Mathematics of the Petroglyphs workshop posted

[phil cash cash]

Hi Mia,

looks really nice, though i quickly took a listen to some Navajo shapes
it sure didn't sound like the Navajo i am familiar with.  any second
opinions?

later,
Phil Cash Cash
UofA


Quoting "Mia Kalish (LFP)" <miakalish at LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US>:

> Hello, Everyone,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> It's really easy, despite all the yapping.
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> http://learningforpeople.us/PMETABQ2005/  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.
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> I would like very much to hear what people think.
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> Best,
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> Mia