Teaching math can feel isolating, but short virtual meetups provide support and inspiration. In this session, we’ll brainstorm topics—like teaching first-time courses or managing co-requisites—that can spark year-long discussions. Ideal for first-time attendees or those seeking ongoing collaboration.
For fun, we will discuss the tools needed to parameterize a torus, find its parameterization, and use it to generate an interesting curve in space. This could be used in MAT 273, as a club talk, or as the start of a student project.
Using Math on the job is not intuitive! Engage in debate why using math on the job can be a challenge and how to subject your students to more realistic demands of doing math at work. Leave with activities developed from business and industry for your classroom.
Do you struggle to create discussion posts students really engage in? Are you frustrated seeing posts are just created by AI? In this session, I will share some meaningful discussion posts that really help students engage in an online class, address the use of AI, and brainstorm RSI requirements.
While educators rattle off the basic theorem, they do not recognize the interrelationships among the primal Pythagorean triples. Enjoy observing the a, b and c values and share with your students the ways they can observe more than they’ve seen before.
Foldables are hands-on tools rooted in constructivist theories, fostering engagement, creativity, and retention. Evaluated in MAT 171/172, they excel in test prep and course alignment, while also considering critical thinking skills. Recommendations include analytical tasks and group exercises.
