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Facilitating Student-Created Math Walks
September 17, 2021
Wang, M., Walkington, C., & Dhingra, K. (2021). Facilitating Student-Created Math Walks, Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 114(9), 670-676. Retrieved Sep 17, 2021, from https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtlt/114/9/article-p670.xml
ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Today
Bringing Math to Life
The National Science Foundation has awarded a new $2.5 million grant to SMU math curriculum researcher Candace Walkington (above right). Throughout the five-year grant, Walkington is partnering with talkSTEM, a Dallas-based nonprofit that offers STEM learning resources for kids of all ages, to better understand how educators can offer a math education outside the classroom (its founder and CEO Koshi Dhingra is above left). The first year will be focused on developing Mathfinder, a gamified app that leverages augmented reality to turn a cell phone or tablet into an interpretive math tool. Learners can use their camera to view mathematical expressions layered over real-world objects, or explore short videos for STEM walks at nine local learning sites, including the Dallas Arboretum and Frontiers of Flight Museum. The talkSTEM team will gather data to correct roadblocks to learning.
See the Article HeretalkSTEM® Fall Program Offers Engaging, Educational walkSTEM ® Opportunities at Eight Noteworthy Dallas Spaces
Families, students and educators are invited to participate in Family Explorers' Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM)-integrated walking tours , Oct. 22 through Dec. 31, 2020.
Read The Full Press Release HereEight Area Women Leaders Honored For Their Work in STEAM
Executives from Texas Instruments, talkSTEM, and The Beck Group are among those recognized.
Read The Story From D MagazineCOVID-19 Pushes Parents Online for STEM Resources
Local educators created videos and printable activities to help caregivers get their kids engaged in STEM this summer.
Read The Story From Dallas Morning NewsFourth Annual Pi Day Math Festival Celebrates Importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM)
Teachers, students and families from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area are invited to participate in the fourth annual Pi Day Math Festival where real-life applications of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) are on full display by nearly two dozen exhibitors.
Read The Full Press Release HereJGD Publishing Partners with talkSTEM to Donate 1,000 Books to Pre-K, Kindergartners as Part of National Read Across America Day
As part of a national initiative to increase literacy and promote math and science learning, JGD Publishing has partnered with talkSTEM, a Dallas nonprofit, to donate 1,000 copies of “Good Night Dallas walkSTEM Edition” to local elementary schools as well as coordinating “read alouds” to Pre-K and Kindergarteners around the city.
Read The Full Press Release HereSTEM, STEAM, STREAM: “In Dallas, the Ingredients are Here.”
Dallas-Fort Worth has the pieces—educators, nonprofits, corporations, technology, and the will—to be known as a hub for innovation and technology, our panel agrees. But, to attract and prepare the next generation of world-class talent, we need action. (Published October 18, 2019)
Read the story from Dallas InnovatesOn Pi Day, Let’s Disrupt Our Narrow Notions of STEM
A festival in Dallas shows how these fields connect to most spheres of human activity, including the arts, humanities and design. (Published March 14, 2019)
Hear the story from Scientific AmericanUsing the Outdoors to Teach STEM
An engaging activity encourages students to explore math in everyday spaces like parks and school campuses. (Published December 4, 2019)
Hear the story from EdutopiaPersonalizing Algebra for Kids
How to Enrich Kids Math Skills Early (Published September 4, 2019)
Hear the story from Good Morning TexasScience in the City Underway in Dallas
SMU, UNT Dallas, UTD and the Perot Museum partnered with The Dallas Morning News so the public can meet with top scientists. It’s open to the public. (Published Monday, Mar 18, 2019)
Hear the story from NBCDFWTo keep girls in science and math, we have to change a hostile culture
In this era of #MeToo and female empowerment, we need to do more to remove the gender gap associated with our girls and women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math. There probably isn’t a day that passes when you don’t hear the term STEM in the news, in a conversation or from the mouths of parents who are trying to find “the angle” to get their child a scholarship or a job. The disappointing reality is that while many girls are strong at math and science in their middle school years, they are far more likely to opt out of higher level math classes while their male counterparts stay in.
Read the full articlePi Day Math Festival 2019 Press Release
DALLAS, March 4, 2019 – Teachers, students, and families from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area are invited to participate in the third annual Pi Day Math Festival where real-life applications of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) are on full display by nearly two dozen exhibitors.
The festival is organized by the nonprofit organization, talkSTEM in partnership with the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
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Park Cities People & Preston Hollow People
April 2016
Want To Teach Kids About Math And Science? Take A Stroll Through The Dallas Arts District
Read the article from KERA NewsWalks Will Uncover STEM in Dallas Arts District
A new series of monthly walks will encourage students to explore math and science concepts in everyday surroundings.
Read the article from Dallas InnovatesFor many students, it will become the walk of life
There’s a big push in education to boost students’ math skills. One group hopes to do that by taking elementary and middle school kids on a series of math- and science-focused walks through the Dallas Arts District.
Read the article from Katy Trail WeeklyMath-Hattan
Read about Glen Whitney, Founder and Director of the National Museum of Mathematics and his math walks in New York City, who designed our walkSTEM experiences in the Dallas Arts District and in NorthPark Center.
Read the article from The New YorkerDallas Hosts Pi Day Festival
It’s not just about numbers or problems in a textbook. Good Day gets an exciting view of Math in a series of new events starting next week. Dr. Koshi Dhingra from talkSTEM.org talks about Dallas’ Pi Day Festival and examples of math in our everyday world.
Hear the story from Fox 4Walkers see STEM concepts in Dallas Arts District
The walkSTEM program is designed to get students, faculty, and educators to see themselves as math doers, learners, and STEM practitioners.
Read the article from Dallas Innovates, April 2017Math is all around us
Watch the video created by our friends at SMU about our launch on Pi Day, 2017!
Watch the video hereEvery child is a STEM child, Every space is a STEM space
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