Global Math Department Podcast

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What's Global Math Department Podcast about?

The global math department is a group of math educators sharing what they’ve learned. Professional development among colleagues who are also friends. Fun, immediately useful and interesting!

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Global Math Department Podcast episodes:

05.31.2023
Finding Joy in Math
Finding Joy in Math May 30, 2023 It is common for a math educator to hear “I’m not a math person” or “Oh, I hate math.” How can we show that math as a subject is something to go towards rather than...
05.17.2023
Building Thinking Classrooms: Six Years Later
Building Thinking Classrooms: Six Years Later May 16, 2023 There is no denying it—teaching is different now. We all feel it. And we see it manifest in our schools and communities, as well as in state and national politics. So, at this...
05.04.2023
Grading and Assessment (and more): Where Do We Go From Here?
Grading and Assessment (and more): Where Do We Go From Here? May 2, 2023 There is no denying it—teaching is different now. We all feel it. And we see it manifest in our schools and communities, as well as in state and...
04.25.2023
What We Learned about Math, Teaching and Technology While Building Desmos
What We Learned about Math, Teaching and Technology While Building Desmos April 18, 2023 For the last ten years, Desmos has worked to help students learn math and love learning math. We are at a pivotal moment as colleagues, as is Global...
04.06.2023
Street Data from Implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in Middle School
Street Data from Implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in Middle School April 4, 2023 This is a story of a coach and a teacher moving from playing with non-curricular tasks last spring to implementing the BTC framework regularly with curricular tasks this year....
03.26.2023
Using CODAP to Teach Statistics and Data Concepts
Using CODAP to Teach Statistics and Data Concepts March 21, 2023 Come and engage with a free online data tool, CODAP, for exploring bigger datasets and learning key statistics and data practices and concepts. The activities shared will be appropriate for middle...
03.11.2023
Talk Number 2 Me: Mathematics and Mindfulness
Talk Number 2 Me: Mathematics and Mindfulness March 7, 2023 Emotional Intelligence is the linchpin to building students' identities as doers/lovers of mathematics. In 2020-2021, I was a first time principal during a pandemic! Come hear my candid reflections and learnings as...
02.23.2023
Innovative Mathematics and the Rosenthal Prize
Innovative Mathematics and the Rosenthal Prize February 21, 2023 Join us as we explore a selection of Rosenthal Prize winning mathematics lessons. The Rosenthal Prize is an annual prize given for innovative mathematics lessons by the National Museum of Mathematics in New...
02.23.2023
Kindergarten Math Matters!
Kindergarten Math Matters! Date: February 7, 2023 During this presentation we will discuss the importance of building a strong math foundation in kindergarten. We will discuss strategies, tools and reaources that will prepare children for success well beyond kindergarten. So much of...
01.12.2023
How can social justice can be a part of the math lessons in a classroom?
How can social justice can be a part of the math lessons in a classroom? Date: January 10, 2023 The presentation will highlight the importance of social justice in today's mathematics classrooms, and what some ways to include them as a regular...
12.07.2022
Statistics for Good: Let Your Students Speak for the Data!
Statistics for Good: Let Your Students Speak for the Data! Date: November 29, 2022 How can we engage students in using statistics for the greater good? We’ll explore high impact resources that invite all students to speak on behalf of data involving...
11.18.2022
From Math by Memorizing to Math by Understanding
From Math by Memorizing to Math by Understanding Date: November 15, 2022 Too many times and for too long, we have seen that not every student experiences success in math. There are steps we can take to help address this. Let's examine...
11.02.2022
Elevate Student Voices and What If Thinking with Desmos
Elevate Student Voices and What If Thinking with Desmos Date: November 1, 2022 Learning mathematics is not a spectator sport. How do we get all students to participate and how do we get reticent students to share their thinking? In this session,...
10.31.2022
Getting the Best from Your Questioning Strategies in Mathematics
Getting the Best from Your Questioning Strategies in Mathematics Date: October 18, 2022 How can questioning effectively support student thinking? Questioning should focus on allowing students do the sense making. Explore planning questions, anticipating responses, and developing actions to engage students in...
10.13.2022
Math vs. Mathematics: Using Desmos to Honor Student Thinking and Value Student Input
Math vs. Mathematics: Using Desmos to Honor Student Thinking and Value Student Input Date: October 4, 2022 Seymore Papert viewed mathematics as one of the great jewels of achievement of the human mind instead of what he called math - the boring...
09.22.2022
Using a Blended Learning Model to Create a Language Rich Interactive Classroom in Which All Students Can Thrive
Using a Blended Learning Model to Create a Language Rich Interactive Classroom in Which All Students Can Thrive Date: September 20, 2022 Teachers can harness the capabilities of technology in order to personalize instruction for students and support student’s linguistic background. We...
09.10.2022
Play Borel! Testing your Probability Intuition and Confidence!
