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Special Thank-You…

…Goes to the Following• The Speakers—for their dedication in providing stimulating presentations to enrich each educator with new ideas, teaching methods, and tools. We acknowledge the many hours of preparation they have spent to provide you with valuable information and the opportunity for growth and networking.• Your hosts for the 2007 Fall Conference — El Paso Community College Transmountain Campus and Dr. Joanne Peeples GEPCTM’s liaison at EPCC.• The Exhibitors—who contributed to your Fall Conference by bringing new curriculum materials, teaching ideas, technology, products, free demonstrations, and instructional sessions to you and your fellow conference attendees.• Holt, Rinehart and Winston—who contributed for the Fall Conference breakfast.• Pearson—who contributed for the Fall Conference attendees with bags and goodies.• Nancy Arroyo (Past GEPCTM President)—whose dedication in providing an enriching program with speakers who are experts in their field, as well as a variety of presentations to energize and expand the skills and talents of each mathematics educator, and has inspired us a feeling of renewed enthusiasm for teaching.• The GEPCTM Officers—for their dedication and commitment in providing you with the best support to help make your experience at the 2007 Fall Conference go smoothly and a memorable one.

El Paso Community CollegeTransmountain Campus9570 Gateway Blvd. NorthEl Paso, TX 79924

Greater El Paso Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fall ConferenceEl Paso, Texas

October 20, 2007

“Effective Teaching Through the Use of Multiple Representations”

RegistrationRegistration held in the lobby on the north side entrance, from 7:30 – 8:00 am.

Name badges will be given at the registration table. Badges must be worn to enter all presentations. At the end of the conference, please return your name badge holder to the registration table.

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Vendor ExhibitsBob Bransford 915-526-4667bbransford@thinkfive.com

Dion J. Banville 915-590-1932crm2744@bn.com

Educational manipulatives & supplemental materials for PreK - grade 12.Julie Ciborowski 847-968-5204jciborowski@etacuisenaire.com

Allison Gosney 806-928-2397allison.gosney@hrw.com

Jan Gibson 972-745-2500jan_gibson@hmco.com

Jaime Villareal 800-441-1438Jaime.Villareal@pearson.com

Exhibits

Commercial exhibits will be on display in the Lobby on the north side entrance, from 8:00 – 3:00 pm.

Note: Part of your Continuing Educations hours will come from visiting the Vendor Exhibits.

Quick and AssociatesJudy Quick 505-771-1958jquick@theschooltechpeople.com

Penny Buechler 972-917-0578pbuechler@ti.com

Formerly Thomson LearningBo George 727-375-1986bo.george@thomson.com

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Contents

Page #

I. Welcome Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

II. EPCC Transmountain Campus Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

III. Introduction to Conference by Ron Haugen. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

IV. Keynote Speaker “Manny Moreno” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

V. Overview of Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 & 6

VI. First Set of Sessions starting at 9:15 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

VII. Second Set of Sessions starting at 10:10 am . . . . . . . . . 8 & 9

VIII. Third Set of Sessions starting at 1:30 pm . . . . . . . . . . 9 & 10

IX. Vendor Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

X. Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Welcome to the 2007 GEPCTM Fall Conference!On behalf of the Greater El Paso Council of Teachers of Mathematics, I would like to thank our officers for their exhaustive work in planning this quality learning and networking opportunity for our region’s mathematic educators. Also, special thanks to all our vendor partners who contributed in making this conference a success.

Our focus in this year’s conference has been “Effective Teaching Through the Use of Multiple Representations.” We have put together an exceptional program that will provide an incredible professional development opportunity for all levels K-12.

Whether you are a first-timer or a veteran GECTM conference attendee, come prepared to explore, discover, and deepen your mathematical understandings about instruction and learning, so that you may better meet the needs of your students.

