IMATYC 2025: Save the Date!

 Save the date: IMATYC 2025 Conference  

When: October 17, 2025

Where: Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, IA

Have a great activity or discussion item? Submit Proposals: rodney.holke-farnam@hawkeyecollege.edu

IMATYC Conference 2024

Registration

Hooray! It's time to start registering for the annual IMATYC Conference!

When: Friday, October 11

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Where: Student Life Center at Belmont Campus at Scott Community College

Registration Fee: $25 for in-person

Virtual Registration Fee: There is no fee. Please register to virtually attend. 

Registration Form: Please register here.

The food registration deadline is Wednesday, October 9.

The virtual registration deadline is Wednesday, October 9.

Day of registration is welcome, but may not guarantee a lunch meal.

Contact: Please email all questions to ajpint@eicc.edu with subject IMATYC.

Hotels: Please see this link for hotel and general information.

Conference Agenda

The agenda is tentative and will be periodically updated to include up-to-date presentations.

Time    Activity (Location)

8:30 a.m.    Registration and Light Breakfast (SLC)                                        

9:00 a.m.    Welcome and Opening Remarks (SLC)
Ann Lawler, President, Scott Community College
Dr. William Hansen, Dean of STEM, Eastern Iowa Community College

 9:05 a.m.    n+1 Things You Need to Know About AI (SLC)
Cheryl Welsch-Snowball, Eastern Iowa Community College
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College

10:00 a.m.    Open Forum on Math from Placement to Graduation (SLC)
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College
Dr. Kelly Friesleben, Iowa Department of Education
Chris McClure, Des Moines Area Community College
April Pforts, Iowa Department of Education
John Hansen, Iowa Central Community College

 

10:30 a.m.    Session 1

Option A) Digital Accessibility and How Easy It Can Be (Room 2316)

Nicole Harrison, Eastern Iowa Community College
Raychelle Schar, Eastern Iowa Community College

 

Option B) Standards, Pathways, and Placement-OH MY! (Room 2403)

Kelly Friesleben, Iowa Department of Education
April Pforts, Iowa Department of Education

 

 

Option C) Building Bridges between Data Science and Mathematics at the Secondary and Post-Secondary Levels (Room 2419)

Dr. Gallivan, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Weber, Iowa State University

 

11:30 a.m.     IMATYC Business Meeting and Lunch (SLC)

 

1:00 p.m.    Session 2

Option A) Instructional Design Best Practices (Room 2403)
Cindy Blinkinsop, Eastern Iowa Community College

Option B) Active Learning (Room 2316)
Brent Hamilton, North Iowa Area Community College
Kathy Rogotzke, North Iowa Area Community College

Option C) Using Children’s Work in Mathematics Courses for Elementary Teachers (Room 2419)
Dr. Eskelson, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Gallivan, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Miller, University of Northern Iowa

 

2:00 p.m.    Session 3

Option A) Instructional Design Panel (Room 2403)
Cindy Blinkinsop, Eastern Iowa Community College
Sheila Harris, Eastern Iowa Community College
Tracy Hmielowski, Eastern Iowa Community College
Brooke Oehme, Eastern Iowa Community College
Brian Abbott, Eastern Iowa Community College
Gretchen Freed, Eastern Iowa Community College
Kelly Marcus, Iowa Community College Online Consortium

Option B)  Andragogy: the study of how adults learn (Room 2316)
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College

 Option C)   Engagement in Mathematics Using Projects (Room 2419)
Ashley Hartwig, Eastern Iowa Community College

 

3:00 p.m.    Closing Comments (SLC)

Session Description

Description of session presentations will be posted here.

n+1 Things You Need to Know About AI
Cheryl Welsch-Snowball, Eastern Iowa Community College
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College
Discover how AI can transform college-level math education in community colleges. This session will explore AI-powered tools that personalize learning and boost student engagement. Gain practical strategies and best practices for integrating AI into your teaching to improve student outcomes.

Open Forum on Math from Placement to Graduation
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College

Dr. Kelly Friesleben, Iowa Department of Education

Chris McClure, Des Moines Area Community College
April Pforts, Iowa Department of Education
John Hansen, Iowa Central Community College

A discussion on placement, course sequence restructure, developmental course modality and instructional topics, student math support services, and math assessments.

First Session

Session 1 Option A) Digital Accessibility and How Easy It Can Be

Nicole Harrison, Eastern Iowa Community College
Raychelle Schar, Eastern Iowa Community College

Learn about digital accessibility, its importance and how easy it can be to ensure your documents are accessible.  We will show you the tools and resources that will help you create ADA-compliant and accessible documents for your department, classroom or website.  We will walk through the steps to make a non-compliant document fully accessible.

 

Session 1 Option B) Standards, Pathways, and Placement-OH MY!

Kelly Friesleben, Iowa Department of Education
April Pforts, Iowa Department of Education

Join us for an informative and collaborative session designed to bridge the gap between secondary and postsecondary mathematics education. This joint presentation will delve into the recent updates to the high school math standards and explore new math pathways that align with both secondary and postsecondary expectations.

