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UArizona Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day Conference (MEAD)

Welcome to MEAD 2021!!!

**NOTE that you only can attend THREE SESSIONS in order to keep session capacity to 60 participants. However, everyone is invited to attend the keynote address which is pinned to your schedule.

SCHEDULE: The schedule below is color coded by strand. The schedule can be filtered by strand, grade band, content area, or session time to help you find the sessions you want to attend. We highly recommend you start filtering by grade-band to help focus on your areas of interest.

To see your schedule for the day, you can click on your profile picture in the top right corner or hover your cursor over your profile picture next to the tabs and select “My Sched”.

EVALUATIONS: Please complete an evaluation for each session attended, the keynote address, and for your General Conference experience (at the end of your day). Professional development hours and prize raffle tickets will be assigned for completed evaluations.

CONFERENCE HELP: We know that the transition to a virtual conference raises the possibility for technological problems. Therefore, we will have a Zoom Help Desk open the entire day of the conference to offer tech support and address other issues.

Link to Zoom Help Desk

For other concerns, please contact Rodrigo Gutiérrez at rodrigog@math.arizona.edu

TBA

Welcome Message from CRR Co-Directors OnlineRodrigo Gutiérrez • M.Melissa Hosten ~Exhibition Hall and Networking Lounge OnlineRodrigo Gutiérrez ~Prize Raffles OnlineRodrigo Gutiérrez

8:00am MST

Group-worthy Tasks that Promote Equity in Introductory College Math Courses OnlineJocelyn Rios • Fany Salazar Complex Instruction - Assigning Competence and Attending to Status OnlineSreevelmurugan Vamadevan Differentiating Instruction: Why we need to teach multiple strategies for mathematics in the Elementary Classroom OnlineMelissa Weatherwax • Mayra Jauregui Keep the Toolbox: Using Online Tools for In-Person Class OnlineTravis Frank Let's Give Them Something to Think About! OnlineRyann Cagle • Dr. Michael Cagle Problem Centered Teaching by Tomorrow OnlineCassandra Armstrong Grading with Empathy – The How and the Why it is Important? OnlineSuzi Mast Increase Student Engagements with Choice Activities OnlineLois Moseley • Dr. Jennie Bennett Not Another Worksheet! Engage Students with Meaningful Tasks – In-person or Remotely OnlineMarie O'Brien Project Based Learning - The key to student engagement OnlineHeidi Ross Rehumanizing Grading: Practices that Honor Students' Learning and Growth OnlineCody Patterson • C. Billy Campbell Small Group Math - a Practical Guide OnlineAgi Post The Distributive Property- Your NEW BFF!!! OnlineJanelle Chisholm Throw me a life saver: I'm drowning in standards! OnlineKitsie Wright • Paige Whitacre Unlocking the Power of Ratio Language OnlineShawn Hedayati What does "solve for x" mean? OnlineAlison Mirin When You Know Better, Do Better: Lesson Planning for ALL Contexts OnlineKimberly Rimbey Launching Student Thinking through Number Talks OnlineElaine Garcia • Ariel Beggs Designing mosaics using pattern blocks: Investigating fractional meanings in context OnlineTerri Kurz • Tirupalavanam Ganesh • Pamela Harris How many ways? Combinatorics for kids OnlineBrie Finegold It All Adds Up In Chemistry OnlinePolly Kimminau • Niki Tilicki Math Cubed: Using the Rubik's Cube in your Math Classroom OnlineDiana Gettman Flores Math Movement Magic: Using Movement & Coding Concepts in the K-2 Classroom OnlineAllison Davis NASA Aeronautics and Air Trafic Control FlyBy Math OnlineMonica Uribe • Sara Torres Reaching students near and far with Nearpod! OnlineAmber Uidenich Social Emotional Math Learning: Typesy, Algebra Tiles, Freckle, and Origami OnlineFawn [dra] Williams • Natalie Woods Teching Out! OnlineApril Armstrong • Tonya Sissel The Old and the New of Desmos OnlineSharon Newman • Melinda Jensen

