Kenya Wallach

Head of Professional Development

One of the strongest predictors of understanding is a learner’s level of prior knowledge and how the new information fits in with that. This relies on conceptual understanding.\nIn this session, we will explore the difference between conceptual and procedural fluency, and the pitfalls of only focusing on mathematical procedures.

Conceptual Fluency vs Procedural Fluency

Andrew Crisp

Lead Content Developer

Mathspace content is currently undergoing its most significant rework since its inception. Guided by our teacher and student feedback, we have learned what hasn't been working, and what works best. From high-level restructuring of coursework to individual question overhaul and visual redesign, we have improved every aspect of the Mathspace experience - for students and teachers alike. We are very excited to show you what we have learned and what changes are in store!

Getting the most out of the 2020 edition

Students with a mastery approach to learning are more likely to embrace challenge. By encouraging students to question the why behind mathematical concepts rather than simply the steps to solving a problem, teachers help build growth mindsets, and influence what kind of learners their students become.\nIn this session, we will consider the importance of goal setting, task selection and questioning in facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse. We will also look at strategies to help build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding, to promote problem-solving skills and creative thinking.

Building Mathematical Mindsets

Erin Byrne

Head of Customer Success

There are a myriad of online mathematics resources. So how do we ensure effective integration and implementation of online learning resources for strong classroom pedagogy?\nIn this session, we will consider what “good” teaching practice looks like, both from teacher experience, as well as from educational research, particularly that of John Hattie.\nWe will then look at how this research can be used to:\nengage students,\rgenerate and effectively use student data to direct teaching and reporting,\rdifferentiate delivery of content based on student needs, and\rmodify teaching practice to best address these issues

Effective Implementation of Online Learning

Tamara Heaney

School Liaison

The world is an ever-changing place. Access to digital skills are no longer a bonus but an essential part of education. Building 21st century skills will help prepare our students for these changes.\nThe “flipped” classroom provides students with opportunities for critical and creative thinking, as well as opportunities to collaborate. However, the process of “flipping” the classroom can seem daunting to many teachers. So in this session, we will use the SAMR model to provide teaching with practical, incremental steps they can use to substitute, augment, modify and redefine their classrooms.

Flipping the Classroom to Build 21st Century Skills

Mohamad Jebara

Founder and CEO, Mathspace

Richmond Foo

WA Ed Tech Consultant

At Mathspace, we highly value the feedback received from our teachers. It holds a crucial part in shaping the direction of our program, which in turn, helps teachers with a smoother implementation of Mathspace in their teaching.\nGeneral feedback points us towards the areas of the product teachers want to improve, while our customer discovery program allows us to work with our teachers to dive deep into the problem area and generate solutions.\nJoin us to learn about the process and meet some of the teachers that co-developed some of our recent features including Class Insights, Diagnostic Reports, and Task Templates.

Shaping Digital Resources: How we turn teachers' ideas into product features at Mathspace

The areas of mathematics we typically operate in can feel so well-decided as to be set in concrete, where questions have an unambiguous, well-known answer. Students learn to chase the tick and fear the cross, or they are posed open-ended problems removed from the realm of truth altogether.

\nThe unsolved areas of mathematics can seem impossibly far away, over the horizon and high up the ivory towers of expert, career mathematicians. But the frontier is sometimes right beneath our feet. There are many problems in mathematics that are easy to express and comprehend, yet remain unsolved to this day - the best anyone can say is “we just don’t know”!

\nThis talk will present a rationale and advice for introducing several unsolved problems in your high school classroom: finding a route for the travelling salesman and moving a sofa around a corner, Goldbach, four fours, Collatz, tree(3), and more. Not only are they suitable for introduction in your class, but they absolutely should be, harnessing their unique ability to inspire exploration and creativity in students, solidify understanding throughout the curriculum as a whole, while teaching them (and you!) the power, the limits, and the beauty of mathematics.

The beauty and promise of "we just don't know": unsolved and unsolvable problems for your classroom

Jillian Green

Math Educator and Curriculum Specialist

Daniel O'Kane

Tertiary Online Math Educator and VIC Ed Tech Consultant

As schools consider how they deliver teaching while students are at home, this is a great opportunity for teachers to re-think their classroom approach, instead of replicating the physical classroom online. The real challenge is not which platform to use, but how to effectively use combinations of digital tools to set up an online learning culture.

