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TIME 2000 GRADUATES RETURN TO SHARE THEIR TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Tuesday, 18 February 2020Seventeen TIME 2000 graduates from the classes of 2005 through 2019, were guests at the monthly seminar held during the winter recess to accommodate their full-time teaching schedules. Most of the graduates shared their experiences and advice. Everyone is so impressed with the graduates that they will definitely be invited back next year along with members of the class of 2020! View Photos |
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Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria
Friday, 17 January, 2020On Friday, 17 January, TIME 2000 students attended a field trip to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. They participated in hands-on activities as they learned how moving images are connected to mathematics.
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TIME 2000 GRADUATE HONORED BY THE SLOAN FOUNDATION
Wednesday, 11 DecemberOn Wednesday, 11 December, Ms. Lisa San Martin, Class of 2009, was one of 7 New York City public school secondary science and mathematics teachers honored by the Sloan Foundation at Cooper Union, in Manhattan, for exemplary teaching. Many of Ms. San Martin secondary mathematics students were present to cheer for her. Also present were several QSI faculty members and staff, the QSI principal, Ms. Meredith Inbal, and members of Lisa's family. Each year the Sloan Foundation recognizes 7 outstanding, dedicated, and passionate mathematics and science teachers for making a difference in the lives of their students and motivating them to learn. Teachers receive $5,000 and the schools receive $2,500 for their science/mathematics programs. CONGRATULATIONS, LISA!
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TIME 2000 Seniors Present Fascinating Lessons
Tuesday 10 December 2019
At the December seminar, seniors, Amanda Seidman, Nicole Mleczkowski, Movina Seepersaud, and Minwoo Jeon (pictured left to right) shared lessons they created in their methods course. They demonstrated how well prepared they are to begin student teaching in spring 2020!
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November Seminar
 Tuesday, 12 November 2019At
the monthly seminar, TIME 2000 students learned how to make mathematics
lessons engaging and interactive from guest speaker Lisa Clark, Floral
Park Memorial High School math teacher, and her presentation, “Yummy
Math, Bubbles and More!” Students were engaged in activities such as
building geodesic domes with toothpicks and gum drops and creating
cube-shaped bubbles.
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TIME 2000 hosted its 18th annual conference, Celebrating Mathematics Teaching
Friday, 1 November 2019On Friday, 1 November, TIME 2000 hosted its 18th annual conference, Celebrating Mathematics Teaching. The keynote address was delivered by Jim Matthews of Siena College who engaged and amazed the audience of 430 high school students from schools from New York City (Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn), Long Island, and New Jersey with 27 of their mathematics teachers, and 80 Queens College undergraduates as well as college faculty members. Exemplary mathematics teachers led workshops that involved the conference participants in mathematical investigations and explorations. One of the high school students who attended the conference wrote that it “opened my mind to how math can be interesting and fun. It made me appreciate math more.” Many thanks to Mathematics for America (MfA) for generously funding the conference.
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Portfolio fair
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
TIME 2000 juniors Chiara Maniscalco and Sophia Nanas organized and ran a Portfolio Fair for the members of TIME 2000. The purpose of the fair was to help students learn how to create an end-of-year portfolio in which they reflect on their learning and which documents their academic experiences. Upperclassmen volunteered to share their knowledge and their portfolios with others.
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October Seminar
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Tuesday, 15 October 2019The guest speaker at the monthly seminar was Dr. Po-Shen Loh of Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Loh was excited to share his new approach for solving quadratic equations, now referred to as the Loh Method. As it turns out, his Quadratic Formula proof was published the same day as his visit to TIME 2000. If it withstands peer review, then the TIME 2000 students will have witnessed a historical moment: the first presentation of the Loh Method in an academic setting!
September Seminar
 Tuesday, 10 September 2019On Tuesday, 10 September, new
freshmen and qualifying students had the opportunity to meet their TIME
2000 peers at the first monthly seminar of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Freshmen through seniors were able to meet and get to know each other
as well as members of the TIME 2000 faculty.
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TIME 2000
Secondary Education & Youth Services
Queens College
Powdermaker Hall, Room 002
Phone: 718-997-5377
Fax: 718-997-5173
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