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Secondary Education Sessions

Don't Throw Out the Baby With the Bath Water!

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
209
Presenter Name: 
Judy Hobbs
Presenter Title: 
Palestine ISD

Learn to use new technology such as the iPad and still keep students grounded in tables, graphs, patterns, and much more! This session will use the iPad to demonstrate ways you can capture students attention with new technology. We will also delve into activities which use patterning and models to develop linear and quadratic patterns, and much more!

Keywords: 
iPads and technology, Patterns, Models

Proof Card Game

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
River 003AB
Presenter Name: 
Josephine Miller
Presenter Title: 
Hearne ISD/ JDECS

Proofs are being reintroduced into the curriculum. Come create a game to use as a teaching strategy for this concept. I have used it for 30 years.

Keywords: 
Geometry, Proof Card Game, Fun

When a Mathematical Journey Just Won’t Do—Web Quest!

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
207A
Presenter Name: 
Shayla Priddy
Presenter Title: 
Tarleton State University

With technology more and more prevalent in classrooms, teachers need to engage students with challenging strategies. Web Quests are a problem-based learning technique that promotes teamwork and problem solving in the mathematics classroom. Students apply mathematics to real-world situations while developing research techniques. With free technology available for use, why not engage your students?

Keywords: 
web quest

Nspired Geometry Activities

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
008B
Presenter Name: 
Jennifer High
Presenter Title: 
Klein ISD

Come use the TI-NspireTM handheld to explore geometry. Leave with ready-to-use activities.

Keywords: 
TI-Nspired handheld

Unpacking Geometry Problems From Boxes You Create

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
215
Presenter Name: 
Nicholas Restivo
Presenter Title: 
Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary & Middle Schools

Participants will transform greeting cards into boxes while discovering real-life geometry problems and the concepts that help to solve them. We will make predictions and conjectures, and uncover and clarify properties related to parallelograms, rectangles, squares, and other quadrilaterals. Ratio, proportion, area, and volume will be visited and we’ll take a crack at some non-traditional problems to bring back to the classroom. Okay for grades 3 - 5 also.

Keywords: 
geometry, boxes, quadrilaterals, parallelograms, problem-solving, hands-on, greeting cards, area, ratio, proportion

How Singapore’s Visual Models Develop Algebraic Thinking

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
217A
Presenter Name: 
Andy Clark
Presenter Title: 
Portland Public Schools (ret.)

This session will focus on visual models used in the highly successful Singapore curriculum that enables students to tackle complex problems and develop deep understanding of topics such as ratio, operations with fractions, and algebraic manipulation. This workshop will focus on how visual models are used to develop quantitative reasoning and generalizations in algebra. These models help all students make the difficult transition from arithmetic to algebra.

Keywords: 
Singapore, algebra, fractions, ratio, visual, problem solving, equations, variable expressions

Facilitating Mathematical Inquiry with TI-Nspire Technology

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
007A
Presenter Name: 
Michelle Rinehart
Presenter Title: 
Rankin ISD

Come explore how TI-NspireTM technology can create, support, and extend mathematical inquiry in your high school mathematics classroom. We will experience numerous investigations that support mathematical sense-making and reasoning in Algebra II, PreCalculus, and/or AP Calculus courses. Discover how the TI-NspireTM can put your students in direct touch with the mathematics!

Keywords: 
TI-Nspire, calculator, inquiry

Putting Students in Their Place: Placement for High School Math

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
008A
Presenter Name: 
Sheila Griffith

With the convergence of the new EOC exams and the math 4x4, administrators, registrars, and teachers need to work closer than ever to be sure that students are placed in the correct math classes so they have the best chance for success. In this discussion-based presentation, you will walk away with guidelines for placing students in math classes, ideas for student pre-course preparation, and a plan for math remediation.

Keywords: 
EOC, STAAR, schedules, remediation, preemption, planning

What Are the Keys to Understanding the New 6-12 TEKS?

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
213AB
Presenter Name: 
Katey Arrington
Presenter Title: 
The Charles A. Dana Center

How has the progression of big ideas across grades changed in the new standards? What are the implications for teaching, learning, and STAAR Assessments? How can educators best support student success around the new standards and performance on the test? The Dana Center provides leadership in using standards to align teaching, learning, and assessment. In this session we will delve into the new 6-12 standards and begin to answer these questions.

Keywords: 
TEKS, Alignment, Trajectories

Level Up: Pacman Populations in the Mathematics Classroom

Friday, July 12
2:30 - 3:30
Session Room: 
204A
Presenter Name: 
Daree Yancey
Presenter Title: 
Arlington ISD

Come participate in a collection of cooperative-learning lessons that have been tested in 7th grade pre-algebra classes. Discover new ways to help your students internalize subjects like multiple representations, graphing equations, and integer rules while also developing new answers for that infamous question "where can I actually use this math stuff?" Topics expand far past 7th grade curriculum and can be implemented in most high school courses.

Keywords: 
Multiple Representations and Graphing Equations
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Participant Registration

The early registration fee is $145 until May 1, 2013.  Register using the online system (payment with credit card) or download the PDF form and mail it with payment (personal or school check only) to the CAMT office. Please visit our Participant Registration Page for details.

Featured Speakers

Featured Speakers are nationally known educators who will energize, inform, and may even revolutionize your teaching!

Exhibits

You will want to visit the Exhibit Hall C floor to see the latest in mathematics curriculum, manipulatives, technology, and many other resources. Individual exhibitor websites will be found at www.camtonline.org

Viewpoints Disclaimer

The sessions at CAMT present a variety of viewpoints.  The views expressed or implied in the sessions should not be interpreted as official positions of CAMT. 
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