Desmos: Calculator + Instructional Tool
Grades 3-12
Thursday, 26 September 2019
September 26
September 26, 2019
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Event Details
Spend a day with desmos, learning the new 2019-2020 features and how to integrate this interactive tool into your instruction! During this workshop you will be given the opportunity to explore this dynamic instructional tool in small groups according to your own level of prior experience as a user of desmos and for the specific grade/course that you teach. Starting in the Spring of 2019, desmos calculators were available on Virginia’s Standards of Learning mathematics assessments: Grade 4-Algebra II EOC testing. This workshop will prepare you to help your students feel confident using the desmos calculator on these SOL tests. In addition, during the workshop you will be able to examine the many different instructional features of this free, game-changing instructional tool. There will be a variety of Break-Out sessions offered which will allow you to explore the different desmos resources in small groups at your own individual comfort level (based on grade/subject band AND previous experience using desmos). You will be given the chance to investigate all of desmos’ features, from animating objects and functions to creating lessons and activities. Throughout the day, you will also be networking with other classroom teachers and instructional leaders to share strategies that have been and/or might be successful in your classrooms and schools. For experienced users of desmos, there will be an additional Break-Out session offered for those who are coaching other educators in their division on the use of desmos in their classrooms. There will also be a Make It-Take It Break-Out session, in which participants with skill in using desmos are given the chance to spend rare, uninterrupted time using the activity builder to create desmos activities. During the workshop, all participants will access and use the VA Desmos K-Calculus Activity Bank to plan targeted and highly effective math instruction that builds mathematical discourse, elicits student thinking, and increases deeper learning, thereby building math competencies and mastery for all students.
Classroom Teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Curriculum Leaders
This event will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1901 Emmet Street, Charlottesville, VA 22901.
Registration and a Hot Breakfast Buffet will open at 8 am.
The Conference will be held from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm.
A hot Luncheon Buffet will be served at noon.
Free Parking and Internet Access are also included as part of the conference registration fee.
Recertification Certificates (5 points) will be given at the end of the PD Conference.
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