9:00am MST

Alternate Universes! Conceptual Approaches to Teaching Systems of Equations OnlinePriya V. Prasad Patterns with a Purpose OnlineCheryl Tucker • Pam Chavez • Sara Thompson Ready, Stats, Go! OnlineJenni White • Sara Thompson The Art of Math: Flip, Spin, Turn, Dilate Those Shapes! OnlineMary Glueck • Melissa Joliat Creating Collaborative Classrooms OnlineAshley Boyd • Joel Miller • Sara Thompson How can we use Complex Instruction to be Antiracist Educators? OnlineLisa Jilk Lions, Tigers, and Data, Oh My! OnlineJolene Horn • OMAR VALENCIA The Wonder of the Mathematics Classroom OnlineDr. Michael Cagle Turn Students into Human Computers Using Squares Cut From Cereal Boxes! OnlineDaNel Hogan It's Never Too Early: Personal Finance & Mathematics for K-1 Students OnlineMegan Kirts Add Some Pizzazz to your Lessons with PBS LearningMedia OnlineArizona Public Media Can the Pandemic Help Us Teach Logarithms? OnlineDeb Hughes Hallett • Dan Kennedy Comparing Fractions Conceptually - Butterflies stay in the Garden OnlineAgi Post Creating a Bitmoji Classroom OnlineMelissa Weatherwax • Mayra Jauregui Data Matter - Data Matters OnlineJoe Watkins • Michelle Higgins Division with Fractions - Nix the Tricks OnlineKatie Nicholas Examining Beliefs and Identities to Transform Learning Environments OnlineLinda Fulmore • Nichole Lindgren Fun with Products using the Product Game OnlineSusan Creenan • Tracie Skok Game-Based! Strategy-Focused! Basic Fact Fluency! OnlineTara Fulton • Lauren Daniels Harmonizing Problem Solving and Place Value in pK-2: Classroom Strategies that Really Work Grades pK-2 OnlineKimberly Rimbey How to use Virtual Manipulatives for Elementary Math OnlineLydia Givens Procedures as Inferences: Merging Proofs with Procedures OnlineAlison Mirin Ratio Tables- the Best Kept Secret in MATH OnlineJanelle Chisholm Successfully Developing Numeracy OnlineKevin Dykema Creating Culturally Linguistic and Inclusive Math Spaces: Using Interactive Read-Alouds OnlineSandra Figueroa • Jenifer Hutchinson Fernandez Equity, Equality and Gerrymandering OnlineJustin Powell • Tyler McMinimy • Nathan Davis Explore the World and Social Justice Using Global Math Stories OnlineAlix Van Zandt • Callie Herring Montiel Fostering SEL for All Students in Grades 3-5 Mathematics Teaching and Learning OnlineSuzi Mast The Torres' Rights of the Learner: Framework for Teaching and Learning Mathematics OnlineOlga Torres • Crystal Kalinec-Craig Little Big Minds: STEAM For Our Youngest Learners OnlineLindsey Herlehy • Cassandra Armstrong Math and Art of Connecting The Dots. OnlineMadhuri Bapat NASA's Explore Humans in Space: The Mathematics Behind Space Food and Nutrition OnlineBarbie Buckner The Art of Math OnlinePolly Kimminau • Niki Tilicki • Adam Scafede • Kimberly Reynolds Create Interactive Slides with Nearpod OnlineBrie Finegold Exploring slopes and y-intercepts in algebra using a virtual motion simulation OnlineTerri Kurz • Brenda Collins • Pamela Harris GET YOUR LIFE BACK!!! Assign, Teach and Assess in Just a Few Clicks. OnlineMargaret Burkholder Getting Started with TI-Nspire CXII Technology OnlineVeronica Carlson • Kimberley Thomas Go Fly a Kite - A "Virtual" Data Collection Activity OnlineDeAnna McDonald • Bruce MacMillan SUPER Slides for Efficient and Effective Educators OnlineMark Phipps