Yolanda Gonzalez

24. Transform "U", Transform Me (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1801With this session you will leave with activities that will help your students gain a deeper conceptual

understanding of the various representations of a quadratic

function. Damian Pillatzke

25. TI-NSpire Your Students (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1813Learn how TI's Latest handheld, TI-NSpireTM, can help you reach more students and increase students' understanding though multiple representations & connections. TI-Nspire allows multiple representations through page, problem, & workspace areas. Learn how students will better understand mathematics through interactive geometry, spreadsheets, lists, word processing, & calculator functions all connected in the same problem. Jesus Cital

26. Mixing It Up in the Real World (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1808The goal is to provide various approaches to a mixture of problems as solved in industry. Ullrich Reichenbach

27. Agile Mind Elementary - Secondary Room # 1211Agile Mind has worked in partnership the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin to develop course support services in AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Precalculus, Geometry, Algebra I, Algebra II, and middle school mathematics. Intensive research & testing have resulted in serves that integrate comprehensive instruction, assessment & reporting with productivity tools & training for teacher professionals. Bob Bransford

28. Teachers are Circles & Students are Octagons (grades 6 – 12) Room # 1801

For teachers, math is like a circle. It has unity. But for students, it's an octagon. There are many stops along the way. Why do teachers see things students do not? Are application problems up to date? Let's explore/share ways to ease the transition from corner to corner. Diana Orrantia

29. Online

Tools for Mathematics Courses & Our Daily Lives (grades 6 – 12) Room # 1808

Inform math teachers, students & the general population about the online math tools that are out there for public use. By implementing some of these tools in our mathematics courses we will be making them more dynamic & creating a more financial aware society. Gabriel Mendoza

30. Picture this with Geometer's Sketch Pad. (grades 6 – 12) Room # 1211

Import pictures into Geometers Sketchpad and work with ratios and proportions. Glen Torguson

31. Infocus Beyond the Textbook: Creative Use of TechnologyElementary - Secondary Room # 1800

"You've Got to "MOVE-IT, MOVE-IT". Learn how to use power point to engage your students. Studies show only 30% of information is retained through teacher's lecture methods. Leave the comfort of using an overhead & challenge yourself to think of creative ways to use PowerPoint to instruct mathematical concepts to your students. This presentation will give you some examples of creative presentations & hopefully inspire you to create your own to share with other math teachers. Susan Blakely

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16. Why do we "flip and multiply" when we divide fractions?(grades 6 – 8) Room # 1809

We will present a teacher tested activity that helps students review facts about fractions and helps them understand why we "flip and multiply" when we divide fractions. Angel Davalos, Melissa Pugh, and Oscar Macedo (UTEP)

17. Infocus Beyond the Textbook Creative Use of Technology(grades 6 – 12) Room # 1800

"You've Got to "MOVE-IT, MOVE-IT". Learn how to use power point to engage your students. Studies show only 30% of information is retained through teacher's lecture methods. Leave the comfort of using an overhead & challenge yourself to think of creative ways to use PowerPoint to instruct mathematical concepts to your students. This presentation will give you some examples of creative presentations & hopefully inspire you to create your own to share with other math teachers. Susan Blakely

18. Sketchpad in Algebra II classroom (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1211You will leave this session with Geometers Sketchpad activities to readily implement in your classroom. I will address the various conic sections that are covered in the Algebra 2 curriculumn. Orlando Pajon

19. The Frugal Technologist: Using Low-Cost Digital Resources to Introduce Mathematical Concepts & Capture Students’ Attention

(grades 9 – 12) Room # 1808Do you want to use more technology in your classroom but do not have thousands of dollars to buy commercial software? We will discuss several examples of how to use fun, attention-grabbing technology to introduce Mathematical concepts even with a near-zero budget. Raul Medellin

20. Catch & Release (grades 3 – 5) Room # 1809

1:30 – 3:00 pm (90 Minute Sessions)

1:30 – 2:15 pm (45 Minute Sessions)

2:20 – 3:05 pm (45 Minute Sessions)

Brisket LunchLunch will be provided to all attendees in the Cafeteria of EPCC.

Lunch ticket will be required.

During lunch some UTEP professor would like to talk to all of the attendeeswho would be interested in pursuing a Masters Degree at UTEP.

Plate consists of Brisket, Cole Slaw, Beans, Roll, and aDrink.

