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<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Mia, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's
been a while, been busy with all kinds of workshops and grading, yikes. Hope you
are well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> I liked the part where you spoke while things were happening in
"show me" I thought that your presentation was packed full of information
and I think I'd have some kind of summary our outline of the basic information
you want to present. There might be too much commentary. Possibly
hyperlinks for some of your footnotes would make it less wordy. I think editing
it like a poem, where only essential information is provided up front and other
information is footnoted. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Navigation was not intuitive for me. That doesn't mean it won't be for
others. Maybe the menu should include something like Start here. I had to play
around with things for some time to figure out what I was doing and where things
moved to. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this is the feedback you were looking for.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=121381401-31072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> I think Phil was right on the Navajo, it sounded like Spanish to
me. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Indigenous Languages and
Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Mia Kalish
(LFP)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 30, 2005 6:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> [ILAT] Mathematics of the
Petroglyphs workshop posted<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello, Everyone,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was invited to teach a workshop
at the recent PMET conference for math teachers at Southwest Indian
Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque. I constructed my workshop materials in a
web format and used lots of Macromedia Flash movies to demonstrate the
principles. It is called Mathematics of the Petroglyphs. I have numbers and
shapes in 8 and 7 languages respectively, some with native speaker voicing. I
have equations in White Mountain Apache, and diagrams of principles, also in
White Mountain Apache. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is the sound of an elk from
Mescalero (click the blue elk movie). The rule is that 98% of the movies have
action. There are click me buttons to move the action forward. In one case,
the task is to explore the petroglyph, and click on the movie buttons to show
the detail. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It’s really easy, despite all the
yapping. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=http://learningforpeople.us/PMETABQ2005/
href="http://learningforpeople.us/PMETABQ2005/">http://learningforpeople.us/PMETABQ2005/</A>
My idea with this workshop was to show how (Greek ethno) mathematics is
not the only “Math”. I gave the teachers CDs with copies of the Flash source
so their students could create their own materials, and modify the movies for
use with their own languages. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like very much to hear
what people think. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mia<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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