Agenda

Workshop Agenda 1. ** Introduction ** [15 minutes]  a) Review agenda and workshop goals  b) Housekeeping (such as refreshments, breaks, and restroom locations)  c) Brief overview of workshop

 2. ** Technology in mathematics ** [15 minutes]  a) TI -84 Plus calculator (video clip)  b) Discuss the geometry curriculum with regards to the use of Cabri Jr., briefly. c) Pre-Training exercise – Word Clouds.

 3. ** Participants (teachers) benefit from the TI-84 Plus Cabri Jr geometry software ** [75 minutes]  a) Teachers will act as students they watch a model hands-on demonstration.  b) Participants will work individually with the use of laptop computers and graphing calculators to gain hands-on experience of Cabri Jr.  Internet access and/or compact disc (CD) will be available for this, the major exercise of the workshop.

 4. ** Break ** [15 minutes]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> 5. ** Participants (teachers) benefit from the TI-84 Plus Cabri Jr geometry software ** [60 minutes] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> Participants will re-group to continue using the computers and graphing calculators <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> in gaining hands-on experience of Cabri Jr with Internet access and/or CD.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> 6. ** Lunch: ** In-house [45 minutes]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> 7. **Authentic assessment** [65 minutes] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> a) Group work hands-on with real world problem. Participants noting negative and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> positive reaction to Cabri Jr as they solve the problem. (20 minutes) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> b) Participants come together as a large group to share their findings and reaction to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> the use of Cabri Jr. (45 minutes)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> 8. **Conclusion (Wrap up)**. Workshop evaluation questionnaire. [10 minutes]