1. Molloy College & Texas Instruments
Present:
Teachers Teaching with Technology
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T Regional Conference
Friday, November 5 & Saturday, November 6, 2010
Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NY
Co-Sponsored by the:
Nassau County Association of Mathematics Supervisors;
Nassau County Mathematics Teachers Association and
Association of the Teachers of Mathematics of New York City
Over 40 speakers, 60 topics and 80 sessions to choose from.
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2. 3
T Regional Conference
November 5 & 6, 2010 ● Molloy College ● Rockville Centre, NY
Conference Description Keynote Speaker – Frank Sobierajski
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This T Regional Conference is designed to help The Keynote Speaker on Friday, November 5th will
educators integrate TI technology into your be Frank Sobierajski. Frank is the Data Manager for
classroom. You will be able to choose from a variety the Association of Mathematics Teachers of NY State
of sessions to meet your individual needs. The and has spent 32 years in education. He has taught
sessions are designed for both new, as well as middle and high school mathematics as well as
experienced, math and science teachers in grades K computer science and computer engineering. He has
through 12. Each session will be full of ideas for you spent his last 10 years as his district’s technology and
to take back to your classroom. math coordinator. He has been an adjunct instructor
What you can expect from this conference: of computer science at SUNY Oswego and an
• Attend beginner through advanced sessions instructor of computer engineering for Syracuse
• Learn from experienced educators University Project Advance. In addition, as a doctoral
• Choose from hands-on and demonstration student he supervised student teachers in the field
sessions for new and experienced educators and has taught graduate courses in mathematics
• Network with other educators from your region education at Syracuse University and is currently an
• Receive lots of great classroom activities and ideas adjunct with UC Berkeley's Extension Program.
• Exchange ideas with others who are trying new He has presented at 11 national conferences as
techniques in their classrooms well as dozens of state and regional conferences. He
• Acquire the latest news on TI technology has directed 3 summer institutes for the Association
of Mathematics Teachers of NY State including this
• Return to your classroom with a renewed
summer’s STEM Institute with STANYS and NYSTEA.
enthusiasm for teaching
Dates/Times Sessions Location
The conference will be given in the Wilbur Arts
The conference will be offered on Friday, November
Center on Friday and Saturday, Molloy College, 1000
5 from 8:00 a.m. - 2:45/3:00 p.m. and on Saturday,
Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY, 11571.
November 6 from 8:00 a.m.- 12:45/1:00 p.m. at
Travel directions will be sent with your confirmation.
Molloy College. Molloy College is an independent,
If you should need hotel arrangements, please call
comprehensive college located on a 25-acre campus
516-678-5000 ext. 6483 or visit us on the web at
in Rockville Centre, Long Island, just forty minutes
www.molloy.edu/t3 for a list of area hotels.
from the heart of New York City.
The Conference will offer the following sessions:
Registration
Friday: an Opening General Session, followed by a
To register for the conference, please follow the
90-minute concurrent session, lunch/raffle, a
registration instructions on the registration form on
50-minute concurrent session and then a
the back of this brochure. Fees are as follows:
75/90-minute concurrent session in the afternoon.
Registration Periods/Dates Two Days One-Day
Saturday: a morning 90-minute concurrent session,
Regular Reg. 7/16 - 10/22 $95 $55
followed by a 50-minute concurrent session, a
Late Registration after 10/22 $105 $65
break/raffle, and a 75/90-minute concurrent session.
Pre-Service Teachers by 10/22 No Charge
The Agenda and Concurrent Session descriptions (Student ID required at check in)
can be found on the pages that follow. Registration is limited. In-person registration the
Attendees have the option of registering for both day of the conference is on a space available basis
days or for just one day: Friday or Saturday. and cannot be guaranteed.
A continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday and Refund Policy: A full refund will be granted as long
a buffet lunch on Friday are included in the price of as you contact us by October 22nd. Refunds will not
the conference. be granted after October 22nd; however substitutions
can be made until November 5th at no charge.