This webinar is useful for schools that are already running remote teaching, or preparing to implement remote teaching. 

We are offering free access to Mathspace during the forced closures due to COVID-19. Attend this session for more information.

NOTE: This webinar is being run across the US and Australia. It is on at 5pm EST on March 19 in the US and 8am AEDT on March 20 in Australia.

A simple guide to running a remote math classroom (Global Webinar)

A simple guide to running a remote maths classroom (Global Webinar)

Rhonda Davis

Customer Account Manager - North America

This 45 minute webinar will introduce you to Mathspace. We will take you through both the teacher and the student experience, and give you the basics that you need to get started with Mathspace.

This session is great for teachers who are new to Mathspace, as well as teachers who might want a refresh on some of the basics.

 Get Started with Mathspace - A training webinar for new teachers

This 60 minute webinar takes you behind-the-scenes of a digital mathematics classroom, which uses three key digital tools: Mathspace, Slack and Zoom.

This webinar shows you the basics of how to use these tools together. 

 Our 3 top tools for the remote mathematics class: Mathspace, Slack & Zoom


This 60 minute webinar takes you behind-the-scenes of a digital mathematics classroom, which uses three key digital tools: Mathspace, Slack and Zoom.

This webinar shows you the basics of how to use these tools together. 

Christina McKinnis

Principal, Visions In Education’s University Prep Academy

Lynda Laymance

Vice Principal, Visions In Education's University Prep Academy

As schools shift to online learning, it’s important to understand that fostering relationships with students is the key to student engagement. However, given the status of where the world is right now, this connection has to be more than just academics. As an independent study school who has been engaged in virtual learning for over 10 years, we’ve invested significant time connecting with students and understanding the power of that connection. One hazard inherent to online learning is isolation. Using virtual platforms, we will show you how to connect students to a learning community where they can collaborate with other teachers and students to build relationships during this time of change.

Caring for the whole student and diminishing isolation in online learning

What is most important when building a virtual learning environment? How do students know what to do each day? What systems are essential to success? Hear from Lynda and Christina, two educators with a decade of distance learning experience, as they openly share their journey - and how to avoid the initial challenges mistakes they made in transitioning to online learning. Take the essential lessons they distilled - onboarding, norms/expectations, and connecting with students - to help you get started. 

This webinar will feature high school students from Visions In Education’s University Prep Academy sharing their experience teaching and learning in a virtual environment. The students will share their own stories in starting with virtual learning, identify important habits they have developed, and the challenges they face learning on their own. This is an essential webinar to see virtual learning through your students’ eyes as you move to distance learning.

From our students’ perspective: Making the transition to virtual learning

Katie Walsh

This webinar unpacks what student agency is in the primary level, and the benefits that it provides for teachers and students.

Student Agency at the Primary Level (4-6)

Erin Gallagher

Head of Curriculum

Craig Blake

VIC Ed Tech Consultant

This webinar takes you through our brand new VCE resources and how you can use them to support students. We invite you to join our CEO, Head of Content and our Victorian School Consultants as they explain why the textbook is still an important part of the classroom. 

New Learning Resources for VCE Teachers

Cherie Connors

Deputy Principal, Fadden Primary School

The transition between primary school and high school often brings about a number of challenges for both teachers and students. This largely arises because schools operate in isolation, rather than working collaboratively. In this session, we will discuss common misconceptions about the primary/high school experience. We will then show how continuous data across a child’s learning journey can remove these boundaries, and foster strong reciprocal partnership that return the focus to the individual student.

Developing a community approach to mathematics learning

Jonathan Templin

This session is geared towards teachers who are familiar with the Classic Mathspace experience. We will take you through some of the changes, the added value in the new experience, and show you how to access the features that you've been using in the Classic experience, as they may have moved.

Long time Mathspace users - Migrating to the New Teacher Experience

Daniel Tu-Hoa

Senior Vice President, Mathspace

Nicole Kleinmann

Curriculum and Content Developer, Mathspace

Andie Hoyt

US Curriculum Lead, Mathspace

An equitable learning environment is one where students of all backgrounds are given the same opportunities to learn. But how can we create that environment in a math classroom? This recording is from a live session at the NCTM Virtual Annual Meeting, where we discovered equitable learning opportunities in math, shared our experiences & some great resources you can use in your own classes!