Play Borel! Testing your Probability Intuition and Confidence! Date: September 6, 2022 Join us as we explore the game Borel and use some selected Borel randomness scenarios to test our probability simulation. We will then explore these scenarios through simulations in both...
08.25.2022
Mathematics: All Are Welcome! All Belong!
Mathematics: All Are Welcome! All Belong! Date: August 23, 2022 Come and explore some Martian math, the 4th dimension, and unit chats. We will explore some high leverage strategies that will engage students from counting to exploring polynomials. Be ready to have...
08.12.2022
Beyond Right Answer: Math Tasks that Foster Agency and Identity
Beyond Right Answer: Math Tasks that Foster Agency and Identity Date: August 9, 2022 Getting the right answer doesn't always lead to deeper learning. Join us for an interactive session on how to create an atmosphere that promotes student thinking, problem-solving, &...
06.30.2022
Data Rich with Diagnostics
Data Rich with Diagnostics Date: June 28, 2022 I love a good story, more so, a data rich story. We live in a world of data…but do we always use it and use it effectively? As educators, data informs our practice but...
06.22.2022
The Status Quo in High School Math is Unacceptable
The Status Quo in High School Math is Unaceeptable Date: June 14, 2022 Today, it seems as if nearly everyone agrees that high school mathematics needs to change. For far too long, math has not worked for far too many students. Math...
06.06.2022
On a Thinking Classroom – Reflections after 8 years of Implementation
On a Thinking Classroom - Reflections after 8 years of Implementation Date: May 31, 2022 After spiraling courses for 5 years, I was lucky enough to hear Peter Liljedahl speak about Building Thinking Classrooms. With the energy of a young teenager I...
05.20.2022
Rethinking the Traditional Warm Up
Rethinking the Traditional Warm Up Date: May 17, 2022 Typical warm up problems in math class often take longer than expected. How do you invite students to join classroom thinking without taking a significant amount of class time? This presentation will show...
05.04.2022
What is Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL)?
What is Experience First, Formailze Later (EFFL)? Date: May 3, 2022 In this presentation, we will present a few lessons that have been developed for a student-centered classroom. In these lessons, students work in small groups to experience the learning before the...
04.27.2022
Powerful Moments in Math Class: Why Certain Experiences Stand Out for Students and How to Create More of Them
Powerful Moments in Math Class: Why Certain Experiences Stand Out for Students and How to Create More of Them Date: April 26, 2022 As teachers, we want our lessons to leave a long-lasting impression on students. When we understand the psychology behind...
04.11.2022
Reigniting our passion: Ten tips to thrive post-pandemic (are we there yet…?)
Reigniting our passion: Ten tips to thrive post-pandemic (are we there yet…?) Date: April 5, 2022 Here we are, still perpetually caught in a purgatory none of us saw coming. Let’s talk about what really happens in classrooms, help each other to...
03.28.2022
Halt 8 Thinking Thieves
Halt 8 Thinking Theives Date: March 22, 2022 How do we unintentionally limit student thinking? What should we do instead? Come engage in an interactive session on how to combat 8 thinking thieves and learn how the 8 effective teaching practices champion...
03.11.2022
If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will
If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will Date: March 8, 2022 For many students, math class embodies the opposite of surprise: getting the right answer and using the right way to get to that answer. But the most joyful learning-and...
03.05.2022
Developing Mathematical Literacy through Equitable Teaching Practices
Developing Mathematical Literacy through Equitable Teaching Practices Date: February 22, 2022 Presenters: Farshid Safi How do we develop mathematical literacy with our students through equitable teaching practices in order to make sense of an ever changing world? In this interactive session, we will...
02.14.2022
Flexibility Through Facts
Flexibility Through Facts Date: February 8, 2022 Presenters: Ann Elise Record Fluency has three aspects: flexibility, efficiency, and accuracy. Let's explore the heart of the strategic thinking for all 4 operations and discuss how we can begin that conceptual understanding while developing students'...
01.26.2022
Improving College Readiness Through Mathematical Modeling
Improving College Readiness Through Mathematical Modeling Date: January 25, 2022 Presenters: Denise Green, Alison Lynch What does it mean to be college-ready? How do we prepare more students to succeed in college-level math? In this session, we will share how integrating mathematical modeling...
01.12.2022
Building a Bridge to Grade-Level Math in MS & HS
Building a Bridge to Grade-Level Math in MS & HS Presenter: Chrissy Allison Date: January 11, 2022 As secondary math teachers know, a history of struggle in math class starts to snowball as students move from K-5 to middle school, and then into...
12.16.2021
Beast Academy Playground: Math Games and Crafts to Foster Curiosity and Build Problem-Solving Skills
Beast Academy Playground: Math Games and Crafts to Foster Curiosity and Build Problem-Solving Skills Presenter: Mark Hendrickson Date: December 14, 2021 Think of games you loved to play as a kid: Tic-Tac-Toe, Crazy Eights, Connect Four, Tetris. Many of these involve strategic thinking...
11.17.2021
Learning Targets: How Clarity Drives Understanding
Learning Targets: How Clarity Drives Understanding Presenter: Paul Battaglia Date: November 16, 2021 This session will emphasize the use of clear and concise learning targets in the mathematics classroom. Participants will learn strategies to writing an appropriate learning target, as well as associated...
10.26.2021