For Further Information
Please visit our website at: www.molloy.edu/t3
T3 or e-mail: lcino@molloy.edu
Regional Conference Agenda Over $500 in door prizes from
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3. T3 Regional Conference Agenda
Friday, November 5
8:00 -
8:30 - 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. (F-1) 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. (F-2) 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 2:45/3:00 p.m. (F-3)
8:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Registration Opening F-IA, Algebra with TI-Nspire F-2A, A Journey Through the TI-84's Lunch and Raffle F-3A, Car for Sale: Was $50,000, now $500
and General Statistical Graphs Session canceled Session canceled
Continental Session F-IB, An Inspired Look at Geometry F-2B, Algebra for the Struggling Learner with F-3B, Evolution: Foundations in Vivo and in
Breakfast Technology Silico Session canceled
F-IC, An Introduction to CAS Technology F-2C Enhance Your Geometry Lessons with F-3C, Geometer's Sketch Pad
(TI-89 and VOYAGE 200) Session canceled Cabri Jr. on the Graphing Calculator
F-ID, How a Calculator Actually F-2D, Explorations of Online Teacher F-3D, Google for Educators
Determines A Linear Regression Session Resources
canceled
F-IE, Increasing Student Success Using F-2E, From Sigma to Eternity: the Endless F-3E, I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a
On-Line Homework Exploration of Sequences and Series SMART Board: 6-8
F-IF, Journey to the Centers of a Triangle F-2F, I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a F-3F, Introduction to Cabri Jr.
Session canceled SMART Board: K-5
F-IG, Learn All About Smart View 3.0 F-2G, Math Nspire F-3G, Look, Ma, No Calculator!
F-IH, Let's Get Series F-3H, New Geometry Software for Elementary
Grades Session canceled
F-II, Real World Data in a Virtual F-2H, Moving with Three Variables: t, x, y F-3I, Nspire Navigator in the Algebra Two Trig
Environment Session canceled Classroom
F-IJ, Teaching Geometry with Quilts and F-2I, Navigating through Middle Level Math F-3J, Nspire Navigator Interactive Classroom
Stained Glass (K-5)
F-IK, TI-84 In the Middle Grades F-2J, Smart Board/Superbowl F-3K, TI-84 New OS and Algebra I
F-IL, TI-Interactive - The Best Kept Secret F-2K, TI CBL 2 System as a Science F-3L, TI-Nspire and the High School Math
Laboratory Tool Session canceled Class
F-IM TI-Navigator in the Secondary Math F-3M, Using Algebra Nspired in the
Classroom Classroom Session canceled
F-IN, Using Technology in Elementary F-2L, Trade In your TI Nspire for a new one F-3N, Using Sliders and Parameters in
School Session canceled with the Touchpad Session canceled Analyzing Families of Functions
F-IO, What’s New in the TI-Nspire 2.1 F-2M, Using the TI-Nspire in Algebra 2 and F-3O, Using Technology in Elementary School
Operating System? Session canceled Trig Session canceled
F-2N, Using the TI-Nspire in Geometry F-3P, What's New in the TI-84 2.5 MP
Session canceled Operating System? Session canceled
F-IP, You Mean They Already Made My F-2O, Come See the New Nspire Operating
Lessons? System 2.1 Session Added
Saturday, November 6
8:00 - 11:10 -
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. (S-1) 10:15 - 11:05 a.m. (S-2) 11:30 a.m. - 12:45/1:00 p.m. (S-3)
8:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
Registration S-IA, An Inspired Look at Geometry S-2A, Algebra for the Struggling Learner with Morning S-3A, Applications to Enhance Learning
and Technology Break and
Continental S-IB, An Introduction to CAS Technology (TI- S-2B, Combining TI's Smartview With Your Raffle S-3B, Calculator Explorations That Improve Student
Breakfast 89 and VOYAGE 200) Session canceled Smartboard -- a sharing of ideas! Understanding of Limits and Derivatives
S-IC, Car for Sale: Was $50,000, now $500 S-2C, Discovering the Definition of a Parabola S-3C, Geometric Constructions Using GeoGebra
S-ID, Extending the Pythagorean Theorem to S-2D, Explorations of Online Teacher Resources S-3D, How a Calculator Actually Determines A
the Quadrilateral Session canceled Linear Regression
S-IE, Fun With Data Collection S-2E, I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a S-3E, I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a SMART
SMART Board: K-5 Board: 6-8
