NOTE: THIS IS THE 2008 SCHEDULE, 2009 SCHEDULE TBA

Conference Schedule:

7:30 — 9:00 Registration, Vendors, Breakfast
8:40 — 9:00 General Business Meeting
9:00 — 10:00 Session 1
10:00— 10:30 Vendors
10:30— 11:30 Session 2
11:30— 12:00 Lunch (1), Vendors
12:05— 12:35 Lunch (2), Vendors
12:45— 1:45 Session 3
1:50— 2:50 Session 4

SESSION 1 (9:00 — 10:00) #1—Alan Alterman (Elementary-Middle) Room B-104 “Math for Math Lovers” Participants will be introduced to fifty enrichment activities on topics ranging from early algebra to number theory to topology to logic. All participants will receive a FREE CD disk of Adobe Acrobat files ready to print as well as FREE interactive software. #2—Mary McDonald (Elementary-Middle) Room B-103 “Razzle, Dazzle Math Strategies” This fast paced workshop identifies ways to help students develop problem solving strategies, increase comprehension of math vocabulary, and ways to use math across the curriculum. Participants will walk away with resources for the classroom #3—Robin Schwartz (Middle-High) **Moved to Session 4** “Empowering Students Who Ask ‘When Are We Ever Going to Use This Stuff?’” #4—JoAnne Mellia and Juliane Laverty (General) Room N-203 “Math and the SMARTboard” Activities that will help to enhance the math classroom using the SMARTboard. #5—Gary Furman, AMTNYS Vice-President (Middle) Room B-102 “Did They Read The Question?” Teaching students how to effectively read word problems. A strategic approach to improving student achievement. #6—Joseph Balcuk (Middle) Room K-110 “Birth of a Classroom Economy: Teaching Today’s Generation” Students are consumed with Playstation and Harry Potter fantasies. Learn innovative approaches to education by meeting The Merbs. Sample activities will be provided. #7—Brian Ferry (Middle-High) Room N-205 “Technology and the Internet: Engage Your Students” Examples of lessons that use technology and the internet that engage all different types of learners. #8—Laura Ingram-Shaffer (General) Room D-125 (Flat Lab) “Creating Math Worksheets in Microsoft Word” Learn how to use special features within Microsoft Word to group objects, construct graph grids, and create your own worksheets. #9—Fred Paul, RETIRED NYSED (High) Room K-101 “Enriching the High School Math Class” Some activities and ideas to help motivate both teachers and students #10—Chris Monahan (High) Room K-108 “Nspired Problem Solving” The new technology from TI gives us multiple opportunities for problem solving problems once reserved for the Calculus class. #11—Steve Reinhart (High) Room K-102 “Using Inquiry Based Pedagogy to Engage Students, Increase Retention, and Improve Test Scores” Learn how inquiry based pedagogy helps you reach all students and guide them toward success by incorporating multiple teaching strategies including investigations, dynamic representations, and opportunities for discussion. #12—Lee Fothergill (High) Room B-106 “Using the History of Mathematics in Your Classroom” Topics in the history of mathematics that can be integrated into your classroom. Projects will be discussed and handouts will be distributed so that you can use them in your classroom. #13—Mary Lou Gianetti and Lynda Vincent (High) Room N-204 “Activities and Projects for Precalculus” Participants will be introduced to activities and projects that can be used in the high school Precalculus classroom. #13A—Susan Allen (High) Room K-111 “Mathematics: The International Language” Pure mathematics has the power to express complex thoughts and patterns beautifully and succinctly. We will explore examples of wordless reason and the idea of proof. #45—Maria Michelsson (High) **Moved from Session 4** Room D-104 (Step Lab) “Growth and Cooling –Just Two Applications” Explore growth and decay, exponential, logarithmic, and logistic models. Using Newton’s Law of Cooling, participants will determine the time of a murder and also help to collect data necessary for a logistic growth model.

