Sam Cusano

Hofstra & LIU Grad | teaching AP comp sci, Alg 2,and GEO at Port Washington #iteachmath

"It's not always about content covered, it's about ideas discovered"✨

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Honored that my student Chloe asked me to be her doubles partner at the annual port tennis tourney! Had so much fun playing for breast cancer! #cusanoMATH #pwufsd🎾💙💕

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Had so much fun creating networks using yarn in AP CSP! Groups had to guidelines of cost, direct/indirect connections, and efficiency. The last picture was the final challenge where groups created a balance for all guidelines! #cusanoMATH
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[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

so much pride for port! 💙🤍 @PWUFSD

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

@MrsJessicaRyan Check out my POWTOON!

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#MCtechsavvy

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Check out my choice board using QR codes! @MrsJessicaRyan #MCtechsavvy

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Q3: Technology allows for students to interact with material in dynamic ways. It gives students the opportunities to collaborative with peers, display understanding in unique ways and fun activities that deepen understanding #mctechsavvy

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Q1: My name is Sam Cusano and I am a math and computer science teacher in Port Washington. This is my 4th year teaching! #mctechsavvy

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Q5: During Covid, I focused a lot on building community from within the classroom and out to homes. Tools that I used include Nearpod Wall Posts and Padlet. Students had the chance to see what others where saying and they are able to react/comment to each other #mctechsavvy

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Q6: Technology gives students the opportunity to interact with material in unique ways. For example, students in my Geo class learned about 3D figures using apps on GeoGebra. This allowed them to fully understand while pencil and paper would not have the same effect #mctechsavvy

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Q4: In my degree work, I studied something called the SAMR model. The SAMR model breaks down good and effective technology integration. One thing that guides my implementation is the tech must transform or add to the learning outcome not replace or substitute #mctechsavvy

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Had so much fun supporting my students and school at pride in port!! 💙🤍💙🤍 @PWUFSD #cusanoMATH

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Happy first day back! What better way to practice group work expectations than with a STEM race? Groups where given 2 pieces of paper, 1 scissor, and 1 glue stick to build the longest paper chain in the given amount of time! @PWUFSD #cusanoMATH #iteachmath

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@cpolney @esm_csd @CodeMakeOwn Congratulations !!

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Thank you @manelymath and @bureauofed for such a fun conference. I can't wait to take everything I learned about DESMOS and share it with my students!📊 @lvcsd @PatDiClemente @ajdavidsonsr #desmos #iteachmath #cusanoMATH

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

So much fun using skittles to explore population distributions and sample distributions. We discovered that skittles are not evenly distributed by using both a population and a sample distribution #iteachmath #statistics #cusanoMATH @lvcsd @ajdavidsonsr

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Using DESMOS to discover function transformations! Students evaluated the changes between parent functions and various transformations and created general rules for each one! @lvcsd @ajdavidsonsr @PatDiClemente @Desmos #iteachmath #cusanoMATH #Algebra

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My next professional read #techlikeapirate #teched #edtech

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I love this time of year because it gives the opportunity to fill someone's heart with so much warmth. I have the most thoughtful students and I am grateful for them everyday. This is a personalized mug with my puppies name on it! 🥺❤️🎄

@lvcsd @PatDiClemente #iteachmath

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

We discovered the law of large numbers in stats! Students calculated the theoretical probability and relative frequency of spinning a green to discover the more trials completed in an experiment, the closer you get to the theoretical probability 📈📉@lvcsd #iteachmath #cusanoMATH

[Sam Cusano @cusanoMATH]

Creating games in class?! Sign me up! Today we practiced using "while" loops by creating a game where users have to guess your favorite food! Each student swapped chromebooks and played each other's version of the game! @CodeMakeOwn @lvcsd #Python #cusanoMATH #iteachmath