S-IF, Hands-on with the TI Smart View 3.1 S-2F, It Has to be Right, That’s What My S-3F, Integrating TI-Smartview & SMART Board to
Calculator ‘Says’ !!! Increase Student Engagement
S-IG, I Didn't Know the TI-34 Could Do That! S-2G, Moving with Three Variables: t, x, y S-3G, Learn All About Smart View 3.0 Session
Session canceled canceled
S-IH, Incorporating TI Nspire CAS in an S-2H, Nspire your Algebra and Geometry?? S-3H, Leveraging the Nspire Navigator to
Inclusion Classroom Session canceled Differentiate Instruction
S-II, Journey to the Centers of a Triangle S-2I, TI CBL 2 System as a Science Laboratory S-3I, New Geometry Software for Elementary
Tool Session canceled Grades
S-IJ, Let's Get Series Session canceled S-3J, These are a Few of My Favorite Things
S-IK, Real World Data in a Virtual Environment S-2J, Trade In your TI Nspire for a new one with S-3K, TI-Nspire and the High School Math Class
the Touchpad Session canceled
S-IL, Take It to the Limit S-2K, Using Cabri Jr. Geometry in Algebra Class S-3L, Using Algebra Nspired in the Classroom
S-IM, Teaching Geometry with Quilts and Session canceled Session canceled
Stained Glass (K-5)
S-IN, TI-84 In the Middle Grades S-2L, Using the TI-Nspire in Algebra 2 and Trig S-3M, Using the Regression on the TI84 to Obtain
S-IO, Using Sliders and Parameters in S-2M, Using the TI-Nspire in Geometry Equations Session canceled
Analyzing Families of Functions Session S-2N, Using the TI-Nspire to Explore Graph S-3N, What's New in the TI-84 2.5 MP Operating
canceled Theory Session canceled System? Session canceled
S-2O, Come See the New Nspire Operating
System 2.1 Session Added
4. Concurrent Session Descriptions
The Concurrent Session descriptions can be found on the following four pages. The descriptions are arranged in alphabetical order.
Session(s): refers to the days (F= Friday, S=Saturday) and times that sessions will be offered. Concurrent session times can be found on the Agenda.
Participant level: refers to the suggested skill level of the participant, B = Beginner, I = Intermediate, A = Advanced
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Session Max: is the maximum number allowed in a session, sessions may close out; please indicate a 1 & 2 choice of sessions on your registration.
A Journey Through the TI-84's Statistical Graphs Come See the New Nspire Operating System 2.1 – Sessions added!
Presenter: Brian Shedrow, Great Neck South High School Presenter: Fran Bellows Levy, Texas Instruments
Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: 6-12 Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: Various
Session canceled Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 30
See all the features of this new FREE OS. The interface is simplified .Bring
Algebra for the Struggling Learner with Technology your unit and leave with the new OS.
Presenter: Sonja Barrera, Massapequa High School AMES Campus
Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: various Discovering the Definition of a Parabola
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30 Presenter: Stan Pappo
Do you teach students who are having trouble with the Integrated Algebra Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12
curriculum? This workshop will help you better incorporate the technology that Participant Level: I Session Max: 30
your students are already using to help them be successful on the Integrated Students discover the definition of the parabola in four ways using TI-Nspire:
Algebra Regents. We will focus on using the Smart-View emulator to both visually, geometrically, algebraically, and graphically.
present and model student activities. You will learn about the awesome
features of the FREE upgrade to the new 2.53MP operating system for the TI- Enhance Your Geometry Lessons with Cabri Jr. on the Graphing
84. Calculator
Presenter: Dr. Susan Smith, Molloy College
Algebra with TI-Nspire Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Presenter: Ann Davidian, Gen Douglas MacArthur HS Participant Level: B Session Max: 25
Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 9-12 We will look at the basic operations of Cabri Jr. focusing on the triangle. This
Participant Level: B Session Max: 25 workshop does not assume any previous knowledge of the Graphing
When students are involved in a lesson, they form a deeper understanding of Calculator or the Cabri Jr. Application.
