Mathematics & Science Institute 2006 Today is May 14, 2008, 3:17 am   July 24-25, 2006 Institute Speakers (alphabetically) Choose a Destination... Institute Home Registration Schedule Presentations Speakers Contact Harriet Aguiar-Netto (email) Harriet Aguiar-Netto has a BS in Chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Tulane University. She recently retired from 35 years of teaching high school chemistry, physics and mathematics. She has been the recipient of numerous national honors for her success in teaching chemistry. Presentations by this speaker: Enabling the Reluctant Chemistry Student Bruce Baguley (email) Bruce Baguley received a BA in Mathematics from Tulane University, an MS in Mathematics from MIT, and his teacher training from Heritage College in Toppenish, WA. While teaching elementary and middle school students, he became interested in showing math concepts using manipulatives rather than relying on memorizing formulas. He has given numerous workshops at math conferences over the past few years, showing people how to use manipulatives to represent math concepts from counting, through whole number, rational, and integer operations, to solving and graphing linear equations as well as proving number theory problems. Presentations by this speaker: Ratio and Proportion in Pictures and Manipulatives (Session 1), Ratio and Proportion in Pictures and Manipulatives (Session 2), Prove the Unique Prime Factorization Theorem using Manipulatives, Number Theory using Manipulatives Scott Beslin (email) Scott is profesor of mathematics at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He also serves as the coordinator of the graduate mathematics program there. Presentations by this speaker: Applications of Geometry to Calculus Tina Bouzon (email) Tina Bouzon is the director of the service learning program with the Brown Foundation. Presentations by this speaker: Service Learning Grants with The Brown Foundation Kay Butler (email) Always ready to learn and accept new challenges, Kay is a founding teacher at one of the newest "New Tech" high schools in the south. As a Core Plus Mathematics teacher and Project Lead the Way instructor, she incorporates real-world problem solving and project based learning into her classes on a regular basis. In an attempt to provide tutoring in a non-threatening environment and to promote mathematical problem solving at the middle school level, Kay coaches MATHCOUNTS after school. Her post-secondary experiences have been local: Delgado Community College (A-GS), Nicholls State University (BA), and Louisiana State University (MA & EdS). Her studies have focused on biology, mathematics, education / curriculum and instruction, and academic gifted. More recently, she has participated in various mathematics education programs at UNO, including a LaSIP Lesson Study Project and last year's "MSI @ UNO." Presentations by this speaker: Reading, Thinking, and Representing Mathematics John Carambat (email) John Carambat has taught biology at St. Paul's for three years. He has also taught graphic Design at LSU and won 42 advertising awards for creative excellence. He builds bicycle-powered boats, paints lovely pictures and has been known to clown around on stage with little provocation. Presentations by this speaker: Multimedia Documentaries of the interesting and Bizarre in Biology Gary Cruice (email) Gary Cruice is currently teaching Honors Geometry at Comeaux High School in Lafayette. He holds a Level 3 Teaching Certificate in Mathematics Grades 6-12 and an MS in Communication. Before Hurricane Katrina, Gary taught Pre-Algebra at Gretna Middle School where he was also the Assistant Football Coach. Before starting his career teaching K-12, Gary spent over 15 years teaching at the college level (Communication, Sociology and Study Skills). He also spent time working in software development -- primarily developing and implementing training programs and materials. He has published journal articles, co-authored a textbook, and made presentations all over the United States (and even in Greece). Presentations by this speaker: Whachoutalkinbout, Gary? Math ain't no language! Roger DeSanti (email) Roger DeSanti, a Professor at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University System, has more than thirty years experience in helping people learn. He has worked with learners ages four through eighty-four from 25 states and 22 countries. Roger has been a frequent speaker at international, national and local venues. He has been published more than a hundred times. Presentations by this speaker: The Performance Pentagon: Learning and Knowledge Management to Optimize Students¹ Performance Mark Firmin (email) Mark is an instructor at Archbishop Rummel High School where he teach Algebra II, PreCalculus, Advanced Placement Statistics, Advanced Math I, and Physics. He has also taught math at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans. Presentations by this speaker: Extra !! Extra !! Read All About It !! Service Learning in the Math Classroom, Sharing Session in Statistics Brian Heck (email) Brian is an assistant profesor of mathematics at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Presentations by this speaker: Applications of Geometry to Calculus Ellen Johnston (email) Ellen Johnston taught mathematics for 15 years and served on development teams for T3 (Teachers Teaching with Technology) Institutes and served as an instructor until leaving the classroom in 2000. She has co-authored several TI EXPLORATIONS books. Currently, she works as an Educational Technology Consultant (ETC) for Texas Instruments serving the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri Presentations by this speaker: Explore Geometry with Cabri Jr on the TI-84 Plus , Forensics and TI Data Collection Michael Judice (email) Michael Judice is an educator from the LTC system, where he worked as an Instructor of Drafting and Design Technology for over 12 years. He taught Basic Drafting, Autocad (DOS and Windows Versions through v.2006), and Microstation. While there, he was a VICA advisor for the school for all semesters. He is a national medalist for the VICA organization, licensed instructor for NCCER (National