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Summer Workshops
with Henri Picciotto
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I direct the Center for Innovative Teaching (CIT) at the Urban School of San Francisco. In the summer of 2008, we offered seven workshops for teachers, in five disciplines, and a symposium for school leaders, on integrating technology and education. I led two workshops, outlined below, and participated in the symposium. Handouts and SmartBoards from the workshops, discounts on some Key Curriculum materials, and a video of my presentation to the symposium are available to the participants on the (private) CIT wiki. | |
Visual AlgebraAugust 4-6, 2008
In this three-day workshop for middle and high school teachers, I will present a wealth of visual approaches to the teaching of algebra, including:
(This is the same course I taught in 2007 as "The Geometry of Algebra", renamed to avoid confusion with the one below.) Hands-On GeometryAugust 7-8, 2008
In this two-day workshop for middle and high school teachers, I will present hands-on tools and activities to preview, review or extend key concepts in geometry, as well as some enrichment lessons. This work is intended to complement, not replace, related work in paper-pencil and electronic environments.
I will also present an authentic approach to proof, which tries to navigate a middle course between the too-abstract traditional curriculum and the insufficiently rigorous nature of some reform programs. PhilosophyIn both courses, participants will learn techniques that will allow them to serve the whole range of students better by offering:
In addition, participants will work on teacher-level problems rooted in high school subject matter, and strengthen their understanding of the underlying mathematics.
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Visit Henri Picciotto's Math Education Page. | Send me e-mail . |