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Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) have been around for centuries and can be defined as relationships that individuals leverage for learning. Come learn how 21st Century math educators can utilize the Internet and Web 2.0 tools (microblogging services, social networking websites, social bookmarking tools, and RSS feed readers digital forums) to create their PLNs and customize their “always-on” math-learning networks.

When people think of high school geometry, they often think of “proofs” and that students struggle with them. The purpose of this session will be to focus on the nature of “critical thinking” in high school Geometry. Examples from research on student thinking will be presented and a variety of classroom strategies will be introduced.

Math specialists are building or district leaders and regularly confront issues related to leadership. These issues include challenges in working with adult learners, mentoring their colleagues, and establishing professional learning communities—all while navigating the relationships that affect their work. Come help us figure this out.

Young students need to be excited about math. They need to be fully engaged in creating math models, making up math stories, doodling and sketching, and using multiple means of expression to communicate about probability, data analysis, and other areas of mathematics. Let’s work together to get the arts—artistic expression and creative thinking—into our every day math instruction.

Curious about how to approach the new TEKS? Wondering about how to teach the new TEKS? Interested in what has “stayed”, “moved”, and is “new” to your grade level? Worried about gaps for students in the transition? Come hear about free resources to support you as we transition to the new TEKS: gap analysis and opportunities in the time preceding implementation, activities and videos on the Project Share Gateway, and online PD modules.