Hands-on Workshops

Facilitator: Girish Belkar (Shri Ram Centennial School, Indore)

GeoGebra is a powerful tool for teaching and exploring mathematics.  It is freely available and is useful for interactive learning and teaching various areas in mathematics: geometry, algebra, statistics and calculus, and enjoyable at the same time. Each session would consist of introduction to a set of new tools and various activities which will help participants understand the tools as well as their usages. The workshop will be interactive and hands-on.

Facilitator: Satvinder Singh (Ed-Tech Consultant Lead and Associate Curriculum Director)

Desmos is an amazing online mathematics tool designed to engage students, increase mathematical skills, and foster the love for mathematics. Computation Layer is the underlying technology that connects the different components and representations when authoring activities. Teachers will also learn how to create custom activities using teacher.desmos.com.

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Mathigon is a multi-award-winning online platform for learning mathematics, with a vast collection of virtual manipulatives, engaging games and activities, as well as rich, personalised courses. Mathigon’s unique content format makes online learning more interactive than ever before: students can actively explore and discover, be creative, learn problem-solving and critical thinking. Mathigon is completely free to use for students and teachers, works on all browsers and devices, and seamlessly integrates with Google Classroom.

Facilitators: Douglas Butler (iCT Training Centre, Oundle UK) and Janet Smith (Abbey College, Cambridge, UK)

Autograph was conceived in the 1990s and quickly became a world leader in the pedagogical use of dynamic, moving mathematical objects.  Autograph followed the example set by Geometer’s Sketchpad whereby users select the objects first then the operation. This hugely simplifies the use interface.  Until recently Autograph has been only available on Windows PCs, but this workshop will introduce the much heralded evolving web-version that will run on any device. Topics covered will include elementary geometry and introductory calculus, and the easy creation of moving GIF files.

Facilitator: Manjushri Dhume (LearnQuest)

One of the biggest challenges for school mathematics teachers is to get students to understand concepts and terminology and later, apply the concepts learnt so that they can retain them. Origami is a low cost, hands- on solution for meeting the above requirement. Every fold that we make forms various angles and the crease patterns made by the folds have geometry embedded in them. Origami offers a quick and fun way to discover it. Not only do students get engaged in the process, the hands-on approach develops a deeper understanding of concepts. This workshop is designed to enable school teachers from standard 3 to 10 to teach various mathematical concepts using origami. The workshop will specifically cover lessons that will guide students to - notice and understand the meaning of geometrical terms and various constructions like angle bisector, perpendicular bisector, median, line of symmetry, etc. - understand and apply concepts like area, perimeter, volume, fractions, percentages, ratios, etc. In this workshop, teachers will be guided to make 3 different models and discover the maths as they fold. This will be followed by a discussion on practical suggestions for using this method in schools.

Facilitators: John Paulraj (Texas Instruments) and Jalaj Chaturvedi (Global Jaya School, Indonesia)

Calculators are tools for doing mathematical calculations. Graphic Display Calculators are effective tools for teaching and learning mathematics. Appropriate use of calculators is a way of increasing the amount and quality of learning. Its portability is a big asset.