2009 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—John Titterton (Elementary-Middle) “The 10989 Times Table--- It is Amazing” #2—Marianne Strayton (Elementary) “Easy Ways to Extend Math OUTSIDE of the Math block” #3—Terri Steigelman-Johnson (General) “Using Graphic Organizers to Enhance Student’s Organizational Skills’ #4—Steve Reinhardt (High School) “Using Inquiry Pedagogy to Engage Students, Increase Retention and Improve Test Scores” #5—Chris Monahan (High School) “Move and Prove” #6 –Susan Allen (High School) “Imaginary Numbers are Real” #7—Gary Furman (Math Leadership) “Making Systemic Change for Improving Mathematics Achievement” #8—Janet Orwick and Tara Marshall (General) “Girls Talk, Boys Walk; Engaging All Learners” #9— Maria Blon (Elementary) “Teaching Fractions to Future Elementary Teachers” #10—Kelly Arent and Mary Pellegriti (Middle) “Making Math 8 FUN”

SESSION 2 (10:30 — 11:30) #11—Linda Fusco (Middle-High School) “Using Student Portfolios to Create lessons for At Risk Students” #12—Eric O’Brien (Middle) “Nested Polygons: Move from Counting To Pattern to Formula” #13—Joe Kirtland (High School) “Identification Numbers and Check Digit Schemes” #14—Mickey Jo Sobierajski (Elementary) “Math Talk” #15—Gary Furman (Math Leadership) “Developing Turnkeys Training for Embedded Professional Development” #16—Donna Davis (Middle) “Ratio: Proportion’s Equality” #17—Janet Ho (Elementary) “Making Math Centers Work for You” #18—Sharon Ciccone (Middle - High School) “Nspire, Probability and Special Needs Students” #19—Heather Whalen (High School) “Exploring with the TI-Nspire” #20—Leonisa Ardizzone (Elementary - Middle) “Using the Building Environment to Enrich Math Instruction”

SESSION 3 (12:45 — 1:45) #21—Elaine Hofstetter (Middle-High School) “Folding Your Way to Mathematics Learning and Communication” #22—Vince Doty (High School) “Geometry with TI-Nspire” #23—Erin O’Brien (Elementary-Middle) “Math Olympiads in Your Classroom” #24—Robin Schwartz (High School) “Exchanging Ideas and Strategies for Math B!” #25—Fred Paul (Middle) “Activities and Problems to Enhance the Math Classroom” #26—Frank Sobierajski (Middle- High School) “On the Shoulders of Technology” #27—George Mungo (High School) “Practical Manipulatives for the HS Math Class” #28—Kelly Brennan (Elementary) “Differentiation in the Elementary Math Classroom” #29—Brian Ferry (Middle-High School) “Reaching Digital Learners” #30—Laura Gallagher and Sandy Goldberg (Elementary) “A Recipe for Learning Math” #31—Nancy Zarach (Math Leadership) “Mathematics Leadership: In and Out of the Classroom”

SESSION 4 (1:50 — 2:50) #32—Dana Morse (Middle – High School) “Texas Instrument in the Math Classroom” #33—Maria Michelsson (Middle – High School) “Matrix- More than Just a Movie” #34—Michael Siuta and Elvira Scotto-Padavano (Math Leadership) “Round Table Discussion ” #35—Vincent Young (General) “The Math Behind the Market” #36—Peter Arvanites (Middle-High School) “Taking the Anxiety out of Math Anxiety” #37—Karen Bell (Middle) “Investigating Pi Through the History of Math” #38—Mark Tuckerman (High School) “Chemistry in the Virtual Laboratory” #39—M.W. Penn (Elementary) “Stories that Count” #40—Amy Creeden (Elementary) “SMART Boards in the Elementary math Classroom” #41—Tom Blon (High School) “Parabolas in Regents Physics: Practical Applications for the Math Classroom”