the material. TI-Nspire's dynamically linked representations provide students
with multi-representations of a problem. This enables students to explore Evolution: Foundations in Vivo and in Silico
different problem-solving techniques. Come and see what everyone is talking Presenter: Dr. Natalie Hammerman and Dr. Anthony Tolvo, Molloy College
about. Bring home some great activities to use with your class. Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: B Session Max: 25
An Inspired Look at Geometry Session canceled
Presenter: Vincent Doty
Session(s): F1 and S1 Grade Levels: Various Explorations of Online Teacher Resources
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 30 Presenter: Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale Public Schools
Using TI Nspire to enhance the teaching of geometry. Participants will use Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: K-12
material from mathnspired.com. They will also learn to create constructions Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30
and explore geometry through the NY State standards and nygeometry.com. Veteran teachers or Pre-service teachers - why recreate the wheel? Explore
some of the resources available for use in your classroom. Student
An Introduction to CAS Technology (TI-89 and VOYAGE 200) worksheets, teacher lessons, interactive activities, and more. Bring your own
Presenter: Jay Schiffman, Rowan University favorite sites to share.
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled Extending the Pythagorean Theorem to the Quadrilateral
Presenter: Eugene Olmstead, T3 National Instructor
Applications to Enhance Learning Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Presenter: Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale Public Schools Session Canceled
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30 From Sigma to Eternity: the Endless Exploration of Sequences and
Use the TI-84+ applications to decrease “chalk ‘n talk” and increase Series
understanding. An overview on integrating applications like WhatAngle, Presenter: Christine Healy, Bethpage High School
AreaFrm, ProSim, Transfrm, AlgPrt1 and more into your curriculum. Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: Various Session Max: 25
Calculator Explorations That Improve Student Understanding of Limits This workshop will cover Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences, as well as
and Derivatives Arithmetic, Geometric and Infinite Series with an eye toward making this topic
Presenter: Kenneth Collins, Charlotte Latin School simpler for Int Alg II and trig students and their teachers. Hand-outs and
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 9-12 powerpoints will be utilized.
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 30
We will use classroom ready handouts that allow students to explore examples Fun With Data Collection
that help them improve their understanding of limits and derivatives. All Presenter: Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale Public Schools
participants will receive a copy of these examples. All levels of caclculator Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12
users are welcome. Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30
Use the CBL2 (Calculator Based Lab) and the CBR (motion detector) to collect
Car for Sale: Was $50,000, now $500 "real-world" data for linear, quadratic, exponential, and sinusoidal regression.
Presenter: Gurkan Kose, Apple Educational Services, Inc. Experiment with light probes, temperature probes, microphones and more!
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12 Use EasyData probes for a quick introduction to a lesson.
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 25
Participants will engage in an interactive workshop in which they will calculate
the value of a car over time using TI-Nspire. The handheld will allow them to Geometer's Sketch Pad
manipulate and view multiple representations of the problem at once. Presenter: Peter Hollenstein, Molloy College
Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: Various
Combining TI's Smartview With Your Smartboard -- a sharing of ideas! Participant Level: Various Session Max: 12
Presenter: Richard Schiller, St. John the Baptist Learn how to use GSP to draw lines, circles and polygons. Using these
Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: Various constructions, you will be able to lead your students into discovering the
Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 30 various properties of specific shapes, e.g. isosceles triangles, parrallelograms,
Come with an idea that you want to share with the group. How do you use hexagons, circles with chords, secants and tangents. The basic NY State
Smartview and your Smartboard in your high school math classes (Algebra Constructions will be addressed. In addition, you will learn how to construct
through Calculus). Take a few minutes and present to the group or come and regular polygons and overlapping triangles. Bring a flashdrive to save your
perhaps gain some new ideas! work.
5. Geometric Constructions Using GeoGebra the different Emulators available and discuss different ways they can be
Presenter: Salvatore Petrilli, Jr, Adelphi University utilized in a math classroom to enhance student understanding and
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 9-12 engagement.
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 12
With the introduction of a new Geometry curriculum in NYS, it has become Introduction to Cabri Jr.
necessary to have dynamical software which can aid in the teaching of proofs Presenter: Les Kellner, Baldwin High School
and abstract reasoning. Geometric constructions Using GeoGebra is an Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: Various
interactive computer program that uses free software package GeoGebra and Participant Level: B Session Max: 15
will allow students to assemble the geometric constructions found in the New Participants will learn the basics of this dynamic software. Activities will
York State curriculum. In addition, the presentation will serve as an include: measurement of angles, segments, area, perimeter, basic
introduction to GeoGebra, as well as a forum for all attendees to try the constructions and suggestions on how to use this software in the geometry
computer program and learn about its usage in the classroom. classroom.
