The Math Forum at Drexel and Microsoft Corporation will host an online workshop for exploring how technology can help students develop fundamental concepts of multiplication, fractions, division and area through the process of generating data and examining patterns.

Drawing on the benefits of software tools and the strength of human pattern recognition, workshop participants will explore ways to address misconceptions and related difficulties that students often run into, such as when comparing unlike terms; confusing area and perimeter; and the belief that "multiplication makes bigger and divison makes smaller."

Workshop fees will be covered by a grant from Microsoft.

Experience the flexibility of anytime, anywhere online learning. New sessions start as soon as they are filled. Register now:

http://home.old.mathforum.org:6080/survey/entry.jsp?id=1173458649710

Upon registration, participants may sign up for one Continuing Education credit (ten contact hours) from Drexel University. Drexel and Microsoft will cover the cost of that CEU for those who participate in the workshop before July, 2007.

Summer Institutes for Math Teachers

http://www.picciotto.org/math-ed/cit/cit-2007.html

Henri Picciotto will be leading two institutes this summer at the Center for Innovative Teaching at the Urban School of San Francisco.