Ready. Set. ENGAGE! An interactive chat on creating equitable learning opportunities in math

The best part of conferences is learning from our peers. In this interactive session from the NCTM Virtual Annual Meeting, we discussed the meaning of mastery and shared our experiences and best practices when it comes to assessments. Also, get a sneak peak at the latest innovation in digital assessment resources - providing real-time insights in under 10 minutes a week!

Assess Yourself: An interactive discussion on student mastery and shared assessment strategies

Sabrina Knopf

Math, Computer Science, and SPED Teacher, Mineola High School

Dr. Lisa Downey

Assistant Principal, Mineola High School

Dr. Whittney Smith

Principal, Mineola High School

In this session we will focus on how a relationships first approach has helped foster student agency and personalized learning with an emphasis on the Four Cs (creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking). Additionally, addressing social emotional well-being in the classroom with simple strategies that have lasting impact will be discussed. Tools such as Mathspace, Pear Deck, Canvas, Flipgrid, and other 3rd party products will be discussed.

Pandemic Lessons: A “Relationships First” Approach to Personalized Learning

Mathspace Team

Edtech Consultants

Join us to see the great new tools in Mathspace that have been built to reduce your admin time, easily action student data insights, and collaborate with your faculty.

This session will also include a sneak peek at Waypoints, our new continuous assessment tool that also helps students take ownership of their learning, as well as some of the other exciting new projects the team has been working on.

Mathspace Features to help you save time

Debates about the efficacy and effects of high stakes assessments continue, and while teachers understand the importance of personalised learning programs, the practicalities of implementing them in the classroom has always been a challenge.

The Tutor Learning Initiative has given Victorian schools a unique opportunity to provide personalised learning to students whose learning has been disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also be a great opportunity to assess the impact of small group tuition, which research has shown to be highly effective on student learning outcomes.

Join Mohamad Jebara, CEO and founder of Mathspace, as well as Daniel O’Kane and Craig Blake, as they present best practices for implementing small group tuition and introduce Waypoints; a new continuous standardised assessment platform. All teachers who attend this session will be eligible for a year’s free Waypoints access for all students participating in your school’s new tutoring program.

Measure the impact of the Tutor Learning Initiative and monitor student learning in 2021

Nusa de Melo

NSW/ACT Ed Tech Consultant

Debates about the efficacy and effects of high stakes assessments continue, and while teachers understand the importance of personalised learning programs, the practicalities of implementing them in the classroom has always been a challenge. The COVID Learning Support initiative has given NSW schools a unique opportunity to provide personalised learning to students whose access to education has suffered as a result of the pandemic. It will also be a great opportunity to assess the impact of small group tuition which research has shown to be highly effective on student learning outcomes. 

Join Mohamad Jebara, CEO and founder of Mathspace, and Nusa de Melo, NSW Ed Tech Consultant, as they present best practices for implementing small group tuition and introduce Waypoints, our new continuous assessment tool. All teachers who attend this session will be eligible for a year’s free Waypoints access for all students participating in the COVID Intensive Learning Support Program.

Maximise Student Outcomes with your COVID Intensive Learning Support Budget

Carla Giuliani-Bruno

Assistant Leader of Learning Mathematics at Freeman Catholic College

In the Space Talk webinar series, we're inviting teachers to present their insights and innovative strategies for using technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. Our first presenter is Carla Giuliani-Bruno, of Freeman Catholic College, NSW. She will walk through how teachers and students use the Mathspace Learning Ecosystem to identify learning gaps, track student growth and inform instruction.

Space Talk: Using diagnostic tools to improve numeracy outcomes

Cassandra Portelli

Head of Maths at Hunter School of the Performing Arts

In the Space Talk webinar series, we're inviting teachers to present their insights and innovative strategies for using technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. In this session, Cassandra Portelli, Head of Maths at Hunter School of the Performing Arts, talks about how teachers can instil growth mindsets in students using mastery based learning.

Space Talk: Cultivating Student Growth Mindsets with Mastery Based Learning

Jenny Missen

Head of Mathematics at Radford College

Engaging students in maths is a challenge every teacher has faced and continues to face in the modern classroom. We believe that continuous assessments can truly help students take ownership of their learning and start seeing themselves as capable mathematics students. 

Our guest speaker, Jenny Missen who is the Head of Maths at Radford College and has been working to engage her students in maths. During this 30 minute webinar, Jenny shares her experience with continuous assessment, and how it helps drive student engagement in her maths classroom.

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