Center for Construction Education and Research), licensed instructor for NRF (National Research Foundation), with 25 experience in many fields of Drafting. His Math major is Geometry. Presently, he is the Curator for the Rivertown Science and Space Museum. Presentations by this speaker: The Rivertown Museums, Jim Marsalis (email) Jim Marsalis has been teaching math at St. Martin's Episcopal School fro the past 31 years. He has a strong interest in real world applications of high school mathematics. Presentations by this speaker: An Excel-lent Adventure, The Matrix Revisited, Peanut Software Kathy Morden (email) Kathy Morden received a BA in Chemistry from University of California, San Diego and a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from University of California, Berkeley. After being a member of the faculty at LSU for 15 years, she decided to devote herself to her true love, teaching science. She has been teaching high school physics (and occasionally chemistry) for six years. Her ongoing adventure is exploring new ways to use technology in the classroom and playing with physics toys. Presentations by this speaker: Physics Simulations available on the Internet, The use of the CASTLE kit and curriculum to demonstrate electrical concepts, Ira Nirenberg (email) Ira has taught math and physics for 20 years at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, LA. He is now retired. He has written two books on mathematics has and lectured in Australia, Hong Kong and throughout the United States. He holds a masters degree in physics, enjoys playing poker and collects old comics! Presentations by this speaker: Making Fractions Make Sense, Linear Regression Analysis—Ever Wonder What Your TI-Calculator is Doing?, The First Optimization Problem Since Antiquity? Gloria Peifer (email) Gloria has taught middle school math, high school Algebra, and Computer Applications for the past 15 years. In addition to teaching, she helped her school earn recognition in a national education journal as part of the school's technology council. Mount Carmel Academy was recognized as an innovative model of hi-tech creativity for their integration of technology across curriculum. In addition to teaching she has presented at many academic conferences both local and national including LATM, LACUE, FETC, and NECC. Since Katrina, she has been consulting with Certiport to develop a free web site for teachers to incorpoate technology across the curriculum. My recent travels to promote technology across the curriculum can be found on this web site at Certiport. Presentations by this speaker: Integrating Math and Technology through Microsoft Office Applications Janell Simpson (email) Janell Simpson teaches Honors Biology and Integrated Science at Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy. She attended a NASA workshop at Langley Research Center during the summer of 2005. Participants developed lesson plans that are now part of the MYNASADATA website. Presentations by this speaker: MYNASADATA Unit for Earth Science Teachers Suzette Surbeck (email) A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Suzette L. Surbeck earned a B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of New Orleans before beginning her career in education teaching math. As computers entered the classroom, Surbeck became intrigued with the educational possibilities technology brings to enrich teaching and learning experiences. She completed a computer literacy certification and eventually completed a Masters of Education in the area of Educational Technology from McNeese State University. Surbeck has been an integral member of her school's technology council and has developed detailed instructional packets for teachers of all levels to aid in their use of technology. Surbeck has presented her unique perspectives at conferences such as NECC, FETC, and ISAS. She has taught K-12 students and other educators for more than 20 years. Since Katrina she has moved on to working with Certiport and quickly found a new mission to match long-time passions: She agreed to assist Certiport in creating a Web resource to facilitate technology integration in the classroom. Presentations by this speaker: Integrating Math and Technology through Microsoft Office Applications Andy Talmadge (email) Andy has taught math and science education courses at the University of New Orleans since 2002. Before that he taught math at Dillard University and was the associate director of the Natoinal Faculty's Delta Teachers Academy. His research interests are in mathematical physics and teaching using s models & modeling approach. Presentations by this speaker: Lost Geometry of the Parabola, Introduction to TinkerPlots Candace Timpte (email) Candace is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at UNO. She has taught introductory Cellular and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. With Dr. Mary Clancy, she presented two, week long workshops entitled “Biotechnology for Beginners”for metro area high school teachers. She is interested in making biotechnology fun and accessible to learners of all grade levels. Presentations by this speaker: Web Scavenger hunt: DNA to Proteins to Disease, Robert Warzeski (email) Robert Warzeski is a geology transplant, coming to teaching physics after working in industry and as research faculty at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. He has been teaching physics for 12 years, starting in the Miami-Dade system, and came to St. Martin's in 1996. He started takng Modeling courses at ASU in 2003, and will be teaching using Modeling starting this year at STM. Presentations by this speaker: A Modeling Approach to Physics Instruction, A Modeling Physics Laboratory Audrey Weeks (email) I live in Burbank, California. I have taught HS math for 30 years, 14 years with animation. I am the sole author of all animations sold as “Calculus In Motion” and “Algebra In Motion”, which I originally wrote for my own classroom students. For the past few years, I have enjoyed leading professional development workshops across the US and abroad. Meaning Through Motion - Understanding Algebra Through Animation , Improving Calculus Understanding Via Animation