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

Fan of Wolfram Alpha?  Ever wonder where it came from and wondering if you could use that power to create technologically driven instructional modules?  Check out Mathematica coding and its suite of ready made instructional demonstrations at the Wolfram Demonstrations Project … #nctm #nmctm

In need of interactive Geometry and CAS functionality for your math instruction?  Have a tight budget?  Geogebra is completely free and also has a whole suite of ready made modules that you can tweak to fit your needs … #nctm #nmctm

Desmos has been around for a while now, but it never stops getting better … perhaps you are teaching Calculus and the f’, f”, tests and want to overlay the original function with its two derivatives to teach curve sketching?  Maybe just want your students to appreciate what the a, b, and c coefficients do in a standard quadratic function?  Desmos can do that and more … #nctm #nmctm … Best part yet, it has a Chrome app too, with user accounts …

Part of an administrative team and charged with robust data analysis of your school’s attendance?  Maybe you are at part of payroll and need to evaluate a school’s budget margins?  Whatever it is, Schoolzilla has amazing potential and power to generate those data into meaningful visuals and analyses … #nctm #nmctm

Administrator in Santa Fe area?  Need some ideas on implementing a robust mentorship program?  Consider reaching out to inspire Santa Fe … #nctm #nmctm

Department Chair?  Professional Learning Community Chair?  Small Learning Community?  Interested in facilitating leadership growth at your school this fall?  Consider the programs at the Academy for the Love of Learning … #nctm #nmctm

Teaching in Santa Fe, NM this fall?  Check in with the local representative at your school about Santa Fe Alliance for Science tutoring …, or perhaps you want to visit one of their Science Cafes.  #nctm #nmctm

Teaching math this fall in NM?  Interested in having your students engage in a mathematics competition?  Consider the UNM-PNM Math Contest, which has been happening since 1965.  #nctm #nmctm

New to NM?  Live around or near Santa Fe?  Consider visiting the Santa Fe Institute and signing up for their newsletter.  There are some societies and course offerings that might be of assistance to secondary STEM teachers.  #nctm #nmctm

Renesan, an Institute for Lifelong Learning in Santa Fe, offers fall and spring courses for adults in everything from literature to astrophysics.  Visit the website for more information … #nmctm #nctm

Math Circles are not just informal meetings and social hours, but are a style of exploration that can’t be fit into a box per se … if you are interested in reading further, a great place to start is the National Association of Math Circles. #nmctm #nctm

Teachers interested in exploring math with others might want to visit the Albuquerque Math Teachers’ Circle.  #mathcircles #nmctm #nctm

Another great resource for mathematics teachers in NM.  Consider signing up for the newsletter, Science Olympiad January 2016 and many other events … #nctm #nmctm

MidSchoolMath National Conference.  There is a call for presenters at present.  #nctm #nmctm @MidSchoolMath @NMCTM

Wolfram Technology Conference in Champaigne, ILL October 20-22 … Invaluable applications and Web 2.0 for Math Teachers … #nctm #nmctm (Makers of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha)

Wolfram Technology Conference 2015