10:15am MST

Active learning in online classes is not nonsense OnlineElizabeth Lugosi Active Teaching & Learning During Distance Learning: An Exploration in Mathematical Modeling OnlineVanessa Cerrahoglu • Ann Kim Algebra Tiles: A conceptual tool to visualize and understand integers and variables OnlineJeremiah Morgan • Nicole Goerges • Sara Thompson Algebra Tiles: Using Area Model for Multiplying, Dividing, and Factoring OnlineAstrida Lizins • Rhonda Pierre • Sara Thompson Creating Active Remote Learning Groups OnlineAliceson C Smith, NBCT • NBCT Keep It Active and Zoom On! OnlineBrenae Bailey Using Student Work to Re-engage, Not Reteach OnlineBrianna Mustard • Megan Alexander Count Me In! Counting to Cardinality OnlineJenifer Hutchinson Fernandez • Eboney McKinney Participation and Collaboration Online and Beyond OnlineMarcy Wood Binary Numbers - Patterns, Prediction, and #MicDropMath for ALL Ages OnlineDaNel Hogan Using Computational Thinking in the Math Classroom OnlineKate Goodall • Rita Boyd Bridge to Calculus Partnership with Public High Schools and University OnlineNoemi Famador • Raj Jesudason • Hafcha Khanam • Ramon Asuncion • Daniela Alarcon-Diaz Developing Meanings for the Operations OnlineAida Zjajo Exploring Mathematics Using Snapology Origami OnlineDavid Honda Implement Meaningful Math Centers OnlineAgi Post Make Math Meaningful: Valuable Visuals That Connect Fractions and Decimals Grades 4-8 OnlineKimberly Rimbey Manipulatives as a tool for differentiation OnlineKevin Dykema Math Routines - An engaging approach to launch your math class! OnlineDebbie Black • Ellen Floyd Math Routines - An engaging approach to launch your math class! OnlineLeigh Diebold • Carrie Burdon Mobius Strips, Hexaflexagons, and other Paper, Scissors, Glue activities over the Internet OnlineBruce Bayly Oh for the love of Math, writing in the math classroom OnlineNancy Casagrande Playing with Percentages= 100% Engagement and Understanding OnlineJanelle Chisholm Problem Solving? No problem! OnlineChris Confer • Valerie Selden • Nalda Francisco Theory Building in Geometry OnlineMadhav Kaushish Math for Emergent Bilinguals. As Easy as Uno, Dos, Tres OnlineDr. Jim Ewing Explora el Mundo y la Justicia Social utilizando las historias de Mate Mundial. OnlinePaola Castillo Domenech • Fátima Santos Fostering SEL for All Students in Grades 6-HS Mathematics Teaching and Learning OnlineSuzi Mast There's no social justice without numerical literacy! OnlineJason Makansi • Steve Brown Tools for Success: Reflecting on and building Culturally Responsive Lessons OnlineJordan Register • Anthony Fernandes Ungrading: Creating Rubrics Centered on Student Learning and Growth OnlineC. Billy Campbell Good Things Come In Threes: Celebrating the Mathematical Explorations of Fred Stevenson OnlineCody Patterson Puzzles, Pentominoes, and Perseverance OnlineKari Sjursen A high-school bridge course for college based on spreadsheets, graphs and applications OnlineEnrique Acosta • Verónica Mariño Blessing in Disguise - Learning During a Pandemic OnlineEmilie Puig-Mendez • Nadia Orozco • Esha Sharma Nearpod, a Microsoft Fortuitous Math Event OnlineLeticia Lozano • Amanda Falk • Natalie Woods Preparing for the Calculator Active Portions of the AP Calculus Exam OnlineKimberley Thomas Upping Your Assessment Game: Increasing Students' Math Confidence OnlineCaree Heidenreich Using Pictures to Expand Students Awareness of the World OnlineVeronica Carlson You want me to teach Integers Online? OnlineAllison Ryal-Bagley • Shy Schroder • Kelli Barton

