VCTM Workshops

Schedule of Workshops (3 hours)

Last update: February 12, 2001

Friday (March 9)

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

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Date/Time

Number

Grade Level

Room

Title

Presenter(s)

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Friday

1

K-12

Lab 246

Create a web page

Jennifer Hobbs

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Teachers will not only leave with their own web page but with the skills to create and design web pages.

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Friday

2

PreK-2

Lab 343

Exploring Interactive Number and Geometry Activities: Click on the E-Standards

Maria A. Timmerman & Shannon Schirack

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

The session explores teaching with the NCTM E-Standards. Experience intereactive computer activities and manipulatives that develop number sense and geometric thinking.

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Friday

3

Gr. 3-5

Rm 1201

Hands On AIMS

Janet Blake-Dixon

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Activities will be presented related to the VA SOL. Problem solving will be highly emphasized

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Friday

4

Gr. 6-8

Rm 0304

Hands-On Functions

Fiona Nichols

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Data will be collected through hands-on activities. Data will be evaluated and the function rule (equation) determined.

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Friday

5

Gr. 9-12

Rm 1202

Manipulatives in Algebra I in high schools: A Paradigm Shift

Debra Kiger Lyman

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

"Modeling Algebra for Student Success" is a current algebra initiative in secondary schools in VA. Teachers who are not in a cohort this year will find this workshop exciting and informative.

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Friday

61

Gr. 8-16

Lab 1056

Illustrating Mathematical Concepts Using MS Excel

Margaret McQuinn, Deborah Smith & James Washenberger

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

Hands on use of Excel to work through a variety of math concepts and mini-projects that can be modified to fit in class room topic.

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Date/Time	Number	Grade Level	Room	Title	Presenter(s)
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Friday	1	K-12	Lab 246	Create a web page	Jennifer Hobbs
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				Teachers will not only leave with their own web page but with the skills to create and design web pages.
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Friday	2	PreK-2	Lab 343	Exploring Interactive Number and Geometry Activities: Click on the E-Standards	Maria A. Timmerman & Shannon Schirack
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				The session explores teaching with the NCTM E-Standards. Experience intereactive computer activities and manipulatives that develop number sense and geometric thinking.
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Friday	3	Gr. 3-5	Rm 1201	Hands On AIMS	Janet Blake-Dixon
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				Activities will be presented related to the VA SOL. Problem solving will be highly emphasized
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Friday	4	Gr. 6-8	Rm 0304	Hands-On Functions	Fiona Nichols
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				Data will be collected through hands-on activities. Data will be evaluated and the function rule (equation) determined.
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Friday	5	Gr. 9-12	Rm 1202	Manipulatives in Algebra I in high schools: A Paradigm Shift	Debra Kiger Lyman
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				"Modeling Algebra for Student Success" is a current algebra initiative in secondary schools in VA. Teachers who are not in a cohort this year will find this workshop exciting and informative.
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Friday	61	Gr. 8-16	Lab 1056	Illustrating Mathematical Concepts Using MS Excel	Margaret McQuinn, Deborah Smith & James Washenberger
9:00 am - 12:00 noon				Hands on use of Excel to work through a variety of math concepts and mini-projects that can be modified to fit in class room topic.
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Workshops

Friday (March 9)

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

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Date/Time

Number

Grade Level

Room

Title

Presenter(s)

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Friday

6

K-12

Rm 0304

FANS (Families Achieving the New Standards)

Jackie Getgood & Vickie Inge

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Train the trainer session. Participants will receive the script, video and materials to conduct the session for parents.

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Friday

7

K-12

Rm 2203

Digital Cameras: Fun and Useful Technology

Miki Merritt

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Integrating the digital camera into curriculum and SOLs at K-12 levels

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Friday

8

K-2

Rm 1201

Algebra for the Younger Students

Sheryl Sugg

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Come and get ideas on how to teach Patterns, Functions, and Algebra VA SOL using AIMS. Each participant will receive a packet and a pin.

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Friday

9

Gr 6-12

Rm 2201

Math Motivation

Kristen Murphy & Kari Egnot

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Great hands on activities including jeopardy, bingo, connect four that can be used to reinforce amth concepts and get kids actively involved in class.

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Friday

10

Gr 8-12

Lab 1056

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.:Sketchpad Use Can Create Excited Self-Confident Students

John Kohlrieser

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

We will create/develop everyday lessons using Geometer's Sketchpad that can be taken into your classroom and used tomorrow with a projection system. Bring a disk.

