Registration is open with our partners over at NMSTA.  #nmctm #nctm #nmsta #eeanm #education #instruction #professionaldevelopment

It’s that time of year again!  NCTM is hosting the Regional Conferences & Expositions in Atlantic City Oct 21-23, Minneapolis Nov 11-13, and Nashville Nov 18-20 … Visit NCTM’s website for more information or click the images below …

STEM Educators in Northern New Mexico are often amazed by their wonderful students.  It is even more amazing when we have exemplar students who have overcome adversity in their lives, including but not exclusive to having been orphaned.  If you teach in Northern NM, and think one of your students might qualify for assistance from The Viles Scholarship Foundation, use the link below to reach out to them … #nctm #nmctm

Want your students to know and appreciate critical numeracy, but frustrated that they can’t also appreciate high-concept math understanding and solve real-world problems with technology?  Consider visiting Computer Based Math and joining the discussion forum, downloading resources, etc.  More information and materials at Computer Based Math Materials.

Teach STEM in NM?  AP Calculus?  AP Bio?  Or, teach elementary and concerned about horizontal alignment with AP courses?   #nctm #nmctm The AP Annual Conference is right around the corner during July 22-26 in Austin, TX.

The College Board offers the following guidelines:

Four Corners Conference: The Promise of Hope, features Pre-K – 3 grade content, and is open for registration to all teachers featuring Dr. Douglas B. Reeves as keynote … more information at Four Corners. #nctm #nmctm

Our friends over at NMSTA just notified everyone on the NM.Science Listserv about Microsoft’s new Minecraft in Education website.  Lots for educators and STEM teachers to explore here … #nctm #nmctm  There are also some open-source spin-offs for the old school purists here: TrueCraft and MineTest

Houghton Mifflin is releasing HMH Educator Confidence Report that assesses the extent to which technology is being used in the classroom #nctm #nmctm

Teach math but concerned about how students connect that learning to science?  Teach science but want and need your students to understand the mathematics needed to make an argument and defend it?  The Next Generation Science Standards explicitly call for “crosscutting” conceptual development, or taking your other subjects including math to explain and articulate the findings in science … #nctm #nmctm

http://www.nextgenscience.org/

Many NM educators already get this newsletter, but if you don’t or in case you missed it, Parcc Inc. CEO Laura Silver sat down last week to discuss the first year of implementation and why she thinks it is “worthy of American students.”  Be informed!  #nctm #nmctm