Instructional Strategies to Promote Reasoning and Communication in Statistics
Instructional Strategies to Promote Reasoning and Communication in Statistics Presenter: Leigh Nataro Date: October 19, 2021 For students to develop a deeper understanding of statistics, they need to be actively involved in reasoning and communicating their conceptual understanding. Come experience several instructional strategies...
10.18.2021
Math Therapy: A Crash Course in Becoming a Math Therapist
Math Therapy: A Crash Course in Becoming a Math Therapist Presenter: Vanessa Vakharia Date: October 5, 2021 Did you know that pretty much anyone who thinks they're "not a math person" has math trauma they simply haven't worked through yet? Look, we’ve all...
10.06.2021
Using Virtual Manipulatives to Engage Students in Mathematical Exploration and Discovery
Using Virtual Manipulatives to Engage Students in Mathematical Exploration and Discovery Presenter: David Poras Date: September 21, 2021 Manipulatives can transform how students make meaning of important ideas by making abstract relationships visible, by teaching creativity and problem-solving, and by allowing students to...
09.14.2021
Same But Different: A Language-based Routine to Promote Equity
Same But Different: A Language-based Routine to Promote Equity Presenters: Dr. Sue Looney Date: Septembern 7, 2021 Join Sue Looney, creator of Same But Different Math, as she talks about the power of the Same But Different Math routine. Learn: Why Same But...
08.25.2021
Seven Ways to Build Your Confidence as an Equitable Teacher
English Learners: Routines that Leverage Strengths & Optimize Learning Presenters: Dr. Pamela Seda and Dr. Kyndall Brown Date: August 24, 2021 Many teachers desire to have more equitable math classrooms, but don’t know where to start. In this presentation, participants will learn seven...
08.08.2021
English Learners: Routines that Leverage Strengths & Optimize Learning
English Learners: Routines that Leverage Strengths & Optimize Learning Presenter: Vanessa Cerrahoglu Date: June 15, 2021 Emerging multilingual learners add perspective and knowledge to our classrooms. Let’s explore routines and ways of thinking that tap into cultural and linguistic assets in order to...
06.02.2021
Teaching Math Simultaneously to In-Person and Virtual Students
Teaching Math Simultaneously to In-Person and Virtual Students Presenter: Theresa Wills Date: June 1, 2021 Are you looking for meaningful ways of engaging all of your students - both in-person and remote learners? This workshop will give you some structures and routines that...
05.20.2021
NCTM Favorites
NCTM Favorites Presenters: Annie Forest, Raymond Johnson, Sharon Vestal and Leigh Nataro Date: May 18, 2021 If you weren't able to attend the NCTM Virtual conference, this session is for you. Four teachers will share some of their favorite take-aways from sessions they...
05.05.2021
Games and Routines for Building Number Sense and Fluency
Games and Routines for Building Number Sense and Fluency Presenter: Robyn May Date: May 4, 2021 One of the biggest concerns teachers of mathematics have is that many students have little number sense and are not fluent in adding and subtracting. These skills...
04.21.2021
Why Kids Learn from Examples (and why other times they don’t)
Why Kids Learn from Examples (and why other times they don't) Presenter: Michael Pershan Date: April 20 2021 Why is it that sometimes students learn from the examples presented in class, and other times they don't? In this session we'll answer this question...
04.07.2021
Public Math Pop-Up: Mathematize Your Kitchen
Public Math Pop-Up: Mathematize Your Kitchen Presenters: Chris Nho, Molly Daley, Christopher Danielson Date: April 6, 2021 In this workshop we will dream up, design, and implement temporary place-based math provocations. Come with a desire to spark math curiosity in others; leave with...
04.07.2021
Demystifying Math with Numberless Word Problems
Demystifying Math with Numberless Word Problems Presenter: David Henson Date: March 30, 2021 Where are the numbers? Numberless Word Problems provide an engaging way to leverage the student's natural curiosity in solving word problems. By dialing down the math, students can develop a...
03.21.2021
Making Student Thinking Visible: Replacing Math Tests with Math Chats in a Remote Learning Environment
Making Student Thinking Visible: Replacing Math Tests with Math Chats in a Remote Learning Environment Presenter: Kristen Emmel Date: March 15, 2021 Do you love a good number talk? What if we could make our math assessments less like a traditional test and...
03.04.2021
“Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications” An Algebra 2 Alternative for Struggling Students – 3/2/21
"Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications" An Algebra 2 Alternative for Struggling Students Presenter: Dr. Robert Gerver Date: March 2, 2021 Selected topics from Algebra 2, probability, statistics, trig, geometry and precalculus, all taught with an algebra 1 prerequisite, are used to cover banking,...
02.19.2021
#DisruptiveNumbers, A Tool to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice – 2/16/21
#DisruptiveNumbers, A Tool to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice Presenter: Bernadette Andres-Salgarino Date: February 16, 2021 Recommitting ourselves to teaching mathematics through the lens of social justice necessitates the reinvigoration of our pedagogical approach to learning. #DisruptiveNumbers is a tool to provoke mathematics...
02.04.2021
Partnering with Parents in Elementary School Math – 2/2/21
Partnering with Parents in Elementary School Math Presenter: Matthew Beyranevand Date: February 2, 2021 In this session, you will deepen your understanding of parents' needs and wants as they pertain to their children's elementary mathematics education, as well as examine your own beliefs...

