Saturday, October 14, 2023

Monday, September 18, 2023

Registration Information

 It is time to begin registering for the annual IMATYC Conference held:

When: Friday, October 13, (8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

Where: Indian Hills Community College, Rural Health Building

Registration Fee: $25 for in-person, none for virtual attendees

Contact: Please email all questions to brandea.mccann@indianhills.edu

You may register for the conference using the following form link:

IMATYC Registration

Click here for: Directions and Hotel Information

Friday, September 15, 2023

IMATYC Agenda 2023

The IMATYC Agenda is ready for viewing! The room numbers are located in our Rural Health Education Center where we will hold all sessions. 

Time                Activity                                                                                       Location
8:30                 Registration and Breakfast                                                               108

9:00                 Welcome and Opening Remarks
                        Craig Leager, Executive Dean, Instruction

9:10                 Sarah Dias, Iowa Faculty Development 
                        Collaborative

9:30                 Kelly Friesleben, Iowa DOE Information and Updates

10:15               Kathy Rogotzke, AMTE (Association for Mathematics
                        Teacher Educators)

10:30               Kathy Rogotzke & John Hansen, IHEMTAC (Iowa 
                        Higher Education Mathematics Transition Advisory 
                        Council)

11:00               Session 1
                        Option a: Online Teaching Practices for Elementary                       110
                        Teachers            
                        Carl Lund, Iowa Lakes Community College

                        Option b: The Post-Pandemic Classroom                                        111
                        Roundtable Facilitator

12:00               IMATYC Business Meeting and Lunch                                            108

1:00                 Session 2
                        Option a: MyOpenMath                                                                    110
                        Brian Abbott, Eastern Iowa Community College

                        Option b: ELA Math Vocab/Usage                                                    111
                        Curtis Mitchell, Kirkwood Community College

2:00                 Session 3
                        Option a: Successes with Concurrent Enrollment                            110
                        Concurrent Enrollment Panel

                        Option b: Connecting Industry to Mathematics Instruction               111
                        Jay Martin, Wake Technical Community College

3:00                Wrap up and Final Comments                                                           108

Concurrent Session Descriptions

1a. Online Teaching Practices for Math for Elementary Teachers

Carl Lund, Iowa Lakes Community College

Elementary education majors sometimes have math anxiety or other negative attitudes towards math. Additionally, many learners prefer learning math in-person rather than online. This session will explore instructional practices that can help to scaffold online mathematics learning for prospective elementary educators, focusing on the course “Math for Elementary Teachers.” However, some of the practices described may be applicable to other online students, particularly those with negative attitudes toward mathematics.

1b. The Post-Pandemic Classroom

Roundtable Facilitator

Join us for a discussion regarding the issues that have been plaguing us since the onset of COVID. Topics may include the handling of online testing/proctoring, the impact of applications like Photomath, increased absenteeism, and other relevant matters.

2a. MyOpenMath

Brian Abbott, Eastern Iowa Community College

This session offers a free alternative to online math homework, pairing free online math homework with OER textbooks to create zero materials cost classes.

2b. ELA Math Vocab/Usage

Curtis Mitchell, Kirkwood Community College

Since 2017, Kirkwood has offered a 1-credit “ELA Math Vocabulary and Usage” course for students whose past math coursework was in a language other than English. This talk will cover how the course was designed and has evolved, things I’ve learned from teaching it, suggestions for working with students transitioning to English-language math courses, and resources I can share, with plenty of room for questions!

3a. Successes with Concurrent Enrollment

Concurrent Enrollment Panel

Sometimes being in a partnership can be difficult. What are we doing to build better relationships with our unseen team members? How can we collaborate to create equivalent courses while residing in different locations? Join us in sharing insights on working together to build relevant courses for multiple environments. Come prepared to share your concurrent enrollment victories with your colleagues.

3b. Connecting Industry to Mathematics Instruction

Jay Martin, Wake Technical Community College

Industry inspired lessons will be demonstrated and explored by participants. STEM lessons include an industry Launch video embedded in a Desmos activity, a student sheet posing industry tasks, and analysis questions that require student discussion and presentation. Math topics applied in the industry tasks range from composition of functions, right triangle and oblique triangle trigonometry, and introductory statistics. The materials presented are a result of a three-year NSF-ATE grant collaboration project. 

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

IMATYC 2022 Resources

Thanks to all of you who attended and helped make IMATYC 2022 a success!

Here are links to files and resources related to conference presentations. If anyone has things to add, please send them my way and I'm happy to make them available.

Iowa DOE information and updates (Kelly Friesleben): presentation

I-HEMTAC updates and college transition discussion (John Hansen): presentation

OER Tools to Support Backward Design in Teaching Statistics (Andrei Perkhounkov): presentation

CBMS (Council Board of Mathematical Sciences) Update (Lori Robeson): presentation

Business Meeting: minutes, Dale Johanson's AMATYC update

Creating Inclusive Math Classrooms (Curtis Mitchell & Jed Peterson): presentation

Finding Math in Unexpected Places (Shayne Schiltz): chessboard, solutions

Friday, October 7, 2022

Full Schedule for IMATYC 2022

I'm pleased to present the full schedule (including concurrent session information) for the 2022 IMATYC conference. 

There's still time to register for the conference (if you haven't)! The form on this page has continued to be touchy, so I recommend registering via email to curtis.mitchell@kirkwood.edu. You just need to let me know if you're attending in person or via Zoom. If possible, please register by Wednesday, October 12 (so we can get a roughly accurate count for lunch, and so that I can get you the Zoom links).

IMATYC 2022, Kirkwood Community College, October 14
8:30 - 9:00 amRegistration and breakfastCedar Hall 343
9:00 - 9:15 amWelcome and opening remarksCedar Hall 343
9:15 - 9:35 amIowa DOE information and updatesCedar Hall 343
9:35 - 10:15 amI-HEMTAC updates and college transition discussionCedar Hall 343
10:15 - 11:05 amCorequisites sharing and discussionCedar Hall 343
11:05 - 11:15 amBreak 
11:15 am - 12:00 pm (concurrent sessions)OER Tools to Support Backward Design in Teaching StatisticsBenton Hall 352
 CBMS (Council Board of Mathematical Sciences) UpdateBenton Hall 353
12:00 - 1:00 pmLunch and IMATYC business meetingCedar Hall 343
1:00 - 1:45 pm (concurrent sections)OER Panel DiscussionBenton Hall 352
 A trick, a game, and a bit of 19th-century history: what binary numbers can do for youBenton Hall 353
1:45 - 1:55 pmBreak 
1:55 - 2:40 pm (concurrent sections)Creating Inclusive Math ClassroomsBenton Hall 352
 Finding Math in Unexpected PlacesBenton Hall 353
2:40 - 3:10 pmWrap upCedar Hall 343

Click "Read more" for session descriptions and presenters.

Monday, September 19, 2022

The registration form on this page seems to be acting up. If you receive a "Sending..." message that doesn't change to "Sent," you can also register by email to curtis.mitchell@kirkwood.edu. Please include your name and whether you are attending in-person or via Zoom. We'll try to get the form working as soon as we can. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Friday, September 16, 2022

2022 IMATYC Conference

When: Friday, October 14 (8:30 am - 3:10 pm)

Where: Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Hall 343

Registration: Please email curtis.mitchell@kirkwood.edu and specify if you're attending via Zoom

Registration Fee: $25 for in-person attendees, none for online attendees

I've removed the schedule from this post because a more up-to-date schedule is posted above, but left this post here for the directions, parking, registration, and hotel info. For this information, please click the "Read More."