I'd love to visit with your teachers and students and
share what I've learned as a teacher, technology coordinator, and writer.
Presentations are appropriate for adults as well as children and are adaptable
to small or large groups. Sample visitation topics are listed below.
Adventures in Mathopolis Connections
Polygon Power
Building on the topics presented in her middle grade book, “Adventures
in Mathopolis: The Great Polygon Caper”, students will enjoy experiencing
geometry in this engaging interactive program. Led by Remainder Rabbit,
they sing the Polygon Song to learn shape names and explore grouping by
three’s, four’s, and more. Student volunteers act out the
heartbreaking tale of a love triangle between A-Cute little angle and
her two suitors, Mr. Obtuse and Mr. Right. Everyone will slide, rotate,
and reflect to the arm-flapping fun of the “Transformation Game”.
Student teams will then think ‘inside’ the box to create giant
three-dimensional prisms and pyramids.
Writing a "Super" Story
Experience the step-by-step process that goes into the creation
of a book. Trace the first "Adventures in Mathopolis" book through
the entire writing process, from the initial brainstorming, through researching
the topics, creating the characters, the extensive editing process, to
the finished product. Can be geared for students, teachers, and writers.
Untangling Tessellations
Make geometry fun! Sing songs, shuffle shapes, cut and
paste, and tesselate to learn the names and properties of different polygons.
Unravel geometric patterns found in quilts and art. Apply new-found knowledge
to create tessellation patterns by rotating, translating, and coloring
geometric shapes. Geared for elementary students, ideas can also be adapted
for older students.
A Foot Isn't a Foot
Your foot doesn't measure 12 inches. Neither does mine!
So where did the customary units of foot, inch, and yard come from? Students
measure their way into discovering and understanding the origins of these
standard units of measure. They then apply these measuring skills to discover
the unique proportionality of the human body.
Painless
Technology Integration
Explore millions (slight exaggeration) of quick, simple-to-implement
ideas for using Microsoft Office in the classroom. Perfect for the computer-phobic
teacher as well as the technology guru. Student activities presented focus
on providing activities that can be completed in one session, either in
the computer lab or as a learning station within the classroom. Presentation
format can be hands-on or watch-and-learn and are appropriate for all
grade levels.
30-Minute Microsoft Office Projects
Discover quick and easy projects to complete in one computer-lab
session. No complicated rubrics and minimal preparation time required
to create a technology-rich lesson.
Putting the "POW" in PowerPoint
with Custom Animations
Explore the endless possibilities of animating Microsoft
PowerPoint slideshows. Control when and how information in bulleted lists
is displayed. Add buttons to link to web sites, files, or other programs.
Make pictures, WordArt, and objects appear and disappear as needed. Create
games and an interactive, intriguing learning experience for students.
Excelling at Microsoft Excel
(Math)
Use one simple function, RANDBETWEEN, to create dynamic, interactive examples.
Then press one key to instantly generate sample problems for students.
Remove wait time between examples, keep students engaged, and free the
teacher to focus on the explanation instead of the creation of each problem.
Super Graphing in Excel (Math, Science)
Create templates then press one key to instantly generate dozens of bar
graphs, pictographs, and coordinate graphs.
Interactive Maps (Social Studies)
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to make interactive maps for engaging lessons
and reviews.
Grammar Guru (Language Arts)
“Mad Libs” encourage students to elaborate and have fun while
they learn the parts of speech. Create your own using Microsoft PowerPoint,
Microsoft Access, or Microsoft Excel.
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