The Day's Agenda
Board Room
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin


8:00 - 8:30 
 Registration and Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 - 8:35 
 Welcome: K-12/MATC Partnership Perspective
Jon Bales, Superintendent DeForest Area School District
8:35 - 8:45 
 Introductions and Orientation
 
8:45 - 9:45 
  Keynote Address: "Mathematics Education Today:
Rationale and Directions"
 Billie Earl Sparks, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire 
9:45 - 10:00
 Break
 
10:00 - 11:00 
  Panel Presentation: "Mathematics at MATC"
 MATC Mathematics Educators
11:00 - 12:00 
  Discussion: "The Business Perspective"
Business Community Panel 
12:00 - 12:45 
  Lunch: Gourmet Dining Room - Room 120 AB
 
1:00 
Welcome 
Beverly S. Simone, President of MATC 
1:05 - 2:00 
  Breakout Session: "Roles of Technology and Manual
Computation"
 Small Group Discussions
Followed by Group Reports 
2:00 - 3:00 
  Breakout Session: "Role of Algebra in Today's World"  Small Group Discussions
Followed by Group Reports 
3:00 - 3:15 
 Break
 
3:15 - 4:00 
 Recommendations for Next Steps and Workshop Evaluation
 

List of Participants                                                                      Minutes of the Workshop (Adobe PDF file)
 
 

Registration and Introduction

John Janty's Introduction and Billy Sparks' Keynote Address

Kevin Mirus Gives an Overview of Math at MATC

  The MATC Panel's Presentation and Audience Questions

 

 

MATC Related Web Links


The MATC Math Department Home Page
The MATC Math Club
The Wisconsin Online Resourse Center set of Learning Objects
Kevin Mirus's web site with application examples

The Business Community Panel


Math Assessment Related Web Links


Manufacturing and Apprentice (Adobe PDF file)
The Composite Manufacturing Math Skills Inventory (Adobe PDF file)
General Calculation & Measurement Assessment (Adobe PDF file)
A Sample of the Test for Adult Basic Education TABE Work-Related Foundation Skills Assessment

Lunch break

  MATC President Beverly S. Simone Welcomes Participants

 

The Afternoon Breakout and Poster Sessions

Poster Flip Chart Notes (Adobe PDF file)

Participant's Evaluation of the Work Shop
 

There will be special breakout sessions for math educators and others wishing to learn about new math initiatives and math connections to career development at the MATC School-to Career Fall Conference on September 24, 2003. For further information, contact Judy Kalan, Coordinator of Tech Prep/School-to-Career Parnership at (608)-258-2413.