11:30am MST

Group-worthy Tasks that Promote Equity in Introductory College Math Courses OnlineJocelyn Rios • Fany Salazar Complex Instruction - Assigning Competence and Attending to Status OnlineSreevelmurugan Vamadevan Differentiating Instruction: Why we need to teach multiple strategies for mathematics in the Elementary Classroom OnlineMelissa Weatherwax • Mayra Jauregui Keep the Toolbox: Using Online Tools for In-Person Class OnlineTravis Frank Problem Centered Teaching by Tomorrow OnlineCassandra Armstrong Grading with Empathy – The How and the Why it is Important? OnlineSuzi Mast Increase Student Engagements with Choice Activities OnlineLois Moseley • Dr. Jennie Bennett Not Another Worksheet! Engage Students with Meaningful Tasks – In-person or Remotely OnlineMarie O'Brien Project Based Learning - The key to student engagement OnlineHeidi Ross Rehumanizing Grading: Practices that Honor Students' Learning and Growth OnlineCody Patterson • C. Billy Campbell Small Group Math - a Practical Guide OnlineAgi Post The Distributive Property- Your NEW BFF!!! OnlineJanelle Chisholm Throw me a life saver: I'm drowning in standards! OnlineKitsie Wright • Paige Whitacre Unlocking the Power of Ratio Language OnlineShawn Hedayati What does "solve for x" mean? OnlineAlison Mirin When You Know Better, Do Better: Lesson Planning for ALL Contexts OnlineKimberly Rimbey Launching Student Thinking through Number Talks OnlineElaine Garcia • Ariel Beggs Designing mosaics using pattern blocks: Investigating fractional meanings in context OnlineTerri Kurz • Tirupalavanam Ganesh • Pamela Harris How many ways? Combinatorics for kids OnlineBrie Finegold It All Adds Up In Chemistry OnlinePolly Kimminau • Niki Tilicki Math Cubed: Using the Rubik's Cube in your Math Classroom OnlineDiana Gettman Flores Math Movement Magic: Using Movement & Coding Concepts in the K-2 Classroom OnlineAllison Davis NASA Aeronautics and Air Trafic Control FlyBy Math OnlineMonica Uribe • Sara Torres Reaching students near and far with Nearpod! OnlineAmber Uidenich Social Emotional Math Learning: Typesy, Algebra Tiles, Freckle, and Origami OnlineFawn [dra] Williams • Natalie Woods Teching Out! OnlineApril Armstrong • Tonya Sissel The Old and the New of Desmos OnlineSharon Newman • Melinda Jensen

12:45pm MST

Keynote Address by Dr. Jennifer Bay-Williams: 12 Fluency Fallacies and Their Fixes OnlineJennifer Bay-Williams

2:15pm MST

Alternate Universes! Conceptual Approaches to Teaching Systems of Equations OnlinePriya V. Prasad Patterns with a Purpose OnlineCheryl Tucker • Pam Chavez • Sara Thompson The Art of Math: Flip, Spin, Turn, Dilate Those Shapes! OnlineMary Glueck • Melissa Joliat Creating Collaborative Classrooms OnlineAshley Boyd • Joel Miller • Sara Thompson How can we use Complex Instruction to be Antiracist Educators? OnlineLisa Jilk Lions, Tigers, and Data, Oh My! OnlineJolene Horn • OMAR VALENCIA The Wonder of the Mathematics Classroom OnlineDr. Michael Cagle Is it possible? Can increasing sequences solve ANY equation? OnlineWilliam Faris Turn Students into Human Computers Using Squares Cut From Cereal Boxes! OnlineDaNel Hogan It's Never Too Early: Personal Finance & Mathematics for K-1 Students OnlineMegan Kirts Add Some Pizzazz to your Lessons with PBS LearningMedia OnlineArizona Public Media Can the Pandemic Help Us Teach Logarithms? OnlineDeb Hughes Hallett • Dan Kennedy Comparing Fractions Conceptually - Butterflies stay in the Garden OnlineAgi Post Creating a Bitmoji Classroom OnlineMelissa Weatherwax • Mayra Jauregui Data Matter - Data Matters OnlineJoe Watkins • Michelle Higgins Division with Fractions - Nix the Tricks OnlineKatie Nicholas Examining Beliefs and Identities to Transform Learning Environments OnlineLinda Fulmore • Nichole Lindgren Game-Based! Strategy-Focused! Basic Fact Fluency! OnlineTara Fulton • Lauren Daniels How to use Virtual Manipulatives for Elementary Math OnlineLydia Givens Procedures as Inferences: Merging Proofs with Procedures OnlineAlison Mirin Ratio Tables- the Best Kept Secret in MATH OnlineJanelle Chisholm Successfully Developing Numeracy OnlineKevin Dykema The Ten-Frame Grows Up: Using the "Infinite Ten Frame" in Grades K-5 OnlineKimberly Rimbey Creating Culturally Linguistic and Inclusive Math Spaces: Using Interactive Read-Alouds OnlineSandra Figueroa • Jenifer Hutchinson Fernandez Closing the Opportunity Gap: A Call for Detracking Mathematics OnlineMona Toncheff Equity, Equality and Gerrymandering OnlineJustin Powell • Tyler McMinimy • Nathan Davis Explore the World and Social Justice Using Global Math Stories OnlineAlix Van Zandt • Callie Herring Montiel Fostering SEL for All Students in Grades K-2 Mathematics Teaching and Learning OnlineSuzi Mast Math and Art of Connecting The Dots. OnlineMadhuri Bapat NASA's Explore Humans in Space: The Mathematics Behind Space Food and Nutrition OnlineBarbie Buckner The Art of Math OnlinePolly Kimminau • Niki Tilicki • Adam Scafede • Kimberly Reynolds Create Interactive Slides with Nearpod OnlineBrie Finegold Exploring slopes and y-intercepts in algebra using a virtual motion simulation OnlineTerri Kurz • Brenda Collins • Pamela Harris GET YOUR LIFE BACK!!! Assign, Teach and Assess in Just a Few Clicks. OnlineMargaret Burkholder Getting Started with TI-Nspire CXII Technology OnlineVeronica Carlson • Kimberley Thomas SUPER Slides for Efficient and Effective Educators OnlineMark Phipps

