7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast and Registration

8:30 – 9:45 Introductions and Morning Keynote

Using Math to Understand the Future

Peter Bishop, University of Houston

10:00 – 10:50 Concurrent Sessions #1

Connecting Concepts to Skills: Four ways to encourage critical thinking in Dev Math

Mark Clark

Palomar College

Approximating the Square Root of 2

David Friday,

Grand Rapids Community College

ALEKS

Cara Warne

McGraw Hill

11:10 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions #2

New Life for Developmental

Mathematics

Jack Rotman

Lansing Community College

Recreational Math:

What’s That?

Nancy Sattler

Terra Community College

Are all College Algebra textbooks created equal?

Heejoo Suh, Vilma Mesa, Tyler Blake, Tim Whittemore

University of Michigan

SMARTHINKING: Making an Impact on Student Success and Retention in Mathematics

Doug Shepelak

12:00 – 1:40 Lunch, Awards, and Business Meeting

1:40 – 2:30 Concurrent Session #3

New Life for YOUR Developmental

Mathematics Program

Jack Rotman

Lansing Community College

Writing a Textbook:

It’s a lot like having a baby!

Judy Beecher and

Judy Penna

Indiana University

All Math Software is not Created Equal: 

What’s the Difference?

Anthony Belen

Hawkes Learning System

2:40 – 3:30 Concurrent Sessions #4

Filling the Gap: Helping returning algebra students get up to speed in Intro Algebra

Jill DeWitt

Baker College of Muskegon

The Pythagorean Theorem

Gerry Cox

Lake Michigan College

The Importance of Mathematics in Computer Science and Technology

Paul Nong-Laolam

Muskegon CC

Closing Keynote 3:45-4:30

Playing to Learn Math?

Maria Andersen, Muskegon Community College

Tours of MCC’s Math ELITE Classrooms, 4:30-5:30

MCC has just remodeled two classrooms specifically designed for teaching mathematics with active learning. These classrooms are called ELITEs: Engaged Learning Interactive Technology Environments. If you’d like to see the rooms and see how we’re using them, we’ll give tours.