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
 
Thinkfinity Overview
Date: November and December, 2008
Presenter: Gloria Brown Brooks
Description: Presentation of how to utilize the THINKFINITY web site. This was given to area teachers, grade 6-8 and 9-12. I will also train district/county participants on March 5, 2009.
 
Mathematics Fun/ Professional Development Activites - Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey CA
Date: December, 2008
Presenter: Gloria Brown Brooks
Description: Activities that have been honed from Professional Development I have taken, and can be readily used in middle grade mathematics classrooms.
 
2008 - 2009
Using TI-Nspire CAS with a Pre-Calculus Class - T3 International Conference, Seattle, WA
Date: February, 2009
Presenter: Beverly Farahani
Description: Participants will have the opportunity to explore activities that have been used with grade 11 students as they begin their preparation for Calculus. Topics include radicals, binomial expansion, exponential and trigonometric functions.
 
Duke Energy Award
Date: February, 2009
Awardee: Gloria Brown Brooks
Description: Gloria won the Duke Energy Award for travel to the NCSM and NCTM conferences in Washington, DC.
 
Working with teachers from Bangladesh - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Date: March, 2009
Presenter: Beverly Farahani
Description: Farahani had the opportunity to work with teachers, visiting Canada, from Bangladesh. Over the course of a few days, the group focussed on using the TI 84+, CBLs, CBRs and TI-Nspire CAS.
 
PD for District Coaches - Seattle School District, Seattle, WA
Date: 29 May, 2009
Description: Roni Stein facilitated a cultural competence (CC) training for all of the district and building content and mentor coaches (K-12 all content areas). Roni first presented this with a mathematics twist in the Seattle area at the 2007 NW Math Conference. Joyce then invited her to present again to the NWMI group this past fall where one of SPS' mentor coaches was present. This coach shared her experience with the CC team and suggested that it would be great for all the coaching staff...and it was. Roni does a great job connecting the 5 dimensions of culture (Hofstede) to teachers' work with students, parents, teachers, and the community. Roni's connection to PCMI is indirectly through Joyce Frost and Art Mabbott but more directly through her husband, Bob Stein.
 
AP Stat reading - Louisville, Kentucky
Date: June 4 - June 12, 2009
Participants: John Mahoney, William Thill, and Carol Hattan
Description: As AP Statistics teachers, Bill, John, and Carol participated as readers for the AP Exam, scoring the exam written on May 5, 2009.
 
AP Statistics Development Committee
Date: July 1, 2009 and forward
Participant: John Mahoney
Description: John has been appointed to the position of College Board Advisor to the AP Statistics Development Committee. This seven-member committee develops the Course Description and plays a critical role in developing the exam. The CBA has additional responsibilities relating to the AP Statistics site on AP Central and other College Board activities.
 
San Benito Math Talks - Hollister, California
Date: November, 2009
Presenter: Gloria Brown Brooks
Description: The San Benito County Math Talks encourage teachers to have high expectations for students, and help all students develop conceptual understanding and high levels of mathematical skill. Proposed by Hollister teacher Gloria Brown Brooks, facilitated by Suzie Caughey, and supported by San Benito County Office of Education.
 

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