Thirteenth Annual VSU Mathematics Technology Conference

February 22, 2008, Education Center

Valdosta State University

Time	Session I Room 271 Presiders – Sherry Feng and Vickie Graham	Session II Room 264 Presiders – Pat Bezona and Janice Lowe	Session III Room 272 Presiders – Charles Kicey and Arsalan Wares
2:30 to 2:55	Workshop: Incorporating Hands on Activities with Technology Melissa Giblin, Roberta Lacefield Waycross College	Workshop: Integrating Science and Math Using Open Source GeoGebra Lingguo Bu and Lydia Dickey Florida State University
2:55 to 3:15
3:20 to 3:40	Workshop: “Target Practice” – Using a Statapult Activity for Regression Data Thomas F. Reid, Michael D. May University of South Carolina Aiken	Wiley Plus Erin Scharmen John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
3:45 to 4:05		WebAssign Barbara Siry and Emily Hooks Houghton Mifflin	Computers in the Classroom: A Student’s Perspective Gemma Buckler (student) Valdosta State University
4:10	REFRESHMENTS
4:25 to 4:45	An Elementary Approach to Least Squares Carlos Almada Columbus State University	iPods in the Math Classroom Hugh Sanders Georgia College and State University	Giving Data formula-like properties Steven Bellenot Florida State University
4:50 to 5:10	Generating Normal Pseudo-Random Variables Jin Wang and Chulei Liu Valdosta State University	Reasoning to Learn using targeted Mathematics Emulators: DIS Observations Erich Nold Florida State University	WinPlot in an AP Calculus Course Rick Smith Coffee County High School
5:10 to 5:30	Quadratic Trinomial Factorization Algorithm Ronald W. Rushing Southwest Georgia Technical College	The JEM Network Repository and the WebALT Services Mika Seppälä Florida State University and University of Helsinki	Using Maple In Elementary Statistics Andreas Lazari and Jemal Mohammed-Awel Valdosta State University
5:30	BREAK
5:45	Welcome and Invited Address – Classroom 81 (1st floor) Empowering Students as Computational Science Professionals: Applying Mathematics and Computer Science to Important Scientific Problems Angela Shiflet, Wofford College
7:00	Dinner and a Talk: VIP Room – University Center Ten Projects with Undergraduates: From Documentaries to Patents Tom Manning, Valdosta State University (Chemistry)