Our session will highlight key changes in the high school math standards, including the Shifts and accessible courses and pathways in high school. We’ll also examine how these updates impact the transition to postsecondary education and workforce readiness.

 

 

Session 1 Option C) Building Bridges between Data Science and Mathematics at the Secondary and Post-Secondary Levels
Dr. Gallivan, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Weber, Iowa State University 

 Our discussion will focus on an interactive lesson that emphasizes common concepts between data science and mathematics.  The lesson uses regression to build a bridge between data science ideas and prior mathematical experiences through a shared language. This activity can be used with high school students and has been used as a tool to develop preservice teacher knowledge to teach data science. 

 

Second Session

Session 2 Option A) Instructional Design Best Practices

Cindy Blinkinsop, Eastern Iowa Community College

Want to know more about best practices in Instructional Design? This session will delve into SUNY’s OSCQR rubric and RSI guidelines to improve student success. Discover how user-friendly, visually appealing, and intuitive course design can positively impact the learning experience. Plus, we will explore creative ideas to challenge and engage your students.

Session 2 Option B) Active Learning

Brent Hamilton, North Iowa Area Community College
Kathy Rogotzke, North Iowa Area Community College
In this session you will get to experience what an active learning classroom looks and feels like.  We will share how we are implementing more active learning in our course and share some resources.  This model of active learning is based in part on what we experienced at the AMATYC Teaching for Prowess Summer Institute and from Peter Liljedahl’s work “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics”.

 

Session 2 Option C) Using Children’s Work in Mathematics Courses for Elementary Teachers
Dr. Eskelson, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Gallivan, University of Northern Iowa
Dr. Miller, University of Northern Iowa
We will share how we at UNI use videos and written samples of children’s work and thinking about mathematics tasks to motivate discussions of mathematical concepts in our classes for elementary teachers. Future teachers benefit from seeing how the mathematics they learn appears and is represented in the elementary classroom, which contributes to their understanding of the content and its relevance to teaching elementary mathematics.

Third Session
Session 3 Option A) Instructional Design Panel

Cindy Blinkinsop, Eastern Iowa Community College
Sheila Harris, Eastern Iowa Community College
Tracy Hmielowski, Eastern Iowa Community College
Brooke Oehme, Eastern Iowa Community College
Brian Abbott, Eastern Iowa Community College
Gretchen Freed, Eastern Iowa Community College
Dr. Kelly Marcus, Iowa Community College Online Consortium

Join us for an engaging session that delves into the intersection of Instructional Design, Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI), and Canvas course design using SUNY’s OSCQR Rubric. Our panel of experienced instructors will share their insights, strategies, and best practices in course design to enhance the learner experience as well as increase student success.

 

Session 3 Option B)  Andragogy: the study of how adults learn
Anna Pint, Eastern Iowa Community College

This session explores the dynamics of student learning, with a focus on how adults navigate the phases of learning and the forgetting curve to become more independent. We'll discuss common challenges students encounter and effective strategies. We will talk about practical teaching tips to enhance student success. The session will conclude with artificial intelligence's (AI's) impacted on courses.

 

 

Session 3 Option C)   Engagement in Mathematics Using Projects
Ashley Hartwig, Eastern Iowa Community College

Come learn about different projects you can use to engage students in math classes from Algebra to Calculus 2! We’ll talk through how projects can be used, grading, and materials for these will be distributed so you can try them yourself. If you already use projects, feel free to bring yours and share with others. Some of the projects we will discuss: 3D models of volumes of revolution (Calculus 2), Sine Spaghetti (PreCalculus/Trigonometry), Holiday themed graphing pictures (any level), Life Project (Math for liberal arts), and more!

Presentation Documents

 The following link contains all of the handouts/Presentations from IMATYC 2023. 

Presentation Documents

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

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. 

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

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 am	Registration and breakfast	Cedar Hall 343
9:00 - 9:15 am	Welcome and opening remarks	Cedar Hall 343
9:15 - 9:35 am	Iowa DOE information and updates	Cedar Hall 343
9:35 - 10:15 am	I-HEMTAC updates and college transition discussion	Cedar Hall 343
10:15 - 11:05 am	Corequisites sharing and discussion	Cedar Hall 343
11:05 - 11:15 am	Break
11:15 am - 12:00 pm (concurrent sessions)	OER Tools to Support Backward Design in Teaching Statistics	Benton Hall 352
	CBMS (Council Board of Mathematical Sciences) Update	Benton Hall 353
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch and IMATYC business meeting	Cedar Hall 343
1:00 - 1:45 pm (concurrent sections)	OER Panel Discussion	Benton Hall 352
	A trick, a game, and a bit of 19th-century history: what binary numbers can do for you	Benton Hall 353
1:45 - 1:55 pm	Break
1:55 - 2:40 pm (concurrent sections)	Creating Inclusive Math Classrooms	Benton Hall 352
	Finding Math in Unexpected Places	Benton Hall 353
2:40 - 3:10 pm	Wrap up	Cedar Hall 343

Click "Read more" for session descriptions and presenters.