Google for Educators It Has to be Right, That's What My Calculator ‘Says’!!!
Presenter: Tina Mancuso, The Sage Colleges Presenter: Abraham Mantell, Nassau Community College
Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: 9-12 Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30 Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30
This workshop will introduce mathematics teachers to some of the Googles Through the use of some well-chosen examples, this presentation shows how
tools for education. Participants need a gmail account to attend. students can be easily misled by the use of technology (both calculators and
math software), and in some cases get wrong answers! Thus, emphasizing the
Hands-on with the TI Smart View 3.1 need for a deeper understanding of the mathematical principles involved.
Presenter: Martha Green, Molloy College
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: Various Journey to the Centers of a Triangle
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 12 Presenter: William Caroscio, T3 Instructor
Bring a laptop and a flash drive. Leave with 30 day trial of TI-SmartView 3.1 Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12
and hands-on practice saving, loading and transferring data from one computer Participant Level: I Session Max: 25
to another. Experience with the SmartView not necessary. This workshop will How many centers does a triangle have? Come and investigate some known
concentrate on maximizing the features of this software which allows teachers and not so popular centers.
to use their emulators on any Smart View, in any location.
Learn All About Smart View 3.2
How a Calculator Actually Determines A Linear Regression Presenter: Martha Green, Molloy College
Presenter: Paul Schwiegerling, Buffalo State College Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: Various
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: Pre-Service Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 25
Participant Level: I, A Session Max: 30 The improvements to the newest version Smart View 3.0 will be analyzed.
A concise review of how the calculator calculates. A review of the Algebra and Management techniques, how to transfer files between a flash drive and Smart
Graph theory involved. Bring your calculator! View, and numerous other little known facts about this amazing tool will be
discussed.
I Didn't Know the TI-34 Could Do That!
Presenter: Sonja Barrera, Massapequa High School AMES Campus Let's Get Series
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 6-8 Presenter: Robert Anderson, Stony Brook University (SUNY)
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30 Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: Various
Did you know that you could use the TI-34 to find the rule of a function or to Participant Level: A Session Max: 30
evaluate expressions with variables? Learn about all of the great features of The concepts of sequences, series and convergence are often difficult for
the TI-34. students to understand. The TI83/84 calculators have wonderful features that
allow us to create sequences and series and to visualize them. We start with
I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a SMART Board: 6-8 using the calculator to generate sequence on the home screen and to graph
Presenter: Matthew Ringh, Tequipment, Inc them in the sequence mode. This will allow us to observe how the sequences
Session(s): F3 and S3 Grade Levels: 6-8 and series behave and to "see" what the N - epsilon definition of convergence
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 30 means. If time allows we will look at Maclaurin Series and actually watch the
This interacive session will focus on inserting rich media into SMART Notebook series approximate a given function more and more accurately as the number
Software. Among the topics covered will be Interactive Teaching Programs, of terms increases. Previous experience with sequences and series will be
Sound, Video, Shockwave Flash, Animated GIF's, Applets and Math Games. helpful.
I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a SMART Board: K-5 Leveraging the Nspire Navigator to Differentiate Instruction
Presenter: Matthew Ringh, Tequipment, Inc Presenter: Howard Stern, DeWitt Clinton High School
Session(s): F2and S2 Grade Levels: Elementary Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: Various
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 30 Participant Level: B Session Max: 30
This interacive session will focus on inserting rich media into SMART Notebook Learn how the Nspire Navigator can help you to address the needs of all the
Software. Among the topics covered will be Interactive Teaching Programs, students in your classes. Session is intended for people familiar with Nspire
Sound, Video, Shockwave Flash, Animated GIF's Applets,and Math Games. but new to Navigator.
Incorporating TI Nspire CAS in an Inclusion Classroom Look, Ma, No Calculator!
Presenter: Anna Panova, Lawrence High School Presenter: A. Jorge Garcia, Baldwin High School
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12 Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled Participant Level: I Session Max: 12
How to teach mathematics with technology. We will compare TI-83/84 to
Increasing Student Success Using On-Line Homework Sage, a computer algebra system. In addition, we will talk about recording
Presenter: Tina Mancuso, The Sage Colleges your class for youtube.
Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30 Math Nspire
This presentation will introduce mathematics teachers to the various on-line Presenter: Ann Davidian, Gen Douglas MacArthur HS
homework programs available. Packages to be discussed include WebAssign, Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: 9-12
MathZone and Course Compass. The author will also discuss the results from Participant Level: B Session Max: 25
implementing an online homework system. Come and see some TI Nspire activies that you can bring back to your classes.
These activities are taken from the TI website and come complete with student
Integrating TI-SmartView and SMART Board to Increase activity sheets, teacher notes and files.
Student Engagement
Presenter: Anna Panova, Lawrence High School
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 6-12
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 20
In this session participants will explore different ways to incorporate TI
Emulator Software in a classroom with a SMART Board. We will take a look at
6. Moving with Three Variables: t, x, y These are a Few of My Favorite Things
Presenter: Dr. Maxine Lifshitz, Friends Academy Presenters: Pam O'Brien and Aaron Tam, Ward Melville High School
Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: 9-12 Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Sessions canceled Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 30
Come and sample some of our favorite activities from Algebra II/Pre-Calc,
Navigating through Middle Level Math Geometry, Statistics & Calculus. This is a hands-on session where participants
Presenter: Caryl Lorandini, Carle Place MS will be encouraged to explore. Be prepared to have some fun and leave with
Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: 6-8 some new ideas.
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 25
Have fun exploring Middle Level lessons with the TI-Navigator. You will have TI CBL 2 System as a Science Laboratory Tool
as much fun as your students when you learn how to incorporate the Navigator Presenter: Roger Gennari, Molloy College
in your lessons. Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: 6-12
Participant Level: B Session Max: 25
New Geometry Software for Elementary Grades Sessions canceled
Presenter: Roberta M. Eisenberg
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: Elementary TI-84 In the Middle Grades
Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30 Presenter: Dr. Michelle Merriweather, College of New Rochelle
Come see what the soon-to-be-released Cabri Elementary can do! Session(s): F1 and S1 Grade Levels: 6-8
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30
Nspire Navigator in the Algebra Two Trig Classroom This session will go over activities to use in the Middle Grades classroom.
Presenter: Lawrence Maggio, Plainedge High School
Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: 9-12 TI-84 New OS and Algebra I
Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 30 Presenter: Vincent Doty,
This session will focus on how the new TI Nspire Navigator can be used to help Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: Various
ensure student understandings for the state wide Algebra Two and Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 30
Trigonometry Course. Sharing tns files as well as using screen capture and Participants will be familiarized with the features of OS 2.53. A close look at
quick polls will be implemented in topics ranging from function analysis to factoring, writing radicals in simplest form and where/how your ti-84+ could be
graphing trig functions all while using a Smartboard. used on the Algebra I Regents.
Nspire Navigator Interactive Classroom TI-Interactive - The Best Kept Secret
Presenter: Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale Public Schools Presenter: Jo Ann Miltenberg, Farmingdale Public Schools
Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: Various Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: I Session Max: 30 Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30
TI-Nspire Navigator wireless remote learning system sends documents and Put an end to cut and pasting. Use Interactive software to create graphs and
analyzes data. Quick poll and the "live presenter" feature check for tables, import calculator screens, collect data and search online. The All-In-
understanding and increases student engagement. Pre-made One program.
action/consequence documents promote discussion.
TI-Navigator in the Secondary Math Classroom
Nspire your Algebra and Geometry ?? Presenter: Lawrence Maggio, Plainedge High School
Presenter: Brittany Zweibel, Gen Douglas MacArthur HS Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12 Participant Level: I, A Session Max: 30
Participant Level: B Session Max: 20 This session will focus on how the TI Navigator can be used to help ensure
Activities for your algebra and geometry classes will be shared during this student understandings at the secondary level. Courses ranging from Algebra
session. Two and Trig, Precalculus and AP Calculus will be discussed. Using the new
TI-84 operating system attendees will log into Navigator and participate in
Real World Data in a Virtual Environment lessons using Activity Center, Screen Capture, Quick Polls and Learn Checks.