Participants will discuss and compare different methods of estimating population of animals in the wild. In groups participants will experiment with various samples using the method of capture-and-recapture. Using a simulation as a basis for prediction, the participants will estimate the size of the deer population in a simulated forest. Ghani Setra

21. TI–73 Deeper Mathmatical Understanding through Technology(grades 6 – 8) Room # 1811

The participant will take part in a variety of TEKS based lessons that can deepen the conceptual understanding in the middle school mathematics classroom through the use of the TI 73.Stella Woo

22. Work Smarter with a Smartboard (grades 7 – 12) Room # 1810

Participants will experience how the smartboard can enhance their teaching. Robert Ortega

23. Viewing & Discussing “Flatland The Movie”: Pedagogical Considerations(grades 6 – 12) Room # 1810

Flatland: The Movie is an animated film about how "flat beings" living in a two-dimensional world deal with the truth of the third dimension. This movie has the potential of inspiring young minds to

explore the fourth dimension & mathematical objects like hypercubes. Kien Lim

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28:00 – 8:15 am10:10 – 10:55 am (45 Minute Sessions)

11:05 – 11:50 am (45 Minute Sessions)

Ron Haugen is currently in his first year as the Superintendent of the Anthony Independent School District in Anthony, Texas. Prior to assuming the Anthony position, Mr. Haugen had served as the Superintendent of the

Gadsden Independent School District for the past six years before retiring in July after twenty-six years with the district. During his thirty-three years in education, Mr. Haugen has worked as a middle school Social Studies teacher, high school teacher, head football and track coach, athletic/activities director, high school assistant principal, elementary assistant principal, middle school principal, high school principal and superintendent. His 33 years have all been in the upper valley districts of Anthony, Canutillo and Gadsden.

During his tenure as superintendent, GISD received a four year grant from the National Science Foundation to implement the district-wide K-8 Gadsden Math Initiative in cooperation with New Mexico State University to provide focused staff development and instruction in mathematics. The resulting effect of this initiative was that the proficiency rate of students went from less than half of the state average to above the state average in mathematics. This same focus on staff development was implemented in the reading curriculum to replicate the results that were achieved in mathematics. Both of these successful initiatives were presented at national math and reading conferences as well as 2007 National School Boards Conference.

Mr. Haugen firmly believes that the pathway to student success begins with the classroom teacher and that staff development is the gateway to systemic change.

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9. Magic Squares & Rectangles (grades 3 – 5) Room # 1811

We will demonstrate how to construct the most magic square & show how it & magic rectangles can be used to form balanced cooperative groups. Don Collins

10. SOS Math (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1211

SOS webpage was developed to help students in math. Dr. Knaust

11. TI – Nspire Your Students (grades 9 – 12) Room # 1813

Learn how TI's Latest handheld, TI-NSpireTM, can help you reach more students and increase students' understanding though multiple representations & connections. TI-Nspire allows multiple representations through page, problem, & workspace areas. Learn how students will better understand mathematics through interactive geometry, spreadsheets, lists, word processing, & calculator functions all connected in the same problem.Jesus Cital

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ork Smarter with a Smartboard (grades 3 – 5) Room # 1810

Participant will experience how the smartboard can inhance their teaching and make learning enjoyable for the teacher and young students. Kids love the smartboard. Robert Ortega

13. “So Many Plots, So Little Time” (grades 6 – 12) Room # 1812

Although bar charts, pie charts, line graphs, & histograms have been around for centuries, stem plots & box plots are relatively new to statistical analysis, & newer still, to educators. Find out more about these "newbies" & how to use them effectively in your classroom with hands-on activities. Dr. Brenda Trumble

14. TI84 Bridging to TAKS Through Technology(grades 9 – 12) Room # 1811

Participants will engage in mini-lessons that incorporate eighth grade student expectations through the use of technology in an Algebra I classroom.Stella Woo

15. Viewing & Discussing “Flatland The Movie”: Pedagogical Considerations(grades 6 – 12) Room # 1005

Flatland: The Movie is an animated film about how "flat beings" living in a two-dimensional world deal with the truth of the third dimension. This movie has the potential of inspiring young minds to explore the fourth dimension & mathematical objects like hypercubes. Kien Lim

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1. Creating Independent Problem Solvers (grades Pre-K – 2) Room # 1801

11:00 am – 12:30 pm (90 Minute Sessions)

