Archive for the ‘Slide-A-Round Updates’ Category

I want to thank Marty McKenzie, Principal of Statewide Blind and Visually Impaired Education for the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, for sharing my instructional strategies for with the TVI in South Carolina. Because South Carolina is relatively close to Georgia, I am planning o scheduling workshops with his TVI colleagues! Follow the “Latest News” for locations and dates when they become available.

I enjoyed sharing my instructional strategies at the  2024 Tri-State STEM Conference on October 10th  and 2024 GCTM Conference on October 17th. The participants who attended my sessions were amazing Iam looking forward to help them implement my strategies in their classrooms!

My Keep Indiana Learning article was posted on October 9th! On the website, click on the lick to read my STEM article about the “Living Table” that I designed and built with my students.

I received an email that my “Living Table” article is going to be published on October 9th. The article involves a year long project that I did with my students at Elm Street Elementary in Rome, GA. During the project, my students used their math skills and be exposed to grade level reading, science, and ELA standards to create a table that had a variety of themes, such as a winter wonderland, mountian village, Iwo Jima, and Easter incentives during the state-wide testing in April. Additional information about the project will be posted on the website after it has been published on October 9th!

WOW! I have accepted invitations to present at the 2024 Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference Sessions on October 17th. My sessions are at 11:00 and 3:00. See you at Rock Eagle, GA!

I am excited about the opportunity to present at the 2024 Tri-State STEM Conference Session on October 10th at 11:05 in Cincinnati because I am anticipating many participants in my session from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. See you at my session!

I have been in contact Kathy Dunn,  Director of Professional Learning  for State and Federal Programs, at the Oklahoma Cooperative Council for School Administration (CCOSA.) I have accepted her invitation to present at the 2025 Oklahoma Cooperative Council for School Administration Conference in Oklahoma City on June 11-12. I am looking forward to my session. Follow the “Latest News” for the date and time of my session.

I have accepted an invitation to prest at the 2024 Tri-County STEM Conference in Cincinnati, OH on October 10th. I am looking forward to sharing how my students successfully designed and built a glow-in-the-dark indoor miniature golf course, hover disc, student- run business, Solar City, and “Living Table.”  Follow the “Latest News” for information regarding the time of my session!

I am looking forward to training the teacher candidates at the Unversity of West Alabama in Livingston, AL. They are going to be using Slide-A-Round Math Manipulatives during their lessons in their assigned schools. I appreciate Dr. Tracy Keener’s interest in my instructional strategies!

I have been invited to two sessions at the 2024 Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Rock Eagle, GA on October 17th. My first session is at 11:00, and my second session is at 3:00. I am looking forward to seeing you at my sessions!