Math on the Rocks

Yolande Beckles was our guest for a live recording at the CMC South Conference in Palm Springs, November 2024. Her energy and passion are absolutely infectious!  In this episode she shares a vision of a "classroom that represents me". Amazing. RESOURCES… Principles for the Design of Mathematics Curricula and MLRs https://ul.stanford.edu/resource/principles-design-mathematics-curricula-and-mlrs Register for our conferences: Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

What a gift the Math on the Rocks community received! Deborah Crayton was referred to us from a friend of a friend of a friend. The math community really stepped up! Deborah knocked our socks off with her take on how to build community by inspiring curiosity. Of course, this doesn't happen without some deliberate moves on the part of the teacher. Deborah shares those moves!  RESOURCES… Principles for the Design of Mathematics Curricula and MLRs https://ul.stanford.edu/resource/principles-design-mathematics-curricula-and-mlrs Register for our conferences: Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

Cathy Williams was our guest for a live recording at the CMC South Conference in Palm Springs. She brings the heat regarding modernizing what good mathematics and mathematics instruction should look like. What should math class in the 21st century look like and how should we support teachers make the transition? RESOURCES… Register for our conferences: Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

Hilda shows why she is a leader in California on equity and access in mathematics. In this episode, Hilda shares how to value and identify our students' knowledge and skills that exist outside the classroom. And then she shares how to use that information to plan relevant mathematics that students can connect to and build strong math identities. RESOURCES… Hilda's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hA8aVzxjFqi4RaibltgTuSphWDxDopVmfuwYmv7W3WE/edit?usp=sharing  Register for our conferences: Register for CMC North Conference in Asilomar, December 6-8, 2024: https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar  Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

Duane and Scott get together to bounce around ideas for how to get students more engaged in math class. Sheesh…we came up with sooooo many ideas. BTW - hang tight! Duane is still editing the live episodes from CMC South conference. Read Chapter 2 of the 2023 California Mathematics Framework to learn more about the Three Dimensions of Systemic Change: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/  RESOURCES… Relationships:  https://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=sed_thesis  Teacher Enthusiasm:  https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/b9ed2d5d-en.pdf  Three Dimensions of Systemic Change:  https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/  Universal Design for Learning  (UDL):  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1026883.pdf  Register for our conferences: Register for CMC North Conference in Asilomar, December 6-8, 2024: https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar  Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

Duane and Cole get together in a room to prepare for the SEVEN live sessions we will be doing at CMC-Couth Conference in Palm Springs. We finally announce the seven guests who will be joining us. We spend most of our conversation discussing the newly released 2023 CAASPP scores and share what we are doing to get districts back to pre-pandemic achievement levels. Listen to this podcast to hear what we are doing to raise scores. Read Chapter 2 of the 2023 California Mathematics Framework to learn more about the Three Dimensions of Systemic Change: https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/  RESOURCES… CAASPP results:  https://caaspp-elpac.ets.org/caaspp/ Intervention based on Acceleration rather than Remediation:  https://about.zearn.org/insights/publications-learning-acceleration  Register for CMC South Conference in Palm Springs, November 7-9, 2024:  https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-conference Register for CMC North Conference in Asilomar, December 6-8, 2024: https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar  Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089 

In this episode we replay the webinar we recently hosted with the remarkable Dr Kyndall Brown. Kyndall is currently the executive director of the California Mathematics Project. In addition to presenting at local, state, and national conferences on mathematics education, Kyndall also writes articles for mathematics education publications. His research focuses on the impact of culture and identity on the ways that African-American males learn mathematics. He is the co-author of the book Choosing To See: A Framework For Equity In The Math Classroom.   RESOURCES… Register for CMC South Conference in Palm Springs, November 7-9, 2024:  https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-conference Register for CMC North Conference in Asilomar, December 6-8, 2024: https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar  Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089

Duane and Cole talk about how to work with the teacher next door to you who might be very skeptical of the kind of teaching CMC, NCTM, and the California Mathematics Framework would like to see in the classroom. RESOURCES… Register for CMC South Conference in Palm Springs, November 7-9, 2024:  https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-conference Register for CMC North Conference in Asilomar, December 6-8, 2024: https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar  Register for CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 7-8, 2025: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium  Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmcmath.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089

The boys from Math on the Rocks is going on the road! We will be recording SEVEN live podcast episodes at the CMC-South Conference in Palm Springs, November 8 & 9, 2024. In this episode we play with our new recording equipment by talking about NIM and the keynote Duane delivered at the Kern County Math Council Fall Conference. RESOURCES… Here are the slides from Duane's keynote presentation: https://bit.ly/KCMCproductive  A variety of versions of NIM: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWvpIhhlSYpWC7aOZipbUTgJejg6Q_HkrSoU1yhKZaQ/edit?usp=sharing  Videos showing some different types of NIM games: https://theothermath.com/?s=NIM  Kern County Math Council https://www.kerncmc.org/ Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmc-math.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmc-math.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089

In this episode we replay the webinar we recently hosted with the effervescent Brandon Smith. Brandon is the Director of Mathematics Innovation and Lead Mathematician at MIND Education and he comes sharing his thoughts about how to unlock the loy in math class.   RESOURCES… MIND Research Institute: https://www.mindresearch.org/ MathMINDS games: https://www.mindresearch.org/mathminds Learn about future webinars here: https://www.cmc-math.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website: https://www.cmc-math.org/ SUBSCRIBE! YouTube (video & audio):  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f Spotify (video & audio):  https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a Apple Podcast (audio only):  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089