eisenhower High School, Yakima, May 13, 2000.
One-day workshop. My part is two hours on symmetry with mirrors and Geometer's Sketchpad.
Linear Algebra Workshop, Math Meetings, Washington, D. C., January 21, 2000.
Two-hour workshop on Linear Algebra Modules for Interactive Learning Using Maple.
NWMI Autumn Workshop, Mattson Jr. High, September 25, 1999.
One-day workshop on Transformations. My part is half-day with Geometer's Sketchpad but also with graph paper and Post-It notes.

Workshops and Talks, Summer 1999

Workshop at University of Cincinnati, June 14, 1999.
One-day workshop on Transformational Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad.
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, Utah, June 20-July 9. 1999.
The PCMI now has 6 programs. I will be working in the HS Teacher program and on Outreach.
Teach the Teachers Summer Technology Institute, Olympic Natural Resources Center, Forks, Washington, July 18-23, 1999.
A one-week course on preparing teaching materials with Sketchpad.
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Geometry, July 31-August 6, 1999.

Workshops and Talks, 1998-1999

Northwest Mathematics Conference, Spokane, WA, October 8-10, 1998
"Transformational Geometry and Symmetry with the Geometer's Sketchpad." Technology Minicourse, #75, Friday, 10/9, 9:00-11:50
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Workshop and Alumni Meeting, Vancouver, WA, October 24, 1998
"Expanding the Horizons of Geometry with The Geometer's Sketchpad," a lecture demonstration.
Profmat98, meeting of Associacao de Professores de Matematica, Guimaraes, Portugal, Nov 11-14, 1998.
  1. Plenary lecture "Geometry of Conics and Other Curves using Dynamic Software"
  2. Geometer's Sketchpad workshop.
MAA-AMS Joint Meetings, Jan 13-16, 1999, San Antonio
Invited 20-minute lecture at MER Session, "Extending High School Mathematics with Dynamic Software," Wednesday, 1/13/99.
Ensino e Aprendizagem da Geometria, University of Lisbon, February 4-5, 1999
Invited Plenary Lecture, "Geometry Teaching at a Time of Change."
NCTM National Meeting, April 22-24, 1999, San Francisco, California.
  1. Invited member of a nationally televised panel on Proof, with R. Schoen (Stanford), H. H. Wu (UC Berkeley) chaired by Carol Malloy (UNC).
  2. Invited 15-minute presentation on geometry software at CLIME session.

Workshops and Talks, Summer 1998

T h e W. M. K e c k Summer Technology Institute at The Thacher School, Ojai, California, June 15-20, 1998.
A Sketchpad minicourse for California high school teachers.
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, Utah, July 12-August 1, 1998.
The PCMI now has 6 programs. I taught a course in the High School Teacher program and worked in various parts of the program.
Teach the Teachers Summer Technology Institute, Olympic Natural Resources Center, Forks, Washington, August 2-7.
Geometry with the Geometer's Sketchpad. A residential course for teachers in the Seattle Public Schools. No cost to the teachers. Contact Alliance for Education, 500 Union St, Suite 320, Seattle WA 98101-2332
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Geometry, Aug 7 - 14, 1998.

Workshops and Talks, 1997-1998

AAAS Symposium, Philadelphia, 2/13/98.
"Reshaping School Geometry with Models and Software" in Symposium: Exploring New Frontiers in Geometry: in the World Around Us and in Our Classrooms.
Invited talk, Rhode Island College, April 6, 1998:
Math Awareness Week talk, "Making Geometry Dynamic with the Geometer's Sketchpad".
Invited talk, Cercle des geometres disparus (seminar), Univ. de Grenoble, 5/18/98
"Geometrie des cercles et le probleme d'Apollone"

Workshops and Talks, Summer 1997

Invited Lecture: National Geometry Conference, St. Olaf College, June 25-28, 1997.
National conference on Inquiry-Based Geometry throughout the Secondary Curriculum.
Northwest Mathematics Interaction Summer Geometry, Aug 1 - 8, 1997.
Alumni Workshop, August 1-2, Summer Geometry Institute, August 3-8.
IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, Utah, June 29-July 18, 1997.
The research topic this summer is Symplectic Geometry and Topology. I will be teaching a geometry course in the computer lab for the High School Teachers Program and partaking of the rich mathematical environment.

Workshops and Talks, 1996-1997

Workshop, "Geometry using Technology," UW Inservice Day, October 11, 1996.
Geometry using Technology: From Software in the Classroom to Resources on the Web. Part of a UW inservice day for Seattle teachers on the UW campus, an outreach project of UWIRED.
Geometer's Sketchpad Workshop, PCMI Louisville Site, October 25-26, 1996.
An intermediate Sketchpad workshop for high school teachers, sponsored by the Louisville PCMI Site. Also gave a colloquium talk to University of Louisville math department.
Cabri Workshop, PCMI Duke Site, November 22-23, 1996.
A workshop for high school teachers, sponsored by the Duke PCMI Site, . The topic was exploring geometry with the Cabri Geometry software in the Ti-92 calculator.
Geometer's Sketchpad Workshop, Meridian Jr. High School, Kent, WA, March 15, 1997
A one-day workshop for secondary and college teachers.
ORMATYC Crossroads Workshop, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden, Oregon, April 24-27.
Crossroads Workshop 4/25: Math Modeling and Problem Solving with Geometry Software and also invited luncheon talk, 4/26, "The Role of Geometry at the Community College". ORMATYC is the Oregon Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges.

Workshops and Talks, Summer, 1996

Exploring Undergraduate Algebra & Geometry with Technology, June 3 - 7, 1996
This NSF summer workshop for college teachers was held at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. I taught a short course called New Perspectives on Geometry using Dynamic Geometry Software.
MAA Minicourse, "Dynamic Geometry Lab with Sketchpad," MathFest, Seattle, August 11-12, 1996.
Four-hour, two-part minicourse introducing Geometer's Sketchpad and some of its applications in teaching geometry.
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