PCMI @ MathForum: Alumni Participant Outreach Activities

Alumni Participant Outreach Activities

To build a core group of users for the PCMI @ Math Forum resources, participants of the High School Teacher Program have offered/will offer the following workshops.

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2003 - 2004
Ohio Math Academy Project - Cincinnati, OH: Dates: February 12 - 13, 2004; Presenters: Steve Phelps; Description: A workshop designed for Ohio's teachers, helping teachers to plan lessons and assessments in line with the Ohio Model Math Curriculum.
Inversion and Inversive Geometry on the TI-92 Plus/Voyage 200 - New Orleans, LA: Dates: March 12-14, 2004; Presenters: Steve Phelps; Description: This is a session at the Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference. Participants will explore the little used F5:6:INVERSE command in Cabri Geometry. Participants will learn about the properties of inversive geometry, explore congruent shapes, construct inversive images, and see practical applications of inversion.
Teaching Geometry in the Middle Schools University of Cincinnati: Dates: Spring 2004; Presenters: Steve Phelps; Description: This quarter-long course for pre-service middle grade teachers will focus on methods, strategies, and tools used for effectively teaching geometry in middle grades. Students will use these to plan instruction in line with the NCTM Standards and Ohio Mathematics Content Standards.
2004 - 2005
Fractal Fun-damentals - Palm Springs, CA (CMC-South Conference): Date: November 6, 2004; Presenter: Susan Mussack; Description: Algebra standards are accessible to all students through these projects and problem-solving activities. Imagination and creativity combine to motivate and intrigue.
2005 - 2006
An Interview with Celia Hoyles, ICMI's First Freudenthal Medalist - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 27, 2006; Presenter: Danny Goroff
Who Are the Best Math Teachers? - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 27, 2006; Presenter: Johnny Lott
The Locker Problem: Solutions, Extensions, and What If Not? - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 27, 2006; Presenter: Joanne Rossi Becker
Parametrics and Sequence Modes: From Algebra to Calculus - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 28, 2006; Presenter: David Kapolka
Connecting College and School Mathematics: Views from Mathematics Community - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 28, 2006; Presenter: Roger Howe
Not a Fishing Expedition: Posing Questions for Understanding - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 28, 2006; Presenter: Hiroko Kawaguchi Warshauer, Terence McCabe, Max Leon Warshauer, and Alejandra Sorto
Tic-Tac-Toe on a Torus, or Exploring the Geometry of Surfaces - St. Louis, MO (NCTM): Date: April 29, 2006; Presenter: Philip R. Mallinson
Washington Mathematics Case Study Project - Outreach to the ESD in the Spokane area (MSP) - Eastern Washington University: Dates: June 20-23, 2006; Presenters: Middle School Math teachers from the Spokane area ESDs; Description: This Summer Institute provides weeklong immersion in proportional reasoning.
2006 - 2007
MTCD AHOE: Cryptology's Hidden Uses in Teaching Mathematics - NCTM Regional Meeting in Chicago: Date: September, 2006; Author: Jeff Reinhardt
Conic Constructions with Cabri 3D - Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference, Chicago, IL: Date: March 9-12, 2007; Speaker: Steve Phelps; Description: Conic Constructions with Cabri 3D.
What I Did Last Summer: Cubics, Derivatives, and the Steiner Ellipse - Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference, Chicago, IL: Date: March 9-12, 2007; Speaker: Steve Phelps; Description: Based on questions explored by Phelps and David Minda about the complex roots of cubic equations, with particular focus on the role of DGS.
REU - NSF Grant - University of North Carolina at Asheville: Date: Summer, 2007; Presenters: Nancy Ruppert, eight undergraduate math majors from seven liberal arts colleges in the Southeast, and four mathematics faculty from UNCA; Description: Undergraduates participated in an eight week REU working with mathematics faculty from UNCA. Nancy wrote the evaluation piece to the REU and have been collecting data on students and faculty surveys and interviews all summer.
Probability, Polynomials, and CAS - USACAS 4th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL: Date: June 16-17, 2007; Speaker: Steve Phelps; Description: Participants will explore some simple probability game, and will use polynomial multiplication and CAS to model these games.
The Algebra Academy - University of North Carolina at Asheville: Date: July, 2007; Presenters: Nancy Ruppert; Ruafika Cobb, 8th grade math teacher; and four African-American middle school students; Description: Ruafika and Nancy worked together in the spring. Ruafika is the brainchild behind conducting an Algebra Academy for African American girls. She and Nancy worked with them on several Saturdays in the spring, and they conducted hands-on math for two days at UNCA. They plan on continuing the project this fall and will be presenting it at the National Middle School Association conference in November (2007).
Sixth grade CMP2 Initial Use Training - Seattle, WA: Date: August 20-22, 2007; Speaker: Alan Bond; Description: Taught 5th and 6th grade teachers about the CMP2 curriculum to help get them ready for their first use of the books.
2007 - 2008
Nspired Probability - Probability, Polynomials, and CAS - Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics & T³Regional Conference, Lexington, KY: Date: October 19-20, 2007; Speaker: Steve Phelps; Description: Participants will use the TI-nspire CAS to model simple probability games using polynomial multiplication.
Hands On Mathematics - Puget Sound Educational Support District, WA: Date: Ongoing; Presenter: ParaEducators and Elementary Classroom Teachers; Description: Kris Koch teaches workshops that educate classroom parapros and classroom teachers about the mathematical methods of John Van De Walle. Manipulative use and guided constructivism are core concepts. Kris also includes ideas from the Everyday Mathematics Program. Kris continues to work at NWMI, a weeklong workshop hosted at the University of Washington. NWMI was originally patterned on the ideas of PCMI and continues to be led by Dr. James King.
Advanced Functions - Ontario, Canada: Date: May, 2008; Coauthor: Beverly Farahani; Description: Farahani coauthored the textbook Advanced Functions, published by Nelson, that will be used in Ontario for the grade 12 University pre-calculus class. The website for the book is http://math.nelson.com/promo.html
Ontario Association for Mathematics Education - Ontario, Canada: Date: May, 2008; President-Elect: Beverly Farahani; Description: Beverly Farahani is president-elect for the Ontario Association for Mathematics Education. The website is http://oame.on.ca/main/index1.php?lang=en&code=home

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