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NCTM is two months away and our Des-friends are already setting their schedules in order. In case you’re wondering where you’ll find Desmos and its teaching faculty, first, the premiere NCTM happy hour and trivia night will be Thursday 6:30PM 4/14 at:

SoMa StrEat Food Park
428 11th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Next, here is where you’ll find Des-workers giving talks and workshops:

Regressions and Statistics Demystified
Jason W. Merrill
Friday, April 15, 2016
9:45 AM-11:00 AM
2004 (Moscone)

My Journey from Worksheets to Rich Tasks
Michael Fenton
Friday, April 15, 2016
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
3003 (Moscone)

Technology and Intellectual Need
Eli Luberoff
Friday, April 15, 2016
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
3005 (Moscone)

Forget What You Know; Listen to What They Know
Christopher Danielson
Saturday, April 16, 2016
8:00 AM-9:00 AM
3016 (Moscone)

Beyond Relevance & Real World: Stronger Strategies for Student Engagement
Dan Meyer
Saturday, April 16, 2016
9:30 AM-10:30 AM
134/135 (Moscone)

It looks NCTM was kind enough not to overlap any of our talks. Collect all five!

We have calculus for you this week! And aviation vocabulary! And movable points! Come join us in our weekly celebration of online lesson goodness. It’s time for your Friday Five. Up first, a pair of calculus activities.

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This week we have modeling, art, geometric relationships and a switcheroo of the axes that will provide great conversations in algebra classrooms everywhere!

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