What's Global Math Department Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Global Math Department Podcast episodes:

Finding Joy in Math

Building Thinking Classrooms: Six Years Later

Grading and Assessment (and more): Where Do We Go From Here?

What We Learned about Math, Teaching and Technology While Building Desmos

Street Data from Implementing Building Thinking Classrooms in Middle School

Using CODAP to Teach Statistics and Data Concepts

Talk Number 2 Me: Mathematics and Mindfulness

Innovative Mathematics and the Rosenthal Prize

Kindergarten Math Matters!

How can social justice can be a part of the math lessons in a classroom?

Statistics for Good: Let Your Students Speak for the Data!

From Math by Memorizing to Math by Understanding

Elevate Student Voices and What If Thinking with Desmos

Getting the Best from Your Questioning Strategies in Mathematics

Math vs. Mathematics: Using Desmos to Honor Student Thinking and Value Student Input

Using a Blended Learning Model to Create a Language Rich Interactive Classroom in Which All Students Can Thrive

Play Borel! Testing your Probability Intuition and Confidence!

Mathematics: All Are Welcome! All Belong!

Beyond Right Answer: Math Tasks that Foster Agency and Identity

Data Rich with Diagnostics

The Status Quo in High School Math is Unacceptable

On a Thinking Classroom – Reflections after 8 years of Implementation

Rethinking the Traditional Warm Up

What is Experience First, Formalize Later (EFFL)?

Powerful Moments in Math Class: Why Certain Experiences Stand Out for Students and How to Create More of Them

Reigniting our passion: Ten tips to thrive post-pandemic (are we there yet…?)

Halt 8 Thinking Thieves

If You Let Your Students Surprise You, They Will

Developing Mathematical Literacy through Equitable Teaching Practices

Flexibility Through Facts

Improving College Readiness Through Mathematical Modeling

Building a Bridge to Grade-Level Math in MS & HS

Beast Academy Playground: Math Games and Crafts to Foster Curiosity and Build Problem-Solving Skills

Learning Targets: How Clarity Drives Understanding

Instructional Strategies to Promote Reasoning and Communication in Statistics

Math Therapy: A Crash Course in Becoming a Math Therapist

Using Virtual Manipulatives to Engage Students in Mathematical Exploration and Discovery

Same But Different: A Language-based Routine to Promote Equity

Seven Ways to Build Your Confidence as an Equitable Teacher

English Learners: Routines that Leverage Strengths & Optimize Learning

Teaching Math Simultaneously to In-Person and Virtual Students

NCTM Favorites

Games and Routines for Building Number Sense and Fluency

Why Kids Learn from Examples (and why other times they don’t)

Public Math Pop-Up: Mathematize Your Kitchen

Demystifying Math with Numberless Word Problems

Making Student Thinking Visible: Replacing Math Tests with Math Chats in a Remote Learning Environment

“Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications” An Algebra 2 Alternative for Struggling Students – 3/2/21

#DisruptiveNumbers, A Tool to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice – 2/16/21

Partnering with Parents in Elementary School Math – 2/2/21