Culturally sustaining pedagogy validates students' identities and fosters a sense of belonging and empowerment. Educators attending this session will explore methods for creating a more inclusive learning environment by integrating students' diverse experiences into the math classroom. Through the lens of multiple free desmos classroom lessons, participants will learn how to use a problem-based approach to intentionally increase curiosity and build upon students’ ideas in an effort to provide all learners with access to on-grade-level mathematics.
Let's teach "through" the models. Join this highly interactive exploration of the hanger method and algebra tiles to model expressions and to solve equations. Participants will record the actions of the exploration to derive the written procedures. This eye-opening session will have you loving algebra tiles, and will illuminate how to connect conceptual understanding to procedural fluency for middle school students.
I will show activities/lessons for various grade levels and content that teachers can use on the walkable coordinate plane. I will have the 8 x 8 ft mat and materials that I will use in my demonstrations.
In this presentation, I will demonstrate practical strategies and tools for integrating AI into lesson planning. Key strategies include crafting effective prompts to customize AI-generated content tailored to diverse student needs and utilizing interactive AI tools like ChatGPT to generate lesson ideas, interactive activities, and assessment questions. We will explore techniques for embedding AI tools into everyday teaching practices to enhance engagement and learning outcomes, as well as methods to teach both educators and students about AI, fostering a tech-savvy learning environment. Tools and resources will include AI-powered lesson planning apps, interactive AI-driven activities, and real-world examples of successful AI integration in classrooms. Participants will leave with practical skills and resources to immediately apply AI in their teaching.
Interested in stem, but haven’t found the right program that highlights the math? Join us to discover how to access and leverage texas instruments’ stem solutions to reach your goals, while learning with and from others doing the same work. Our simple approach will help beginners learn the foundations of all computer languages! Create color and sound on a microcontroller, learn how to program a math-oriented ev, and experience how these concepts scale up to a broader variety of engaging stem activities, steeped in math, science and computer science concepts. With ready-to-implement resources, the connection from learning in a classroom to stem careers is made possible! Free resources using familiar technology will help you and your students find where learning and fun collide!
Want to engage your students in Geometry? Then get them building, discovering, making conjectures, connecting concepts and skills and much, much, more! This session will incorporate 2D Shapes and Exploragons activities that are proven to get students engage and learning at a deeper level.
Mathematical discourse is key to deepening students’ understanding of concepts, fostering critical thinking, and building communication skills. This session will focus on designing engaging, thought-provoking tasks that spark rich mathematical discussions in the classroom. Participants will explore how to create and implement tasks that encourage students to explain their reasoning, justify their answers, and engage in collaborative problem-solving. We will examine strategies for structuring tasks that promote productive struggle and peer-to-peer dialogue, ensuring that all students have opportunities to participate in meaningful discourse. In addition, the session will cover techniques for facilitating discussions that value multiple perspectives, using questioning strategies that drive deeper thinking, and creating a classroom culture where mathematical talk thrives. Educators will leave with practical tools and ready-to-use tasks that can be tailored to their students’ needs and promote an active, student-centered learning environment.
