--- title: Amplify Desmos Math Symposium Chicago description: Chicago Amplify Desmos Math Symposium --- [Skip to content](https://go.info.amplify.com/fy24_amplifydesmosmath_chicagosymposium_event_fieldmarketerjulie_live-event_content-only_optin#main) [Skip to footer](https://go.info.amplify.com/fy24_amplifydesmosmath_chicagosymposium_event_fieldmarketerjulie_live-event_content-only_optin#footer) Loading, please wait... Amplify Menu ###### Sponsored by Amplify # Chicago Amplify Desmos Math Symposium # — May 11, 2024  The Drake, 140 E Walton Place, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 ![Chicago Math Symposium](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/ADM-IL_ChicagoMathSymposium-Header-LP_050124.png) ## Join us for a day dedicated to math. ## — ### Presenters: ![Dan Meyer](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/DanMeyer_round-1.png) #### Dan Meyer Dean of Research, Amplify About Dan Meyer Dan Meyer taught high school math to students who didn’t like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, Everyday With Rachel Ray, and TED.com. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and is currently the dean of research at Desmos, where he explores the future of math, technology, and learning. Meyer has worked with teachers internationally and in all 50 United States and was named one of Tech & Learning’s 30 Leaders of the Future. To hear more from Meyer, check out his [blog](https://danmeyer.substack.com/).  ![Oscar Perales](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Oscar.png) #### Oscar Perales Math Teaching and Learning Specialist About Oscar Perales Oscar Perales is passionate about utilizing technology in the classroom to empower the teaching and learning experience, while providing opportunities for discourse in a visually creative way. His expertise in educational technology, curriculum design, and instructional strategies focuses on helping students from diverse backgrounds and abilities find voice and agency of their thinking. Perales has over 10 years of experience in education as a teacher, instructional coach, and researcher. ![Fawn Nguyen](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Headshots/FawnNguyen_round.png) #### **Fawn Nguyen** Math Teaching and Learning Specialist About Fawn Nguyen Fawn Nguyen is a math teaching and learning specialist at Amplify Desmos Math. She was a math coach for a K-8 school district for three years. Before that, Nguyen was a middle school teacher for 30 years. Nguyen was the 2014 Ventura County Teacher of the Year. In 2009, she was awarded the Math Teacher Hero from Raytheon. In 2005, she was awarded the Sarah D. Barder Fellowship from the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Nguyen blogs about her lessons and classroom teaching at fawnnguyen.com. She also authors three other websites for teachers: visualpatterns.org, between2numbers.com, and chewablemath.com. Nguyen has been a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at math conferences throughout the country and recently in New Zealand. She has been a part of the UC-Santa Barbara Mathematics Project Leadership team since 2005. In 2012, she co-founded the Math Teachers' Circle in Thousand Oaks, California. Nguyen served a three-year term as a committee member of NCTM's Professional Development Services Committee (PDSC) during 2015-2018. ### As our guest, you will: 1. Meet and hear from math specialists and educator panels. 1. Mingle with Chicago math educators. 1. Enjoy lunch and refreshments with colleagues. ## Agenda ## — | 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. | Registration and refreshments,  compliments of Amplify | | --- | --- | | 9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. | Keynote—Dan Meyer: Many students feel like math class doesn't want their thinking, that it only wants thinking that is formal and precise and adult. Students need to experience an invitation for their every mathematical thought—especially ones that are intuitive and informal and in process. We will look at the curriculum and pedagogy that extend those invitations to every student. | | 10:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m. | Session 1—Oscar Perales: ***Unlocking mathematical minds: A structured approach to Problem-Based Learning*** | | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Session 2—Fawn Nguyen:  ***Helping Students Become Powerful Math Learners*** | | 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. | Lunch, compliments of Amplify | | 1:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. | CPS District Presentation | | 1:25 p.m.–2:05 p.m. | Breakout Sessions/Educator Panels | | 2:15 p.m.–3:05 p.m. | Breakout Sessions/Educator Panels | ## Event Registration Share [Share this on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [Share this on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [Share this on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=) [Share this on Pinterest](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&media=) [Share this via email](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email%20&body=Check%20out%20https://go.info.amplify.com/fy22_ela68_ela3strategiesmstohs_national_webinars_webinar-series_getintouchoption_optin&utm_medium=social&utm_source=email) Share this page Amplify - © 2026 Amplify Education, Inc. - [About Amplify](https://amplify.com/company/) - [Customer Privacy](https://amplify.com/customer-privacy/) - [Website Terms of Service](https://amplify.com/site-terms/) - [Website Privacy](https://amplify.com/site-privacy/) - Your Privacy Choices Amplify Education, Inc., 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. 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