Are you ready to meet the needs of the next generation of learners in the mathematics classroom? Experience hands-on, minds-on problem solving activities & strategies designed to strengthen the conceptual understanding of math concepts in diversified classrooms Terri Ferrell

2. Exploring Geometry with Geometer’s Sketchpad(grades 6 – 8) Room # 1808

Learn geometric constructions that allow the opportunity to make connections with high school geometry and algebra at the middle school level. Constructions presented will be Constructing a Square, Euclid's Proposition 1, Parallel Lines, Dilations, Reflections, & Plotting. Handouts with information to download constructions presented will be provided. Lidia Cordero

3. What Chance Do I Have? Relating Statistics to Other TEKS(grades 6 – 12) Room # 1005

Relate real life to statistics TEKS by tying it into other math concepts such as fractions, decimals, %, geometry & proportions. Emphasis is on hitting multiple TEKS & TAKS situations. Very visual & hands on! Rita Paton

4. Using AP Calculus Problems to enhance your Pre-Ap class.(grades 9 – 12) Room # 1800

Are you struggling with how to make your Pre-AP classes real Pre-AP? Are you looking for ways to prepare your Pre-AP students for what they will be expected to do in AP Calculus? Come look at

how you can take an actual question from the AP exam and adapt them for use in your Pre-AP class. Tammy Cagann

5. Equivalence Relations Everywhere! (grades 3 – 5) Room # 1809Equivalences relations are everywhere in mathematics: regrouping in addition & subtraction; equivalent fractions; equivalent algebraic expressions & equations; vectors; modular arithmetic; etc. I hypothesize that one reason students have difficulties with these topics is the subtle difference between "equivalent" & "equal" in these settings. I will discuss the mathematics behind this difference, & show that equivalence relations are not just an abstract formality, but rather are

important for teachers at all levels (K-16) to be aware of. Dr. Duval

6. Agile Mind Elementary - Secondary Room # 1211Agile Mind has worked in partnership the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin to develop course support services in AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Precalculus, Geometry, Algebra I, Algebra II, and middle school mathematics. Intensive research & testing have resulted in serves that integrate comprehensive instruction, assessment & reporting with productivity tools & training for teacher professionals. Bob Bransford

7. Using Your Website as an Introductional Tool in the Math ClassroomElementary - Secondary Room # 1812

Make your webpage a vital part of your curriculum while creating a 24/7 virtual classroom. Use it as an interactive tool to hook your students into lessons & help them stay organized & on-task. Make your website something that works for you & your students and increases academic success!Carol Mortensen

8. Closing Gaps: Differentiate InstructionElementary - Secondary Room # 1811

Teachers will be provided with strategies to ensure learning for subpopulation. Gilbert Martinez7

Manny Moreno is currently the Manager of Metrology, Test Engineering, Information Technology, and Facilities & Maintenance for the Boeing Strategic Manufacturing Center (SMC) in El Paso, Texas.

A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School in El Paso, Mr. Moreno served in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to 1973 and did a tour in the Republic of South Vietnam in 1972. After receiving several meritorious promotions and commendations, he was honorably discharged in November 1973.

Mr. Moreno holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Etta Kappa Nu) from The University of Texas at El Paso, a Master's in Business Administration from Webster University in St. Louis, and in 2006 attended an extended course for Technical Business Executives at Stanford University.

Mr. Moreno was hired at Rockwell in July 1983; he moved quickly to Engineering and was responsible for such products as B-1B instrument panels, F-111 circuit cards, and the startup of the ARSIP program. In 1988, he was made manager of the newly formed Collateral Engineering group and was later instrumental in the transferring of product from Rockwell Toronto and Salt Lake City to El Paso.

In 1990 and 1991 he was given responsibility over Manufacturing/Process Engineering, Materials & Processes Lab, Facilities & Maintenance, and Information Systems and served in that capacity until March 1998 when placed in charge of the Monrovia Transition project.

Considered the Senior Engineer at the Boeing El Paso Facility, Manny over the last 24 years has worked on programs such as the B-1B Bomber, Navy Digital Multiplexing System, International Space Station, F-15 Fighter, Delta Rocket, C-17 Transporter, Minuteman III Missile, Miniature Receiver Terminal, PAC-3 Missile, F-22 Fighter, and CH-47 Helicopter- among many others.

