Twelfth Annual VSU Mathematics Technology Conference

 

February 23, 2007, Education Center

Valdosta State University

 

 

Time

Session I

Room 271

 

Presiders:  Peggy Moch and John Wood

Session II

Room 264

 

Presiders:  Janice Lowe and Patricia Cook

Session III

Room 272

 

Presiders: Arsalan Wares and Jemal M. Awel

 

 

2:30

to

3:15

Workshop:  Prime Numbers and Online Security: From Spreadsheet to Web Technology

 

Lingguo Bu, Maria Fernández, Rob  Schoen

Florida State University

 Workshop:

 MathZone Prospectus

 

 

John Schmidt

McGraw-Hill Higher Education

 

Workshop:   Visualizing a Dynamical System, some Geometry behind Pascal’s Triangle

 

Jonathan Bryant* and Katie Klimko*

Valdosta State University

 

 

3:20

to

3:40

Calculating the number of equilateral triangles in {0,1,...,n}^3

 

 

Eugen J. Ionascu

Columbus State University

Powerlinking Technology: Getting the Best from VISTA and MyMathLab

 

 

Sandee D. House

Georgia Perimeter College - Clarkston

Empirical Derivation of the Volume Formulas for Certain Solids

 

Carlos Almada 
Columbus State University

 

3:45

to

4:05

Algorithm for Medial Axis Determination of Polygons

 

 

Bruno Guerrieri

Florida A&M University

Problem BY Problem Solving Techniques

 

 

Pat Bezona

Valdosta State University

Teaching Informal College Geometry using Geometers Sketchpad as a Discovery Tool

 

Sharon Erle

North Florida Community College

 

4:10

                                                   

REFRESHMENTS

 

 

4:25

to

4:45

A Branch Switching Technique in Numerical Path Following

 

 

 

Jin Wang and Chunlei Liu

Valdosta State University

Analysis of Effects of Tablet PC Technology in Mathematical Education of Future Teachers

 

Olga Kosheleva, Ana Rusch, Vera Ioudina

Georgia Perimeter College

Scientific Notebook & Geometer’s SketchPad as Deductive Reasoning Aides

 

 

Erich Nold

Florida State University

 

4:50

to

5:10

The Seven Deadly Sins of Modeling

 

Ben Fusaro

Florida State University

An Unexpected Surprise For Students

 

Jacqueline Spann

Georgia Perimeter College

A Visual Syllogism Validity Tool

 

Chris Eason and Bennie Coleman*

Mercer University

 

5:10

to

5:30

Using Highlighting Software in Teaching Mathematics

 

Steven Blumsack

Florida State University

Tallahassee Community College

How the Brain Learns: Implications for Teaching Math

 

Roberta S. Lacefield
Waycross College

Synchronous Online Teaching of Calculus

 

 

Mika Seppälä

Florida State University

 

5:30

 

BREAK

 

5:45

Welcome and Invited Address – Classroom 81 (1st floor)

The Joys and Virtues of Obsolete Technologies

 

Steve Bellenot - Florida State University

 

7:00

                                   Dinner and a Talk: VIP Room – University Center

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...," Pencil Lead, Soot, and Bucky Balls

 

Cecilia Barnbaum

Dept of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences - Valdosta State University

 

                                * Undergraduate students