SESSION 2 (10:30 — 11:30) #14—Karen Bell (Elementary-Middle) Room K-101 “The Numeracy Club Project” Learn some games, read some children’s books, and consider alternative ways to develop understanding of children’s thinking. #15—Mickey Jo Sobierajski, AMTNYS President-Elect (Elementary) Room B-103 “Give Them Time to Think—Time Spent Here is Time Saved Later” Ideas and problems will be shared to empower your students to become confident problem solvers, good questioners, and critical thinkers. #16—Curt Boddie (Middle-High) Room B-102 “Behind Every Good Problem is an Even Better Problem” Enlarge your problem solving repertoire and help students understand that solutions are not an end, but a beginning.. #17—Joseph Kirkand (General) Room K-102 “Detecting Errors in Identification Numbers” Presenting methods that are used to detect errors in identification numbers when transmitted from one location to another. #18—Margo Lynn Mankus (Middle) Room N-205 “Using the TI-34 and Multiview for Exploration” Calculators are tools for validating student work, investigating patterns, and working with data. #19—Alan Alterman and Christine Boyer (Elementary-Middle) Room B-104 “Rocket Math” Build and launch your own plastic soda bottle rocket. Use trig to determine how high your rocket went. 5-4-3-2-1 Blast off! #20—Richard Kalman (Middle) Room B-108 “Cryptarithms: Teaching Arithmetic Through Breaking Codes” Cryptarithms are an enjoyable way to study the properties of computation. Participants will receive 30 classroom ready Math Olympiad problems. #21—Frank Sobierajski (Middle-High) Room N-203 “On the Shoulder of Technology” Using visual capabilities of computers and digital images—make your classroom come alive for 21st Century students. #22—Carl Curiale (Middle-High) Room K-111 “Content Skills + Process Skills = Problem Solving” Solve and discuss how, when, and where we can use non-routine problems can be used in the curriculum. #23—Frank Wattenberg (High) Room K-110 “Using Engaging, Real World Data to Learn Mathematics” Use low cost GSP units, digital cameras, and digital camcorders to collect engaging data from sports and other real world activities to learn mathematics. #24—Raymond Greenwell (High) Room K-109 “Mathematical Magic” Magic tricks based on mathematical principles will be performed. Students will learn how to do the tricks as well as the mathematics behind the tricks. #25—Vincent Doty (Middle-High) Room N-204 “Introducing TI-Nspire” An introduction to the latest revolutionary technology from TI. Participants will receive an hands on hour with this document based, menu driven tool. #26—Michelle Gaudio (High) Room B-106 “Using Layered Curriculum” Using layered curriculum in a secondary classroom which focuses on giving students choices and responsibility.

SESSION 3 (12:45 — 1:45) #27A—Judy Fanatuzzi (NYSED K-8 Curriculum Representative) *NEW* Auditorium “What’s Your Question?” Have your question answered by a representative from the NYSED Mathematics department. NOTE: All question cards must be returned to the registration desk by 11:30 #27—Mary McDonald (Elementary-Middle) Room B-103 “Razzle, Dazzle Math Strategies” This fast paced workshop identifies ways to help students develop problem solving strategies, increase comprehension of math vocabulary, and ways to use math across the curriculum. Participants will walk away with resources for the classroom #28—Elizabeth Johnson, AMTNYS President (Elementary) Room B-104 “Unparalleled Fun with Geometry” Many children who struggle in other areas of mathematics thrive and find success with geometry’s visual-spatial concepts. Come explore geometry concepts and standards using hands-on manipulatives, children’s literature, technology, and origami. #29—Richard Kalman (Elementary-Middle) Room B-108 “10 Amazing Problems and 50 More for Homework” These rich, engaging Math Olympiad problems spark student excitement as they deepen and strengthen understanding. Come and discuss multiple solutions as you strengthen your ingenuity. #30—John Vargas (General) Room B-102 “Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami-I’ve Got Your Number!” The level of destruction attributed to natural disasters is quantifiable. This session will focus on historical disasters. #31—Dana Morse (Middle-High) Room B-106 “TI-Nspire: Grasp the Math!” Come get up close and hands on with the latest in educational technology with TI-Nspire and TI-Nspire CAS. #32—Alice Dunning (Middle) Room K-101 “It’s Proportional—Or Is It?” Explore the concept of proportionality with pattern blocks, tangrams, and other materials. Solve problems involving topics ranging from tagging sharks to making a shirt for Gulliver. #33—Margo Lynn Mankus (Middle-High) Room N-205 “Algebra 1 and TI-Nspire” Use interactive representations to teach concepts. Come see TI-Nspire as a tool to reach more Algebra 1 students. #34—Elaine Hofstetter (Middle-High) Room K-110 “Check Out Storytelling Mathematics”” Participants will randomly select bank checks and create a story around that information. We will discuss the data collection concepts behind this activity. #35—Susan Allen (High) **CANCELLED** “Math With No Words” #35A—Kelly Brennan (Elementary) **NEW** Room K-111 “Math Activities to Enhance The Elementary Classroom” Activities that can be used to enhance participation and understanding of math concepts in the elementary classroom. #36—Chris Monahan (High) Room K-108 “Sliding Through Functional Analysis with TI” Sliders and paraameters provide easy visual experiences to the behavior of functions. #37—Abraham Mantell (High) **CANCELLED** “It Has to Be Righ…That’s What My Calculator Says!” #38—Mary Lou Gianetti and Lynda Vincent Room N-204 “You Can’t Have Enough Activities for Calculus” Participants will be engaged in activities that they can use with their Calculus students. Presenters will also demonstrate activities using the Nspire CAS calculator. #39—Jim Matthews, AMTNYS Past President (High) Room K-109 “Got Numbers? Got Algebra? We Got Connections That Will Motivate Your Students” Participants will explore mathematics that connects unusual number concepts to high school algebra. The material involves some beautiful patterns, some nice mathematical reasoning, and is intrinsically interesting to most students.