3:30pm MST

Active learning in online classes is not nonsense OnlineElizabeth Lugosi Active Teaching & Learning During Distance Learning: An Exploration in Mathematical Modeling OnlineVanessa Cerrahoglu • Ann Kim Algebra Tiles: A conceptual tool to visualize and understand integers and variables OnlineJeremiah Morgan • Nicole Goerges • Sara Thompson Algebra Tiles: Using Area Model for Multiplying, Dividing, and Factoring OnlineAstrida Lizins • Rhonda Pierre • Sara Thompson Creating Active Remote Learning Groups OnlineAliceson C Smith, NBCT • NBCT Keep It Active and Zoom On! OnlineBrenae Bailey Using Student Work to Re-engage, Not Reteach OnlineBrianna Mustard • Megan Alexander Participation and Collaboration Online and Beyond OnlineMarcy Wood Binary Numbers - Patterns, Prediction, and #MicDropMath for ALL Ages OnlineDaNel Hogan Using Computational Thinking in the Math Classroom OnlineKate Goodall • Rita Boyd Developing Meanings for the Operations OnlineAida Zjajo Exploring Mathematics Using Snapology Origami OnlineDavid Honda Implement Meaningful Math Centers OnlineAgi Post Make Math Meaningful: Valuable Visuals That Connect Fractions and Decimals Grades 4-8 OnlineKimberly Rimbey Manipulatives as a tool for differentiation OnlineKevin Dykema Math Routines - An engaging approach to launch your math class! OnlineDebbie Black • Ellen Floyd Math Routines - An engaging approach to launch your math class! OnlineLeigh Diebold • Carrie Burdon Mobius Strips, Hexaflexagons, and other Paper, Scissors, Glue activities over the Internet OnlineBruce Bayly Oh for the love of Math, writing in the math classroom OnlineNancy Casagrande Playing with Percentages= 100% Engagement and Understanding OnlineJanelle Chisholm Problem Solving? No problem! OnlineChris Confer • Valerie Selden • Nalda Francisco Theory Building in Geometry OnlineMadhav Kaushish Math for Emergent Bilinguals. As Easy as Uno, Dos, Tres OnlineDr. Jim Ewing Closing the Opportunity Gap: A Call for Detracking Mathematics OnlineMona Toncheff Explora el Mundo y la Justicia Social utilizando las historias de Mate Mundial. OnlinePaola Castillo Domenech • Fátima Santos Fostering SEL for All Students in Grades 6-HS Mathematics Teaching and Learning OnlineSuzi Mast There's no social justice without numerical literacy! OnlineJason Makansi • Steve Brown Tools for Success: Reflecting on and building Culturally Responsive Lessons OnlineJordan Register • Anthony Fernandes Ungrading: Creating Rubrics Centered on Student Learning and Growth OnlineC. Billy Campbell Good Things Come In Threes: Celebrating the Mathematical Explorations of Fred Stevenson OnlineCody Patterson Puzzles, Pentominoes, and Perseverance OnlineKari Sjursen A high-school bridge course for college based on spreadsheets, graphs and applications OnlineEnrique Acosta • Verónica Mariño Blessing in Disguise - Learning During a Pandemic OnlineEmilie Puig-Mendez • Nadia Orozco • Esha Sharma Nearpod, a Microsoft Fortuitous Math Event OnlineLeticia Lozano • Amanda Falk • Natalie Woods Preparing for the Calculator Active Portions of the AP Calculus Exam OnlineKimberley Thomas Upping Your Assessment Game: Increasing Students' Math Confidence OnlineCaree Heidenreich Using Pictures to Expand Students Awareness of the World OnlineVeronica Carlson You want me to teach Integers Online? OnlineAllison Ryal-Bagley • Shy Schroder • Kelli Barton