Presenter: Matthew Ringh, Tequipment, Inc
Session(s): F1 and S1 Grade Levels: 9-12 TI-Nspire and the High School Math Class
Participant Level: I, A Session Max: 30 Presenter: Tara Koebel, W.T. Clarke HS
In this hands-on session we will explore how the SMART Board Interactive Session(s): F3 and S3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Whiteboard can be used as a hub to collect, analyze and present data. This Participant Level: B Session Max: 25
session will deomonstrate how the combined power of the TI-Smartview, the Explore the TI-Nspire calculator for the first time. We will walk through all the
Calculator Based Laboratory (CBL-2), and SMART Notebook Math Tools, can basic applications as well as new updates to this calculator. Share and receive
be used to explore and explain the world around us. documents that can be used every day.
Smart Board/Superbowl Trade In your TI Nspire for a new one with the Touchpad
Presenter: Sharon Ciccone, SW BOCES Presenter: Fran Bellows Levy, Texas Instruments
Session(s): F2 Grade Levels: Various Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: Various
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 25 Session canceled- call 800-TI CARES to trade in your unit.
Uses statistics from 2007 superbowl to do data analysis, box-whiskers, five
number summary, linear regression. Using Algebra Nspired in the Classroom
Presenter: Dr. Michelle Merriweather, College of New Rochelle
Take It to the Limit Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: Various
Presenters: Pam O'Brien and Aaron Tam, Ward Melville High School Session canceled
Session(s): S1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: I Session Max: 30 Using Cabri Jr. Geometry in Algebra Class
The use of the TI-Nspire to find the definiation of the limit of a sequence Presenter: Christopher Monahan, Niskayuna High School
intuitively will be explored in this session. Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled
Teaching Geometry with Quilts and Stained Glass (K-5)
Presenter: Roberta M. Eisenberg Using Sliders and Parameters in Analyzing Families of Functions
Session(s): F-1 and S1 Grade Levels: Elementary Presenter: Christopher Monahan, Niskayuna High School
Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30 Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Using patterns found in quilts (made by a friend) and stained glass Participant Level: Various Session Max: 30
tessellations (made by the presenter), topics such as geometric Graphing technology allows us to efficiently sutdy families of functions from
transformations, properties of quadrilaterals and circles, and other concepts will Algebra 1 through Slope Fields. We'll play with functions in rectangular, polar
be discussed. Class projects can be made relatively easily; the "quilts" require and parametric form.
no fabric or sewing and the "stained glass" requires no glass.
7. Using Technology in Elementary School What's New in the TI-84 2.5 MP Operating System?
Presenter: Maria Scognamiglio-Higuera, Munsey Park Presenter: Sonja Barrera, Massapequa High School AMES Campus
Session(s): F3 Grade Levels: Elementary Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled Session canceled
Using the Regression on the TI84 to Obtain Equations What's New in the TI-Nspire 2.1 Operating System?
Presenter: Helen Rodney, Samuel Compers CTE High School Presenter: Sonja Barrera, Massapequa High School AMES Campus
Session(s): S3 Grade Levels: Various Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled Session canceled
Using the TI-Nspire in Algebra 2 and Trig You Mean They Already Made My Lessons?
Presenter: Robyn Poulsen, Lake Placid Middle/High School Presenter: Sharon Ciccone, SW BOCES
Session(s): F2 and S2 Grade Levels: 9-12 Session(s): F1 Grade Levels: 6-12
Participant Level: B Session Max: 30 Participant Level: B, I, A Session Max: 12
The Nspire will be used as my student notebook, textbook and calculator in Learn how to use the mathnspired website with prepared lessons
2010-2011. I'll share favorite lessons and provide tips for successfully creating Video clips and activities to correspond to your lessons.
your own lessons.
Using the TI-Nspire in Geometry
Presenter: Tammy Casey, Lake Placid High School
Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Participant Level: B, I Session Max: 25
The Nspires has been used as my students notebook for the past year. I will
share some of my favorite lessons and provie tips for creating your own lesson.
