SHARING TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO FOSTER CURIOUS AND CONVERSATIONAL MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS
I am dedicated to transforming the educational landscape by equipping teachers and schools with the tools and strategies they need to thrive in a technology-driven world. I offer personalized learning for teachers featuring dynamic tools for teaching and learning mathematics, including the Desmos calculators and Activity Builder.
FOCUSED AND ENGAGING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Resource Development
Community Engagement
WHAT I OFFER:
Full Day, Half Day and Remote options are available
Teaching and Learning with the Desmos Calculators.
Featured Sessions include:
- Working with Functions - tables, lists and sliders
- Re-thinking Word Problems - links and folders
- Animations and Drawing Projects
- Dealing with Data - basic statistical functions
- Strategies for SAT success
- AP Statistics workshop
Working with Activity Builder
- Facilitating Activities and "The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions"
- Building Your Own Engaging Activities - best practices for creating dynamic learning experiences.
- Working with Computation Layer
"The most informative math training I have been to...really beneficial!" - Joan S, MA
"Bob did an excellent job introducing the Desmos calculator. He tailored his presentation to his audience. He began with the basics since our group consisted of special ed teachers and math teachers then delved deeper when working with just the math teachers." - Adam L, PA
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Bob's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@rlochel
PAST AND FUTURE CONFERENCE SESSIONS:
2026 PCTM State Conference - Pre-Conference Speaker - "Always Be Curious - a Math Teacher's Guide to Inspiring Curiosity and Encouraging Conversation."
2025 AP Annual Conference - "Building for Conceptual Understanding in AP Precalculus Using Desmos" with Juan Gomez
2024 NCTM Annual Conference - "Is it Possible? Is it Plausible?" Be a Probability Detective."
2024 PCTM State Conference - "Engage Students in Probability Through Games"
2024 PCTM State Conference - "Desmos Classroom Function Investigations"
2023 PCTM State Conference - "Encourage Investigation and Conversation with the Desmos Graphing Calculator"
2023 PCTM State Conference - "Activities for Tackling "Yucky" Math Topics"
2022 NCTM Annual Conference - "Is it Possible? Is it Plausible?" Be a Probability Detective."
2019 NCTM Regional Conference - "Utilizing Online Tools to Tell a Statistical Story"
2018 NCTM Regional Conference - "Algebra Task Makeover with Desmos Activity Builder"
2017 NCTM Annual Conference - "Math Task Makeover with Desmos Activity Builder" with Michael Fenton and Jed Butler
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About Bob Lochel
At Eureka Education Services, we are dedicated to empowering educators and schools through innovative training programs that balance technology, mathematics, and classroom conversation. Bob Lochel is an experienced educator and teacher trainer, and has shared sessions at many national conferences, including NCTM, ISTE, ASCD and PCTM. Bob has been a classroom teacher for over 25 years, serves as an AP Statistics exam reading table leader, and was part of the first Desmos Fellows cohort in 2017.
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