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Day one, October 6th, 2020

Day two, October 7th, 2020

Day three, October 8th, 2020

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JSXGraph and STACK: Draw a function and get feedback on your sketch

Tobias Mai Institut für Mathematik, Warburgerstr. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany Abstract JSXGraph advertises among other things with the support of dynamic mathematics and the plotting of functions. A not so much advertised strength of JSXGraph is the potential of using the tool together with other software. We use the combination of JSXGraph and STACK (System for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer Algebra Kernel) to create a dynamic learning task that asks students to draw the graph of a function themselves and then provides them with feedback on the graph they have drawn.
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JSXGraph for Beginners

Igor Pesek Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia igor.pesek@um.si Workshop This workshop will cover the basics of working with JSXGraph. The nice thing about the JSXGraph is that you do not need to be a programmer to use it. In the workshop, we will talk about the tools and how to prepare the working environment. By constructing the examples, we will cover some basic objects as points, lines, circles, intersections, and angles.
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Mobile-friendly JSXGraph

Murray Bourne Singapore Abstract Mobile devices have outsold laptops and desktops since 2016, and it can be safely assumed the majority of students access their important daily information via their phones. Yet most educational institutions, even in countries with high mobile penetration, continue to present learning materials in formats that only make sense on laptop or desktop devices with large screens. Most JSXGraph examples “in the wild” fall into this category and cannot be appreciated by students while on their phones.
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sketchometry - in touch with geometry!

Carsten Miller Lehrstuhl für Mathematik und ihre Didaktik, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Abstract Constructing by sketching … that is the motto of sketchometry. You draw with your finger on a smartphone or tablet screen. sketchometry converts your sketches into geometric constructions, that can be dragged and manipulated. So, sketchometry is a dynamic geometry software with a gesture based user interface. It is the ideal tool for exploring mathematics at school and at home.
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Teaching Descriptive Statistics using JSXGraph in STACK

Santiago Maria Borio Peñaloza, David Stern, Danny Parsons, Chiara Facciolà (IDEMS International), James Musyoka (Maseno University) and Christine Laetitia (INNODEMS) Abstract Over the last few years IDEMS (Innovations in Development, Education and the Mathematical Sciences) International has delivered and provided support for several descriptive statistics courses involving online assessment, including: Descriptive Statistics at Maseno University in Kenya, and Statistical Problem Solving at AIMS Cameroon. The design of questions for these courses was informed by the CAST (Computer-Assisted Statistics Textbooks) project (Stirling, 2010) and focused on analytical and dynamic activities centred around carefully generated data to promote higher order learning.
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Usage of JSXGraph in lectures for Math for Engineers

Wigand Rathmann Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department Mathematik, Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Analysis, Cauerstraße 11, 91058 Erlangen, Germany Abstract Students of all technical subjects have to pass a fundamental mathematical education. Different aspects are thereby addressed, as basic logical understandig, analysing linear equation systems, functions or mathematical models, have an idea what calculus means or simply to solve an ODE. An important point for me is furthermore, that the students will get a picture or a visual impression of mathematical subjects.
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Visualizing Complex Numbers Using JSXGraph

Andreas Piotrowski andreas.piotrowski@bookofproofs.org, Germany Interactive JSXGraph visuals are great tools providing better insights into mathematical concepts, such as complex numbers. Playing around with complex numbers online helps to get a better understanding and sensation of them, both for advanced students and people for whom complex numbers are a sealed book. In this talk, I will present selected visuals I developed for the platform https://www.bookofproofs.org that I find particularly useful for teachers looking for insightful materials for their students.
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Wireless Sensors with ESP32 microcontrollers and JSXGraph

Matthias Ehmann Arbeitsgruppe Didaktik der Informatik, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Abstract Microcontrollers are now powerful, inexpensive small computers. The presentation will show how an ESP32 microcontroller can be used as a data acquisition system that displays the data graphically on a smartphone or tablet. A web server on the microcontroller and JSXGraph are used for this.
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Promote Equity. Save your students from expensive handheld calculators and boost your remote teaching for math!

Dan Haiem ClassCalc ClassCalc​ is a calculator app with a built-in lockdown browser that lets teachers lock students out of all outside distractions such as instagram, calls and texts, keeping students focused in class, and preventing cheating on tests (even remotely). * ClassCalc fully supports statistics, graphing, scientific and matrices. * ClassCalc’s graphing components are built on JSXGraph! This session will discuss the lack of equity built into our math education system, in terms of 1) The current calculator paradigm, and how high costs are hurting our students, 2) How smartphone calculators are a great solution, but unfortunately, cannot be used during testing and 3) How ClassCalc - our lockdown calculator that allows professors to temporarily lock students on the app during tests/quizzes - is a potential solution for you.