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Browse SpaceTentative Academic Year Seminar meetings
Tuesday October 6, 2009 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 2, 2010 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday April 27, 2010 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Welcome to the EMPOWERR wiki page! For information on EMPOWERR click on the link below.
You may post comments related to EMPOWERR on this page. We have included some links below to web pages with EMPOWERR documents and/or other information.
Summer 2009 EMPOWERR Workshop Welcome note
Math Inquiry-Post Workhsop Year 2
Teaching Gap Discussion Questions/Assignments
Year 1 Summer Workshop & Academic Year Seminar Documents
You may also see these documents by clicking on the phrase "Browse Space" on the left-hand side of the screen, then click on "Attachments".
We include below links on teaching and learning which will be part of our workshop activities.
Developing Mathematical Thinking with Effective Questions-From the PBS Teacherline
Classroom Learning Environment-Primary Students and "Disequilibrium"
How People Learn Bridging: Research and Practice NAP
National Math Panel Report USDE 2008
We include below links to math-related computer resources which may be of interest.
1. DP GRAPH: DPGraph is a 3D interactive grapher and viewer. You see 3D objects (examples are provided) and can rotate them in space any way you like using the keyboard arrow keys, zoom in/out, modify them, add new parts, make parts transparent, etc. etc. Click on the link below to see the main DPGraph page.
DPGraph-an interactive 3D grapher/viewer-EMPOWERR partipants may download free!
Because EMPOWERR participants register as University of Iowa students, you may download DPGraph by clicking on the DPGraph listing for the University of Iowa site license at the linkDPGraph U. Iowa Site License Download link
2. FRACTIONS AND MUSICAL NOTES: Phil Tulga's web site with lots of fun activities relating music and mathematics.
Musical Notes and Fractions-play songs and see the fractions!
3. CPMPTOOLS: CPMPTools is free math software developed at Michigan State University. It has features which allow you to do Computer Algebra System (CAS) manipulations, Spread Sheet functions, Dynamic Geometry (like a simple version of Geometer's Sketchpad), Statistics and Discrete Math functions. Originally developed to support the Core Plus Mathematics Project, it may be used independently from any curricula. Click on the link below to see the main CPMPTools page, which includes a download button.
CPMPTools-free math program-CAS,Spread Sheet, Dynamic Geom, Stats, Discrete Math
4. TETRIS 3D: This is a three-dimensional version of the popular Tetris video game, which you can play on-line. You get game pieces made of four cubes and try to assemble those as they fall. You can turn/rotate the pieces in space using keyboard keys (explained in the link below).
5. GEOBOARD NCTM: An on-line interactive geoboard from NCTN
Geoboard On Line Interactive NCTM
6. National Virtual Manipulative Library: This site contains a great variety of on-line math activities which can be used with students at different levels. There are virtual manipulative-based activies on number and operations algebra geometry measurement probability etc. There is an index by grade levels.
