San Francisco Bay Area Professional Development and Outreach Group

Welcome-About Us

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area PDO Group.

We are a group of teachers from a variety of schools, including public, private and charter schools, who work together for professional development with funding from the Park City Mathematics Institute. We are developing a network of teachers dedicated to continuing our own professional development, linking with other professional development activities in the San Francisco Bay Area, and expanding our networking activities within the group. Eventually we would like to embark on some group publishing and curriculum development activities that will foster dissemination in professional journals and conference presentations.

San Jose State University is the official sponsor for the SF Bay Area PDO under the leadership of Drs Joanne Rossi Becker and Richard Pfiefer. Kyle Barriger provides the teacher leadership of the PDO.

Events, 2011-2012

· October 15, 2011
Math Topic - Fibonnaci/Golden Ratio  Pedagogy Topic - Classroom Routines  problem handout

· January 21, 2012
Math Topic - Pi  Pedagogy Topic - Related to teaching pi

· March 17, 20112
Math Topic - History of Math Pedagogy Topic - Using History to Teach Math

· May 5, 2012
Math Topic - Technology (Scratch / Python Programming) Pedagogy Topic - TBD

All events are held at Castilleja School, 1310 Bryant St., Palo Alto, on Saturdays from 9 AM - 3 PM
All teachers are welcome. Please email Kyle Barriger, kbarriger@gmail.com for details or to sign up for the complimentary lunch. 

Map and Driving Directions to Castilleja School

Events, 2010-2011

· October 16, 2010
Logic Problems and Teaching Using Meaningful Projects

· January 22, 2011
Mathematically Rich Games Leading to Proof & Alternative and Portfolio Assessment

· March 19, 2011
Geometry and Analytic Geometry with Technology

· May 14, 2011
Problem Solving & Pedagogy

Past Events, 2009-2010

· October 17, 2009
Exploring the IMP unit, The Pit and the Pendulum

Some fractions games

· January 9, 2010
Developing Academic Language for Mathematics

· March 13, 2010
Rational Expressions

· May 1, 2010
Problem Solving PDO Problem Solving Resources PDF

Past Events, 2008-2009

· October 18, 2008
Visualization of concepts and proofs

· January 17, 2009
Nspire and Casio calculators

· March 21, 2009
Teaching Counting & Probability (Fibonacci Quilt pics)

· May 9, 2009
Alternative curricula, e.g., online resources, IMP, Singapore, Exeter.

Past Events, 2007-2008

· October 6, 2007
Matrices: Business Applications, Markov Chains, and Other Manifestations of Matrices

· January 12, 2008
Rate Problems: Creative Applications and Creative Teaching

· March 8, 2008
3-D Modeling: Going from Area to Volume, Introduction to Cabri 3D software
Special Guest Speaker: Don Chakerian, from U. C. Davis, on "Dynamic Geometry without Computers"

· May 10, 2008
CBL: Getting to Know the Equipment and Exploring One Activity Deeply

Past Events, 2006-2007

· October 7, 2006
Inverses at All Levels: From Functions to Group Theory

· January 13, 2007
Teaching Algebraic and Geometric Proof: How, When and Why

· March 3, 2007
Tiling: An Introduction to Transformations, Tessellations, and Isometries

· May 5, 2007
Using Fathom to Teach Statistics with guest speaker Tim Erickson

Links

· Park City Mathematics Institute: Professional Development and Outreach Groups

· Park City Mathematics Institute

· San Jose State University Mathematics Department

Contact

For more information and to join us on Saturdays, please contact Kyle Barriger, kbarriger@gmail.com