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=HSPA GAFE Workshop for Math Teachers=

This workshop is designed to help high school math teachers effectively use and incorporate the free tools available to them and their students as part of their Google Apps for Education (GAFE) accounts. Whether you teach Algebra 1 or 2, Geometry, Calculus, Statistics or another high school mathematics course, this workshop is designed with you in mind.

As a GAFE school, you have access to a number of excellent tools for streamlining your classroom administration. Additionally, these tools allow you to move your mathematics teaching practices from drill and practice to student involvement in interactive collaboration. Join me in exploring how to use the power of the Internet and GAFE to transform your teaching practice.

=About the workshop facilitator= My name is Louisa Puffett and have been working at XYZ since 2008 as a member of the mathematics department. I have taught all levels of mathematics from Pre-Algebra to Mathematical Analysis and Trigonometry. Shortly after I began teaching at XYZ, I started infusing some technology into my classroom. With the availability of document cameras and connected projectors, creating digital notes for my students was not difficult. However, I quickly discovered that my students were bored with traditional technology usage in their classes, and I began a quest to learn how to use all of the technology tools available to me, both high tech, such as the SMART Board I received, and low tech, such as dry-erase lapboards. This quest eventually led me to pursue a MEd in Instructional Technology from UMUC. I anticipate graduating in May, 2014.

Over the course of the previous year, I began incorporating more of the apps made freely available through XYZ's GAFE account. These tools have enabled me to streamline some of the administrative processes of my classroom, freeing me up to spend more time interacting with my students and planning engaging tasks that allow my students to investigate mathematical concepts and principles. It is my hope that you will glean helpful information from this workshop that will enable you to experience the same in your mathematics classroom.

*I have used XYZ to represent the name of my school to protect my students and colleagues.