Fwd: Webinar Tomorrow 1/10: Re-Invigorating Math Education with NPR's Math Guy [from Erin Pettus]

[Maria Droujkova]

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Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Webinar Tomorrow 1/10: Re-Invigorating Math Education with NPR's Math Guy [from Erin Pettus]
To: Maria Droujkova <drou...@gmail.com>

A new posting was submitted in the community Game-Based Learning.

 

Webinar Tomorrow 1/10: Re-Invigorating Math Education with NPR's Math Guy
A new posting from Erin Pettus (Communications Coordinator, edWeb.net)

 

Join us for the next webinar!

Re-Invigorating Math Education with the Next Generation of Mathematics Education Video Games

Tuesday, January 10th - 4PM Eastern Time

 

To join us in the live session, please follow this link at the scheduled time:

www.instantpresenter.com/edweb3

 

In This Session

In our community’s next webinar, Dr. Keith Devlin, a mathematician at Stanford University, will explain why video games are the ideal medium to teach math.  Devlin, “The Math Guy” on National Public Radio and author of Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning, will start with an overview of the first generation of math games and today’s second generation, and then will focus on a new third generation that will use new representations of mathematics native to the medium of video games. He will discuss design principles for, and share examples of, these new kinds of games that focus on developing the mathematical thinking skills necessary for success in a global economy. Join Keith on January 10th to learn how the newest math games can help your students engage in mathematical thinking and truly understand the place of math in the real world.

 

About the Presenter

Dr. Keith Devlin, a mathematician at Stanford University, is a co-founder and Executive Director of the university's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network, and a Senior Researcher at CSLI. He is "The Math Guy" on National Public Radio, a World Economic Forum Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Keith is the recipient of the Pythagoras Prize, the Peano Prize, the Carl Sagan Award, and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Communications Award. He has written 31 books and over 80 published research articles. Much of his current research is focused on the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics to diverse audiences. 

 

This program is sponsored by BrainPOP.

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