This document outlines the agenda for a meeting between the Riverside School Board and McGill University about their project to enhance math teaching and learning through technology. The key themes of the project are student success in math, digital literacy, focusing on transitions from elementary to secondary school, professional learning networks, and using data to monitor practice. The objectives for the current year are to cultivate a community of practice around math and technology, develop and evaluate solutions, promote reflective teaching practices, and consolidate the partnership between the organizations. The agenda includes discussions of challenges, teaching strategies, video reflections, group work, and online collaboration.

1. Creating, Collaborating
and Computing in Math
Enhancing the teaching and learning of
mathematics using technology
Year 4 (2016-2017)
Riverside School Board and McGill University- September 20th, 2016

2.  Welcome and introductions
 Icebreaker activity
 Key themes of project
 Open forum (summer school)
 Objectives (past and future)
 3 main challenges
-Break-
 Sample videos and reflection on high quality practices
-Lunch-
 Group work on exploring strategies and planning (Block A and B)
 Mathematical Mindsets
 Learning target sustainability
 Exit ticket
Agenda

3. 1. Student success in mathematics
2. Digital literacy
3. Focus on the transition from elementary to
secondary
4. Professional learning network
5. Use of data to monitor and orient practice, inquiry,
and learning
Key Themes of CCC-M project

4. 1. Cultivate a community of practice in mathematics
teaching and digital tools
2. Develop solutions and measure and evaluate the results
3. Develop practice of using digital tools for teaching and
learning math
4. Promote reflective practice and inquiry
5. Consolidate a long-term partnership between RSB and
McGill
Objectives

6.  Kristie and Sandra about Math Boost Camp
Open Forum

7. CCC-M participants will explore teaching strategies, that
address the selected main challenges, for the purpose
of implementation in their classroom (1-2 strategies).
Today’s learning target

8. Objectives for Year 3
1. Cultivate a community of practice in mathematics
teaching and digital tools
2. Develop solutions and measure and evaluate the results
(More focus on Student learning data)
3. Develop practice of using digital tools for teaching and
learning math
4. Promote reflective practice and inquiry
A Key Activity for Year 3
Video-based Reflective Practice

9.  Students’ group work, engagement, and discourse
 Strategies for reflective practice
 Facilitation of collective video-based reflection
 (Involving teachers in own-reflection analysis)
 Video capture
 Students capturing video with iPads
 Interaction between students from different levels
 (e.g., Gr 6 & Gr 8 through Vialogues)
 Expanding, integrating newcomers
 New teachers
 New researchers, math educators
Objectives for Year 4

10. Strategies for Year 4 (2016-2017)
Objectives Strategies (examples)
1. Cultivate a community of
practice in mathematics teaching
and digital tools
Ongoing, active online interaction
(e.g., Edmodo & Vialogues)
2. Develop solutions and measure
and evaluate the results
Video-
based
Reflective
Practice
Student learning data &
Voices from students (e.g.,
Formative assessment)
3. Develop practice of using digital
tools for teaching and learning
math
ICT hands-on sessions at
F2F meetings (e.g., Plickers,
Padlet, etc)
4. Promote reflective practice and
inquiry
Regular, ongoing reflection
5. Consolidate a long-term
partnership between RSB and
McGill
Plans & Strategies for scaling-up

11. 1. Think individually
2. Group discussion
3. Any additions, changes?
Today’s 3 Main Challenges

12. You have identified the following:
1. Decoding Application Questions and Situational
Problems/Transfer of knowledge
2. Number Sense
3. Student Engagement and Motivation
3 Main Challenges

13.  Teaching toward an instructional goal
 Eliciting and responding to student thinking
 Orienting students to each other’s ideas
 Positioning students competently
 Establishing and maintaining expectations for
 student participation
 Representing student thinking and key ideas
 Using a public record of student thinking
Video Reflection and Practices of
High Quality Teaching

14.  Class norms and learning targets
 Effective positive group work (group norms)
 Math talk (re-iterating, repeating differently in your own
words, adding, thinking differently, agreeing/disagreeing,
etc.)
 Probing and questioning (wait time)
 Feedback systems and formative assessment
 Error analysis
 Poster work, 360 classroom, UPS placemat, etc.
 Self-assessment
 Flipped classroom
 Math mindset
 Home or real life connection
In other words

15.  Block A: find a group of teachers that wish to explore
the same practice/strategy as you and support each
other with the implementation of this strategy.
 Block B: repeat for another practice/strategy
Exploration of Practice and
Strategies

16.  Norms
 Mindsets
Mathematical Mindsets

17.  Join the Edmodo Group
 Participation in online discussions, sharing of
practices, new insights, etc.
Collaboration Online

18. Exit Ticket

19. Dr. Alain Breuleux: alain.breuleux@mcgill.ca
Dr. Gyeong Mi Heo: gyeongmi.heo@gmail.com
Karen Rye: karen.rye@rsb.qc.ca
Tina Morotti: tina.morotti@rsb.qc.ca
Sandra Frechette: sandra.frechette@rsb.qc.ca
Thank you!