Desmos: Engage Your Learners in Blended and Virtual Settings
Activity Builder
K-12 Educators
Monday, 16 November 2020
November 16
November 16, 2020
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This series of workshops is for all educators who are interested in increasing their Desmos skills and enhancing their ability to use Desmos to engage all learners in blended or distance learning environments. Participants in these workshops will gain strategies for integrating this interactive tool into their instruction and learn how to use Desmos for real-time formative assessment and feedback, as well as get all the VDOE Quick Checks in Desmos while trying out the new 2020-2021 features.
During the four sessions in this series, participants will be given the opportunity to explore this dynamic instructional tool according to their own level of prior experience as a user of Desmos and for the specific grade/course that they teach. Participants can start with very little experience using Desmos and end up being able to build their own activities, or they can join for just those sessions they feel they need. The series will start with a Beginners-Part One workshop, intended for participants with no or very little experience with using Desmos. It will be followed by a second workshop, Beginners-Part Two, intended for participants who have some experience in using Desmos. The third workshop is for participants at the Intermediate Level, who have a fair amount of experience using Desmos, but who would like to increase their knowledge. The final workshop in the series is an “Activity Builder” session, for participants who are at the Intermediate or Advanced Level of prior experience with using Desmos. During each of the workshops there will be separate Break-Out rooms, based on the grade level bands participants choose in their registration.
During these workshops, all participants will access and use the VA Desmos K-Calculus Activity Bank to plan targeted and highly effective math instruction that builds mathematical discourse, elicits student thinking, and increases deeper learning, thereby building math competencies and mastery for all students.
Participants register for each workshop separately, based on their own level of prior experience in using Desmos. Educators can choose to participate in one, two, three, or four of the workshops, based on their individual needs.
Desmos: Engage Your Learners in Blended and Virtual Settings – Activity Builder is a workshop intended for any Classroom Teachers and other Educators for Grades K–12 who are at the Intermediate or Advanced level in using Desmos. Participants in this Activity Builder Workshop will be able to select their choice of Break Out Rooms from the following interest topics: Locating & Editing Activities for Your Collection, Using the VDOE Quick Checks in Desmos, Exploring Desmos Geometry Tools for Secondary Mathematics, Intro Activity Builder: Desmos DIY, and Advanced Activity Builder.
Participants should have had a fair amount of experience using Desmos so they can participate effectively in this workshop, which will be focused on creating activities for their own classrooms or schools. Educators who have participated in the earlier workshops in the series (Desmos: Beginners – Part One & Part Two, and Intermediate Workshops) will be prepared to participate in the Desmos: Activity Builder workshop on Monday, November 16, 2020.
Classroom Teachers and other Educators for Grades K–12 who are at the Intermediate or Advanced level, with a fair amount of experience using Desmos.
Participants need to register separately for each virtual workshop in which they would like to participate.
When registration has been successfully submitted, an email will be sent to the confirmation email address(es) provided in the registration.
Participants will receive an email with event details 2-3 days before the workshop, with the link to participate in the virtual workshop.
There is NO CHARGE for participation.
VaSCL Members are given priority for participation; however, educators from divisions which are not members of VaSCL are welcome to participate (for free) if space is available.
If you have questions or concerns, or would like to receive more information about this conference, please contact our Workshop Coordinator, Liza Scallet.
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