Math Conference more engaging

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Hello Desmos Community,

I have been asked to participate in a math conference associated with Notre Dame University. The goal of this conference is to make sure high school dual credit courses are matching the rigor and expectations of college. The main talking points will be the Rule of Four, Writing Rigorous Questions, and Giving Useful Feedback.

My concern is the introduction. Most math conferences start with a mundane introduction. State your name, where do your teach, what courses do you teach, how many years have you been teaching.

I am trying to make the introduction of the ceremony more engaging and entertaining. Attached is my Desmos Activity that I have created, so far. I like the first 6 slides. It will create good discussion points and comparison of everybody in the conference.

I am concerned about slides 7-10. Can I add anything to them to make it more engaging? Could I add a slider to show if participants are more familiar with the upcoming material?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I enjoy all of your support and help.

Thanks, Joe

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Hi Joe, this is incredible! I love the use-case, and especially that it’s getting participant feedback at the outset of the conference.

I noticed that the map on Slide 3 looks squished, and this might be because it’s been moved from only taking up half of the screen to taking up the full screen. You might be able to fix this by opening the Desmos graph in the Amplify activity and clicking the “Zoom square” button to get the right ratio, then zooming in/out to make the map fit again.
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I’m also a big fan of sliders for slides 7-9 where you’re gauging comfort-level. There are some really slick interactive sliders here (Interactive Screen Templates • Activity by Amplify Classroom), shared by @Chris_Blackett1 here (New Starter Screens). And I love the free response for slide 10 and showing participants the responses of 3 other random participants, that’s got a lot of potential for showing people the diversities and commonalities of interests in the conference.