NYSMATYC CONFERENCE APRIL 12-14, 2002

Holiday Inn Arena, Binghamton, NY

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday 12- 5 pm

Registration

Friday 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

Friday 1:45- 2:45 pm

S 1 Mathematics and Science Teachers for the New Millenium

June Gaston , Borough of Manhattan CC

Janet Liou-Mark, NYC Technical College

S 2 Texas Instruments Resources and Support   (Commercial presentation)

Melody DeRosa, Texas Instruments

Friday 3:00- 4:00 pm

S 3 What’s New at Suffolk? Math and Art, Math and Computers, Math and History!

Jane Marie Wright, Suffolk County Community College

Elizabeth Chu, Suffolk County Community College

Leslie Buck, Suffolk County Community College

S 4 A Fast Algorithm for Numerical Approximation

Zhao Chen, NYC Technical College

S 5 Workbook Emulation: Should We Demand More of Instructional Software?

John C. Miller, The City College of CUNY

Friday 4:00-4:30 pm

Visit Exhibits

Friday 4:30 – 5:30 pm

S 6 Using Blackboard.com for Homework, Quizzes and More

George Hurlburt, Corning Community College

Jayshree Aiyah, Corning Community College

S 7 Projects in Mathematics Using a Collaborative Approach

Sandie Han, NYC Technical College

Janet Liou Mark, NYC Technical College

Arnavaz Taraporevala, NYC Technical College

2001-2002 Executive Board Meeting

Friday 5:45 – 6:30 pm Cocktails

Cash Bar

Friday 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Dinner

Saturday 6:00 – 7:00 am

Estimation Run

Saturday 7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

Saturday 8:45 – 9:45 am

strong>S 8 Trivial Trivia

Ralph Selig, Fairleigh Dickinson University

S 9 The Learning Equation (Commercial Presentation)

Kevin Connors, Brooks Cole

S 10 The Math Works

MaryBeth Orrange, Erie Community College

Maryann Justinger, Erie Community College

Ellena Reda, Dutchess Community College

Saturday 10:00-11:00

S 11 The Learning Equation 2 (Commercial Presentation)

Kevin Connors, Brooks Cole

S 12 Quantitative Literacy: The Next Wave?

Dr. Mel Bienenfeld, Westchester Community College

S 13 Conversations with Herb

Herb Gross

Saturday 11:15 am -12:15 pm

S 14 Business Meeting

Saturday 12:30 – 1:30 pm

Lunch

Saturday 1:45 – 2:45 pm

S 15 M.C. Escher’s Association with Scientists

J. Taylor Hollist, SUNY Oneonta

S 16 Incorporate an Award Winning Mathematics Program with Distance Learning

Danny Clark, St. Petersburg Community College

S 17 Writing Intensive Statistics Course

Renan Sezer, LaGuardia Community College

Saturday 3:00 – 4:00

S 18 Panel discussion: A sharing of ideas for improving on-line courses in Mathematics

Jodi Cotten, Jamestown Community College

MaryBeth Orrange, Erie Community College

Ellena Reda, Dutchess Community College

Saturday 3:00 – 4:00

S 19 Making Calculus Concepts Come Alive Using Dynamic Graphics in Microsoft Excel

Paul Seeberger, Monroe Community College

S 20 Brooks Cole Assessment BCA Part 1 (Commercial Presentation)

Kevin Connors, Brooks Cole

Saturday 4:00-4:30 pm

Visit Exhibits

Saturday 4:30 – 5:30 pm

S 21 “I’m taking this math course online, and I NEED HELP!!” Providing online support for Math Students

Timothy Grosse, Jefferson Community College

Donna Norman, Jefferson Community College

S 22 Making Calculus Concepts Come Alive Using Dynamic Graphics in Microsoft Excel Part 2 – The Technical Aspects

Paul Seeberger, Monroe Community College

S 23 Brooks Cole Assessment BCA Part 2 (Commercial Presentation)

Kevin Connors, Brooks Cole

2002-2003 Executive Board Meeting

Saturday 5:45- 6:30 pm

Cocktail hr cash bar

Saturday 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Banquet

Keynote Address Herbert Gross

Sunday 7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

Sunday 8:45 – 9:45 am

S 24 Linux and the Math Classroom

Michael Jones, Suffolk County Community College

S 25 The Relativity of Mathematics

Dr. Wladina Antoine , Fairleigh Dickinson University

Sunday 10:00 – 11:00 am

S 26 Administrators’ (Chairpersons’) Colloquium

Beverly Broomell, Suffolk County Community College

S 27 Quant Systems (Commercial Presentation)