DC Math Ignite 6!
Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 6:30-8:00 pm
Please join us for the 6th DC Math Ignite! Come see math educators from around the city present exciting ideas about teaching math in DC, all in five-minute bursts! It's an opportunity to see different professional development ideas, all within an hour, and get new ideas to put into your practice this school year. It's also a wonderful time to network and meet other teachers trying innovative things in their classroom.
DC Math Ignite 6! will take place Tuesday, April 30, 2019 from 6:30-8:00 PM at Carnegie Institution for Science (1530 P Street N.W,, 1st floor large Conference Room 125 ). Please register for the event at tinyurl.com/DCIgnite6
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Modeled on The Math Forum's Ignite Talks, Math ƒor America DC Master Teacher Will Stafford hosts this year's DC Math Ignite 6! at Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P Street N.W., 1st floor large conference room 125, from 6:30-8:00pm.
We hope you can join us at the event and look forward to celebrating teaching math in DC with you!
Below you can view samples of past Ignite Talks given by Math ƒor America DC Teachers. If you're interested in attending the next DC Math Ignite or want to learn more about the event, contact us.
We hope you can join us at the event and look forward to celebrating teaching math in DC with you!
Below you can view samples of past Ignite Talks given by Math ƒor America DC Teachers. If you're interested in attending the next DC Math Ignite or want to learn more about the event, contact us.
Past Ignite Talks
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Finding the E FactorReconnecting with the joy and fun inherent in mathematics with MƒA DC Master Teacher Noelani Davis. Noelani explains the necessity and urgency of preserving the joy of math in the classroom. She shares her own lessons and other resources.
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Planning for SuccessMost math teachers are very familiar with the question, "when am I going to need this?" MƒA DC Master Teacher David Tansey took that age old question and turned it into a math project for his students.
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Proposing a Critique ProtocolMƒA DC Master Teacher and 2014 DC Teacher of the Year, Bill Day talks about how he uses a critique protocol to help students take pride in and ownership of their mathematical work.
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Making Math BeautifulMany students see math as a dry and uncreative subject. MƒA DC Fellow Dale Glasspiegel explains how he uses the intersection of art and math to engage his students and broaden their understanding of what math is.
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