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Friday

86

K-5

Rm 1202

Integrating Literature and Mathematics

Beverly Johns Vick, Rebecca Harris

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Explore ways to develop meaningful mathematical lessons that support and enhance the SOL through the use of literature.

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Friday

87

Gr. 10-12

Rm 2202

What's Better Than Oysters on the Half-Shell? Algebra II on the TI-83

Tom Banford

1:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Demonstration of the application of the TI-83 graphing calculator to the Algebra II SOL. BYOC

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Date/Time	Number	Grade Level	Room	Title	Presenter(s)
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Friday	6	K-12	Rm 0304	FANS (Families Achieving the New Standards)	Jackie Getgood & Vickie Inge
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Train the trainer session. Participants will receive the script, video and materials to conduct the session for parents.
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Friday	7	K-12	Rm 2203	Digital Cameras: Fun and Useful Technology	Miki Merritt
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Integrating the digital camera into curriculum and SOLs at K-12 levels
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Friday	8	K-2	Rm 1201	Algebra for the Younger Students	Sheryl Sugg
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Come and get ideas on how to teach Patterns, Functions, and Algebra VA SOL using AIMS. Each participant will receive a packet and a pin.
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Friday	9	Gr 6-12	Rm 2201	Math Motivation	Kristen Murphy & Kari Egnot
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Great hands on activities including jeopardy, bingo, connect four that can be used to reinforce amth concepts and get kids actively involved in class.
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Friday	10	Gr 8-12	Lab 1056	S.U.C.C.E.S.S.:Sketchpad Use Can Create Excited Self-Confident Students	John Kohlrieser
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				We will create/develop everyday lessons using Geometer's Sketchpad that can be taken into your classroom and used tomorrow with a projection system. Bring a disk.
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Friday	86	K-5	Rm 1202	Integrating Literature and Mathematics	Beverly Johns Vick, Rebecca Harris
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Explore ways to develop meaningful mathematical lessons that support and enhance the SOL through the use of literature.
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Friday	87	Gr. 10-12	Rm 2202	What's Better Than Oysters on the Half-Shell? Algebra II on the TI-83	Tom Banford
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm				Demonstration of the application of the TI-83 graphing calculator to the Algebra II SOL. BYOC
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Workshops

Saturday (March 10)

9:00 am - 12:00 noon

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Date/Time

Number

Grade Level

Room

Title

Presenter(s)

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Saturday

11

K-2

Rm 1201

Math Recovery-An Early Intervention Program

Ann K. Stafford

9:00 am -12:00 noon

An overview of Math recovery and its theoretical basis will be presented with videotape vignettes. The Early Numeracy Assessment Interview which provides direction for teaching will be emphasized. Make it and Take it Constructivist teaching strategies wi

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Saturday

12

Gr. 2-8

Rm 1202

Fractions on the Geoboard

Bobbye Hoffman Bartels

9:00 am -12:00 noon

Teachers will be involved in making fractions meaningful by using a geoboard to model them and their operations.

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Saturday

13

Gr. 3-8

Rm 2202

GEMS: Great Expectations in Math and Science

Jill Cragg & Georgeann Hendrick

9:00 am -12:00 noon

Three cooperative hands-on math units from GEMS series will be presented. The titles are: In all probability, frog Math: Predict, Ponder, and Play, Group Solutions: Cooperative Logic

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Saturday

14

Gr. 6-12

Lab 1056

Using Boxer Learning's Internet Curriculum to Meet Virginia's SOL

Fritz Geissler

9:00 am -12:00 noon

Boxer Learning presents a workshop for educators using BOXERmath.COM and those interested in learning how teachers use the Internet-based curriculum to meet SOL.

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Saturday

15

Gr. 8-12

Rm 2203

Teaching Basic Statistics with Food

W. Jane Thomas

9:00 am -12:00 noon

This workshop will focus on ways to introduce students to the basic concepts of statistics and probability using something all teens enjoy Food. Graphing calculators Needed

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Saturday

16

Gr 8-16

Rm 0304

Mathematics on the Cassiopeia

Sue Hagen, Cynthia Baird, Jennifer Rhawn

9:00 am -12:00 noon

Hands-on workshop introducing teachers to the versatile Cassiopeia, a hand held computer, designed for the mathematics classroom-exploring its use with the Geometer's Sketchpad, Maple, and Graphing Calculator.

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