Using TI-Nspire to Explore Graph Theory
Presenter: Anna Panova, Lawrence High School
Session(s): S2 Grade Levels: 9-12
Session canceled
Concurrent Session Speakers/Session Titles
Robert Anderson: Let's Get Series Anna Panova: Incorporating TI Nspire CAS in an Inclusion Classroom; Integrating
Sonja Barrera: Algebra for the Struggling Learner with Technology; I Didn't Know the TI-SmartView and SMART Board to Increase
TI-34 Could Do That!; What's New in the TI-84 2.5 MP Operating System?; What's Student Engagement; Using TI-Nspire to Explore Graph Theory
New in the TI-Nspire 2.0 Operating System? Stan Pappo: Discovering the Definition of a Parabola
Fran Bellows Levy : Trade In your TI Nspire for a new one with the Touchpad; Come Salvatore Petrilli, Jr.: Geometric Constructions Using GeoGebra
See the New Nspire Operating System 2.1 Robyn Poulsen: Using the TI-Nspire in Algebra 2 and Trig
William Caroscio: Journey to the Centers of a Triangle Matthew Ringh: I Didn't Know You Could Do That on a SMART Board: 6-8; I Didn't
Tammy Casey: Using the TI-Nspire in Geometry; You Mean They Already Made My Know You Could Do That on a SMART Board: K-5; Real World Data in a Virtual
Lessons? Environment
Kenneth Collins: Calculator Explorations That Improve Student Understanding of Helen Rodney: Using the Regression on the TI84 to Obtain Equations
Limits and Derivatives Jay Schiffman: An Introduction to CAS Technology (TI-89 and VOYAGE 200)
Ann Davidian: Algebra with TI-Nspire; Math Nspire Richard Schiller: Combining TI's Smartview With Your Smartboard -- a sharing of
Vincent Doty: An Inspired Look at Geometry; TI-84 New OS and Algebra I ideas!
Roberta M. Eisenberg: New Geometry Software for Elementary Grades, Teaching Paul Schwiegerling: How a Calculator Actually Determines A Linear Regression
Geometry with Quilts and Stained Glass (K-5)
Maria Scognamiglio-Higuera: Using Technology in Elementary School
A. Jorge Garcia: Look, Ma, No Calculator!
Brian Shedrow: A Journey Through the TI-84's Statistical Graphs
Roger Gennari: TI CBL 2 System as a Science Laboratory Tool
Susan Smith: Enhance Your Geometry Lessons with Cabri Jr. on the Graphing
Martha Green: Hands-on with the TI Smart View 3.1; Learn All About Smart View 3.0
Calculator
Natalie Hammerman: Evolution: Foundations in Vivo and in Silico
Howard Stern: Leveraging the Nspire Navigator to Differentiate Instruction
Christine Healy: Sequences: Arithmetic, Geometric and Infinite
Aaron Tam: Take It to the Limit, These are a Few of My Favorite Things
Peter Hollenstein: Geometer's Sketch Pad
Anthony Tolvo: Evolution: Foundations in Vivo and in Silico
Les Kellner: Introduction to Cabri Jr.
Brittany Zweibel: Nspire your Algebra and Geometry??
Tara Koebel: TI-Nspire and the High School Math Class
Gurkan Kose: Car for Sale: Was $50,000, now $500
Maxine Lifshitz: Moving with Three Variables: t, x, y
Caryl Lorandini: Navigating through Middle Level Math
Lawrence Maggio: Nspire Navigator in the Algebra Two Trig Classroom; TI-
Navigator in the Secondary Math Classroom
Tina Mancuso: Google for Educators; Increasing Student Success Using On-Line
Homework
Abraham Mantell: It Has to be Right, That's What My Calculator ‘Says’!!!
Michelle Merriweather: TI-84 In the Middle Grades; Using Algebra Nspired in the
Classroom
Jo Ann Miltenberg: Applications to Enhance Learning; Explorations of Online
Teacher Resources; Fun With Data Collection; Nspire Navigator Interactive
Classroom; TI-Interactive - The Best Kept Secret
Christopher Monahan: Using Cabri Jr. Geometry in Algebra Class; Using Sliders
and Parameters in Analyzing Families of Functions
Pam O'Brien: Take It to the Limit, These are a Few of My Favorite Things
Eugene Olmstead: Extending the Pythagorean Theorem to the Quadrilateral
8. T3 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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your credit card information or your purchase order payment to: Molloy College, Division of Continuing Education, PO Box 5002.,
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