Ms. James Named to the Desmos Classroom Fellowship Cohort 2024
Ms. Meghan James (7th/8th grade math teacher) has been named a Desmos Classroom Fellow.
Ms. Meghan James (7th/8th grade math teacher) has been named a Desmos Classroom Fellow. The 2024 Fellowship Cohort is a group of 30 teachers who were chosen from over 250 applicants. To apply for the Cohort, Ms. James:
About the Desmos Classroom Fellowship
The Desmos fellowship invites a diverse and talented group of educators to help shape our understanding of "every student" and their needs.
We started the Desmos fellowship to invite a diverse and talented group of educators to join us in conversation and help shape our understanding of "every student in the classroom' and their needs."
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About Desmos
Desmos Studio is a Public Benefit Corporation with a goal of helping everyone learn math, love math, and grow with math. We believe that everyone has an inner mathematician and that some people haven’t been given the opportunity, encouragement, or tools to discover theirs. So we prioritize equity and accessibility at every level of our work.
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- wrote about her experience providing professional development to other teachers including SCISA, with SC Financial Literacy Master Teachers, numerous conferences, etc.
- shared her participation in professional development opportunities throughout her career, including National Boards, post-graduate work, workshops with the East Asia Resource Center, etc.
- submitted a video highlighting her using the Desmos curriculum presentation tools in her class to illustrate how she would teach other teachers to use them.
Over the summer, Ms. James will travel to Denver to attend a conference with the newest class of Desmos Classroom Fellows and previous members. As a member, she will be joining a group that works throughout the year to collaborate on projects, work on new curriculum features, and more.
Congratulations to Ms. James on this prestigious and well-deserved honor. We look forward to seeing even more engaging math lessons and activities in her classroom!
About the Desmos Classroom Fellowship
The Desmos fellowship invites a diverse and talented group of educators to help shape our understanding of "every student" and their needs.
We started the Desmos fellowship to invite a diverse and talented group of educators to join us in conversation and help shape our understanding of "every student in the classroom' and their needs."
(desmos.com)
About Desmos
Desmos Studio is a Public Benefit Corporation with a goal of helping everyone learn math, love math, and grow with math. We believe that everyone has an inner mathematician and that some people haven’t been given the opportunity, encouragement, or tools to discover theirs. So we prioritize equity and accessibility at every level of our work.
Our free suite of math tools, including our Graphing Calculator, is used annually by over 75 million people around the world. Those tools help people represent their ideas mathematically, connect different representations dynamically, make conjectures, and then develop entirely new ideas.
Desmos Classroom invites, celebrates, and develops student brilliance through free digital classroom activities, thoughtfully designed by teachers for teachers. Those activities are guided by our our pedagogical philosophy and help students to explore concepts deeply, collaborate with their peers on problem-solving, and apply knowledge creatively as mathematicians.
(desmos.com)
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