A DYNAMIC INTRODUCTION

THE GEOMETRIC MIND

AN INTRODUCTION

The Graphing Calculator, as it is used now, is the enemy. No, this is not an attack on technology. It’s an attack on a tool that has taken the joy out of learning, of programming, of understanding.

If the graphing calculator is the enemy, who can we call “Friend”?

The blank spreadsheet in a program most everyone has access to: Excel.

But isn’t Microsoft Excel for keeping your checking accounts and business applications? What good is it for the student?

What can possibly be done in Excel?

This book provides an answer to that question.

This is a compilation of a number of articles written regarding math, science, designs, nature, and basically anything of interest I can “get” into Excel.

Each article is independent of the other: there is no structure. Open to any page you like and start reading!

THE GOAL

The goal of “The Geometric Mind”, Part I, is to whet the appetite of the student, to let them know good things are possible in this environment. It’s a learning environment where the novice can be up-and-running in a short time, not relying on the crude algorithms of the graphing calculator.

Part II of the “The Geometric Mind” series will explore how specifically to do all of this – plus more.

The presentation will be quick, explicit, with plenty of examples. That’s the nature of the game. Get up-and-running quick, and let the joy in learning commence!

THE RIDDLE

So what do I mean by “The Geometric Mind”?

In due time!

THE GEOMETRIC MIND:  PART I