OCTM 2012 is pleased to announce Keynote Performance Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble to perform for conference attendees on Thursday, October 18.
Karl Schaffer teaches mathematics at DeAnza College in Cupertino, California. Erik Stern teaches dance at Weber State University in Ogden Utah. Scott Kim designs educational games from his home in El Granada, California. Their math dance work grew from two seeds.
As choreographers, much of their work springs from play with ideas from the world of mathematics. As teachers, they have found that mathematical ideas become more exciting, tangible and memorable when you act them out with your whole body. So for the past fourteen years they have developed a series of performances and workshops on math dance, which we have given hundreds of times in schools and conferences.
Karl Schaffer teaches mathematics at DeAnza College in Cupertino, California. Erik Stern teaches dance at Weber State University in Ogden Utah. Scott Kim designs educational games from his home in El Granada, California. Their math dance work grew from two seeds.
As choreographers, much of their work springs from play with ideas from the world of mathematics. As teachers, they have found that mathematical ideas become more exciting, tangible and memorable when you act them out with your whole body. So for the past fourteen years they have developed a series of performances and workshops on math dance, which we have given hundreds of times in schools and conferences.