SESSION 4 (1:50 — 2:50) #40—Karen Bell (Elementary-Middle) Room K-101 “The Numeracy Club Project” Learn some games, read some children’s books, and consider alternative ways to develop understanding of children’s thinking. #41—Elizabeth Johnson, AMTNYS President (Elementary) Room B-104 “Unparalleled Fun with Geometry” Many children who struggle in other areas of mathematics thrive and find success with geometry’s visual-spatial concepts. Come explore geometry concepts and standards using hands-on manipulatives, children’s literature, technology, and origami. #42—Eric O’Brien (Elementary-Middle) Room B-103 “Multiple Ways to Multiply” Imagine creating the perfect lessons and preserving them for your students to view anytime, anywhere. The advent of the tablet computer, the Ipod, and the Internet make it possible, fun, and exciting. #43—Roberta Eisenberg (Middle-High) Room N-205 “TI-Nspire: The Capabilities of This New Gadget” Introduce your students to Pascal’s triangle and your classroom will never be the same. This visual masterpiece will unearth the mysteries of number theory and combinatorics. A triangle in your hallway turns your school into a museum #44—Dana Morse (Middle-High) Room B-106 “Nspiring Minds of All Ages” Participants will learn how to teach their students to identify and solve various kinds of ‘story problems’ in a step by step way, mastering one type before moving to another. Take home materials will be distributed. #45—Maria Michelsson (High) **Moved to Session 1** “Growth and Cooling –Just Two Applications” #46—Peter Arvanites (High) Room B-102 “Taking the Anxiety Out of Math Anxiety” This workshop offers hands on experiences at annotating a mathematical poem created by the students, teachers, or poets. Connections between mathematics and other forms of literature will be discussed. #47—Michael Siuta, TCMEA President and Elvira Scotto-Padavano (General) Room K-111 “Department Coordinator/Chairman Roundtable” Come and meet your colleagues from around the Ten County Region. Share contact information, ideas, and questions. #48—Joe Mahoney and Melissa Rossano Room K-110 “Problem Solving and Integrated Algebra” Use variations of TicTacToe, 24, and Nim to motivate and challenge your students. Create number cubes and raffles that engage students and promote communication. Easily incorporate these strategies while addressing learning styles. #49—Dr. John Loase (High) Room K-108 “Statistics—A Key to Personal and Professional Success” Participants will work in cooperative groups, do activities to teach math concepts and experience the benefits of using an inquiry approach to teaching high school mathematics. #50—Abraham Mantell (High) **CANCELLED** “Number Giants and Infinites” #51—Richard Kalman (High) Room B-108 “Just How Many Pythagorean Triples are There Anyway?” Participants will work in cooperative groups, do activities to teach math concepts and experience the benefits of using an inquiry approach to teaching high school mathematics. #3—Robin Schwartz (Middle-High) **Moved from Session 1** Room K-102 “Empowering Students Who Ask ‘When Are We Ever Going to Use This Stuff?’” The study of math broadens career choices, inspires critical thinking, and improves problem solving abilities while building confidence and persistence for academic, career, and personal success.