2019 Sessions

TMC in NYC 2019: Session Schedule

Strands: Math and Democracy (M&D); Classroom Applications (C); Math Outside the Classroom (MO); Rethinking Math Institutions (RMI)

		Day 1: Wednesday August 14		Day 2: Thursday August 15		Day 3: Friday August 16
9:30 – 10:00		Opening Greeting
10:15 – 11:00	Morning Session #1	Congressional Apportionment Kate Belin	Formative Assessment Through Clinical Interviews Nicole Fletcher	Family Math Nights Laura Marks	To Infinity and Beyond Christopher Chilas	Humanizing Mathematics: Using Open Problems to Help Students Identify with Mathematicians Kimberly Elicker	Visualization Through Mathematica Ajeet Gary
11:15 – 12:00	Morning Session #2	Math as Democracy James Cleveland	Beyond Euclid in High School Geometry Rochy Flint & Salvatore Giunta	Parents as Advocates  Robin Schwartz	Helping Kids Memorize Facts Without Hurting Them Michael Pershan	Making Homework More Meaningful Andrea Kung	A Tale of Two Trigs: Bridging the Gap Between Right Triangle and Unit Circle Trigonometry Patrick Aquino
12:00 – 1:00		Lunch
1:00 – 1:30	My Favorites Quick sharing of ideas	What Mr. Palacios is Reading – Brian Palacios #MakeMathJust – Andrea Kung & Carl Oliver Numberlines – Paula Beardell Krieg A Choice of Raises – Glen Konstantin		Origami Fireworks – Paula Beardell Krieg Ben’s Favorite Equations – Benjamin Dickman Graceful Trees and other mathematical joys from Matt Parker – Christopher Chilas Help students look for and make use of structure – Glen Konstantin		Subitizing Quick Images  & Fraction Resources – Nicole Fletcher Remember to Follow the Butterflies – Todd Feitelson Have students write in math class – Patrick Aquino A simple game played with gorgeous cards raises some interesting probability questions – Paula Beardell Krieg
	Doing Math	Sidewalk Math with Brian Palacios (#sidewalkmath)		Islamic Art with Rebecca Kleinbart		Continued Fractions with Katherine Maschmeyer
2:45 – 3:30	Afternoon Session #1	Hands-on Gerrymandering: a Map-Making Experience Kate Belin / Lauren Brady	Falling Irrationally in Love with the #ThinkingClassroom Carl Oliver	Math is More than a Measuring Stick Carl Oliver	Minimizing Distance Using Soap Films Todd Feitelson	#DisruptMaths Benjamin Dickman	Exploring Mathematical Play Tables
3:45 – 4:30	Afternoon Session #2	Voting Theory Todd Feitelson	Making Mathematical Art David Price	More Sidewalk Math (Flex Session)	The Future of TMCNYC: Discussion and Planning Forum	Flex Session	Flex Session

 

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