Desmos Webinar Features and Tools

The webinar introduces participants to advanced features of Desmos activities, focusing on the dashboard and snapshot tools to enhance classroom discussions. Participants engage in a Desmos activity, explore the five practices for orchestrating math discussions, and practice using the dashboard to provide feedback. The session concludes with a Q&A and resources for further learning.

What is the primary goal of the Desmos webinar?

• To discuss the graphing calculator

• To teach how to build Desmos activities

• To explore the use of snapshots and feedback tools

• To introduce new Desmos features

What activity are participants asked to engage with during the webinar?

• Equity Principles

• Computation Layer

• Turtle Crossing

• Graphing Calculator

Which tool is used to monitor student work in real-time during the webinar?

• Feedback Tool

• Computation Layer

• Graphing Calculator

• Snapshot Tool

What is one of the five practices for orchestrating productive math discussions?

• Building new activities

• Anticipating student responses

• Exploring new Desmos features

• Using a graphing calculator

What feature allows teachers to anonymize student responses?

• Feedback Tool

• Dashboard Anonymization

• Snapshot Tool

• Computation Layer

What is the purpose of the snapshot tool in Desmos?

• To capture and present student work

• To provide real-time feedback

• To create new activities

• To calculate complex equations

How can teachers provide feedback to students using Desmos?

• Through the feedback tool

• Using the computation layer

• By using the graphing calculator

• By creating new activities

What should teachers consider when using the dashboard features?

• The number of students in class

• The speed of the internet

• Whose voices and ideas to elevate

• The color of the graphs

What is a suggested way to start using Desmos with teachers?

• Building new activities

• Assigning a single session code

• Using the graphing calculator

• Exploring computation layer

Where can participants find more resources after the webinar?

• Computation Layer

• New Desmos features

• Desmos Educators group on Facebook

• Graphing Calculator