Potential Training/Workshop Features

Clients may choose any or all of these features as part of their professional development:

Intro: Desmos Calculators

Basic Functionality
Sliders, lists, and restrictions
Regression, stats, and summation
Distributions, parametric/polar, and calculus
Creating exploratory tasks
Geometry Tool
3D Graphing Calculator
New: Statistical Inferences

Standardized Testing with Desmos

Testing best practices for national standardized tests
Testing best practices for state-specific tests
National: SAT, ACT, and AP
State-specific EOC or EOG tests

Elementary (K-5) Resources

These resources are teacher-led, and don't require students to be on devices.

Fluency
Centers
Math Routines
Bite-Sized Math Moments
Mini-Lessons

Intro: Desmos Activities

Introducing the Desmos Activity platform
Searching for - viewing activities
Experiencing features of a sample activity from a student perspective
Introducing Polygraphs, Marbleslides, Polypads, and Challenge Creators

Teacher Facilitation

Starting/posting activities
Teacher Dashboard
Student/Teacher views
Pace, Pause, and Anonymize
Snapshots and peer review
Teacher-generated feedback

Creating Custom Activities

Editing existing activities
Adding slides/components
Duplicating slides
Multiple vs. full-screen
Card sorts and marbleslides
Creating Polypad manipulatives
Copy existing slides
Save, publish, and share

Intro: Computation Layer

Language and terminology
Correct checks
Student feedback variables
Cardsort feedback variables
Input prompts
Special formatting

Advanced Computation Layer

Check my Prediction concepts
Match my Graph concepts
Timers for dynamic graphs
Interpretive feedback
Sketch features and feedback
Animating graphs
Emojis and images as feedback

In-Person Training

My services are customized to meet the specific needs of each client organization. I work collaboratively with you throughout the entire process, and guarantee an engaging experience for your teachers.

A one-day training workshop includes:

Preparation of content and participation specific to your needs
5 - 8 hours of teacher training
Personalized 1-1 attention during Build-Along sessions.
Digital resource handbook (168 pages)
Follow-up support via email and/or Zoom for questions your participants may have later after putting these new ideas in place

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Remote Training

Similar to the In-Person Training, Remote Training will provide teachers the convenience of not traveling for PD.

A one-day training workshop includes:

Preparation of content and participation specific to your needs
5 - 8 hours of teacher training
Build-along training in breakout rooms.
Digital resource handbook (168 pages)
Follow-up support via email and/or Zoom for questions your participants may have later after putting these new ideas in place.

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Individual Training

The client(s) decide what specific aspects of Desmos they wish to explore, and I'll design a training around those wishes.

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Creation of Activities

As great as Desmos activities are, creating and/or editing them is time-intensive. Contact me to help you create custom activities to fit your individual needs.

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