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Morning Sessions8:20 – 9:05 am General Session

9:15 – 10:00 am (45 Minute Sessions)

9:15 – 10:45 am (90 Minute Sessions)

9:15 – 10:45 am (90 minutes)

11:00 – 12:30 pm (90 Minutes)

Grades Pre K – 2

Creating Independent Problem Solvers

Terri Ferrell

Rm # 1801

Grades 6 – 8

Exploring Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad

Lidia CorderoRm# 1808

Grades 3 – 5

Work Smarter with a Smartboard

Robert Ortega

Rm# 1810

Grades 6 – 12

"So Many Plots, So Little Time"

Dr. Brenda Trumble

Rm # 1812

Grades 6 – 12

What Chance Do I Have? Relating Statistics

to Other TEKS Rita Paton

Rm # 1005

Grades 9 – 12

Using AP Calculus Problems to enhance your

Pre-AP class.Tammy Cagann

Rm # 1800

Grades 6 – 12Viewing &

Discussing "Flatland The Movie": Pedagogical

ConsiderationsKien Lim

Rm# 1005

Grades 9 – 12

TI-84 Bridging to TAKS through

technologyRita Tellez &

Stella WooRm# 1811

9:15 – 10:00 am(45 minutes)

10:10 – 10:50 am(45 minutes)

11:05 – 11:50 am (45 minutes)

Grades 3 – 5

Equivalence Relations Everywhere!

Dr. DuvalRm # 1809

Grades 3 -5

Magic Squares & RectanglesDon Collins

Rm # 1811

Grades 6 – 8Why do we “flip and multiply”

when we divide fractions?Angel Davalos, Melissa Pugh, and

Oscar MacedoRm # 1809

Grades 6 – 12

Agile MindBob BransfordRm # 1211

Grades 9 – 12

SOS MathDr. Knaust

Rm # 1211

Grades 6 – 12Infocus Beyond the Textbook: Creative Use of Technology

Susan BlakelyRm # 1800

Elementary – Secondary

Using Your Website as an Instructional Tool in the Math

ClassroomCarol Mortensen

Rm # 1812

Grades 9 -12

TI-NSpire Your StudentsJesus Cital

Rm# 1813

Grades 9 – 12

The Frugal Technologist: Using Low-Cost Digital Resources to

Introduce Mathematical Concepts & Capture Students' Attention

Raul MedellinRm # 1808

Elementary – SecondaryClosing Gaps: Differentiate

InstructionGilbert Martinez

Rm # 1811

Grades 9 – 12

Using WinPlotDan Fish

Rm # 1809

Grades 9 – 12Sketchpad in Algebra II

classroomOrlando PajonRm # 1211

Afternoon Sessions

1:30 – 3:00 pm(90 Minutes)

Grades 6 – 8

Catch & ReleaseGhani Setra

Rm # 1809

Grades 6 – 8TI-73 Deeper Mathematical Understanding

through TechnologyRita Tellez &

Stella WooRm# 1811

Grades 7 – 12

Work Smarter with a

SmartboardRobert Ortega

Rm# 1810

Grades 6 – 12Viewing & Discussing "Flatland The Movie":

Pedagogical ConsiderationsKien Lim

Rm # 1005

1:30 – 2:15 pm(45 Minutes)

2:20 – 3:05 pm(45 Minutes)

Grades 6 – 12

Agile MindBob Bransford

Rm # 1211

Elementary – Secondary

Math Gaming with PowerPointSusan Blakely

Rm # 1800Grades 9 – 12

Transform “U”, Transform MeDamian Pillatzke

Rm # 1801

Grades 6 – 12

Teachers are Circles & Students are Octagons

Diana OrrantiaRm # 1801

Grades 9 – 12

TI-NSpire Your StudentsJesus Cital

Room # 1813

Grades 6 – 12

Online Tools for Mathematics Courses & Our Daily Lives

Gabriel MendozaRm # 1808

Grades 9 – 12Mixing It Up in the Real World

Ullrich Reichenbach

Room # 1808

Grades 6 – 12Picture this with Geometer's Sketch

Pad.Glen TorgusonRoom # 1211