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Session Description:
GeoGebra is a free, multi-platform, dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA. GeoGebra offers multiple representations of objects in its graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet views that are all dynamically linked. This session will focus on the use of GeoGebra to teach specific math topics including linear functions, equations and properties of circles, quadratics and periodic functions.

Presenter Bio: Amy Scheer and MICDS Math Faculty, St. Louis, MO
Following graduation from Washington University where she earned a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, Amy worked as a statistical programmer for a large corporation and then at Washington University’s Division of Biostatistics. Amy realized her calling in education and took a position in the Kirkwood school district where she taught high school math for three years. In 2008, she joined the faculty at MICDS and has since assumed the position of Math Department Chair.

Amy’s AP Statistics class has participated in the Flat Classroom Project, she has presented at the Lausanne Laptop Institute and Mid-West Educational Technology Conference, and she is always seeking to improve math education and willing shares her time and talents with colleagues near and far.