Geometer's+Sketchpad

=GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD RESOURCES=

The Geometer's Sketchpad is outstanding mathmatics software for use in grades K-College. It is available from [|Key Curriculum Press].



Sketchpad has become the standard by which other mathematics software packages are judged. Users can create, resize, manipulate in real time, measure, color, and animate geometric figures. This incudes graphs of functions.

Thousands of users around the world have created lessons and "sketches" which are posted on the Internet. A teacher need only search for a given topic and, chances are, someone before him or her has already created a lesson and related sketches (short programs/scripts) which can be downloaded and used with any students anywhere.

Key Press provides [|excellent support] for this software, especially in developing curriculum resource materials. Sketchpad modules are available for several Geometry applications, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, PreCalculus, Calculus, Trigonometry, and more.

Visit the [|Geometer's Sketchpad Resource Center].

I can provide training for you and your staff on using Sketchpad with geometry and algebra, at any grade level. Or, you may contact Key Press for a listing of their authorized or recommended trainers.

AGENDAS with __Resource Links__ from the Monroe County (MI) Mathematics Institute 2008, Days 2 & 3





OTHER SKETCHPAD RESOURCES

From Mathbits.com - [|Working With Geometer's Sketchpad]

[|Sketchpad activities] aligned to Key Curriculum Press textbooks

[|Sketchpad for Young Learners]- activities for elementary grades especially, as well as Connected Math related sketches.

Leading Math Success: [|Technologies as Learning Tools] from the Ontario Ministry of Education - Lots of great sketches

[|Sketchmad-dot-ca] - Canadian website compiling Sketchpad sketches

[|Susan Polk's Sketches] - Technological Education Consulting LLC - an excellent collection of useful day-to-day sketches, including a great "Introduction Lesson"

[|University of Virginia]- Center for Technology and Teacher Education