TACTics Journal
/bigger>/bigger>/bigger>/bigger>/bigger>A Publication for and by TOC
for Education Practitioners
May 21, 2004
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/fontfamily>In this week’s issue:
/smaller>/fontfamily>Networking
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Announcing the TOCFE Virtual Conference and A Call for Presentations, /fontfamily>Kathy
Suerken
/fontfamily>Reader’s
Feedback
/fontfamily>/flushboth>(2) /fontfamily>Rafael
Conde
/fontfamily>/fontfamily>Connections
/fontfamily>(3) Joyful News!, /fontfamily>Kathy
Suerken
/fontfamily>Quote
(4) /fontfamily>F. Scott
Fitzgerald
/fontfamily>Editors’ Notes
/fontfamily>(5) /fontfamily>Kay
Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
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/bigger>/fontfamily>/flushboth>NETWORKING
/bigger>/fontfamily>(1) Announcing the
TOCFE Virtual Conference and a Call for Presentations!
/fontfamily>From Kathy Suerken <
/fontfamily>/fontfamily>I
am greatly honored to announce that Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan,
USA will host a TOCFE Virtual Conference
/smaller>/smaller>Here's how it works.
All you really need is access to the Internet. Registered participants and
presenters will receive detailed, simple instructions on how to participate on
line. It works a lot like instant messaging. PowerPoint presentations and papers
can be downloaded prior (or later) to the actual interactive
presentation/discussion. Dr. Danilo Sirias will be setting up the schedule that
will of course involve many time zones. Isn't that exciting!!!!!
/smaller>/smaller>Some of the many benefits of this
type of event are:
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/fontfamily>Allows for participation by
those who would not be able to travel to an event
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/fontfamily>Allows for interactive
participation--asking questions within an international TOC audience.
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/fontfamily>Allows for people to benefit
from all tracks because you can review (download) presentations at your
convenience. They will remain posted at the site.
/fontfamily>Costs:
Exact amount will be announced soon but it will not be more than $25 to
participate for the 4 days. Should we be able to include some sessions for
classroom children to interact, they will be exempt from any fees.
/smaller>/smaller>Call for Presenters/Papers.
Your presentation can be a paper or a PowerPoint presentation that would need
to be downloaded by session participants ahead of time.
/smaller>/smaller>We will be offering several tracks:
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/fontfamily>TOC in Academic Content
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/fontfamily>TOC in Behavior
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/fontfamily>TOC in Administration
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/fontfamily>Special Topics: Such as
presentations in Spanish*, research projects and table discussions on certain
topics.
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/fontfamily>/smaller>/smaller>*Footnote:
We do not have the capability to offer participation in foreign languages that
do not use the Roman alphabet.
/smaller>/smaller>If you are interested in being a
presenter, you need to submit:
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/fontfamily>your name
/fontfamily>-/fontfamily>
/fontfamily>email address
/fontfamily>-/fontfamily>
/fontfamily>the “track” your presentation
falls under, and
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/fontfamily>an abstract of not more than
200 words by June 15 2004.
/fontfamily>Please submit your
abstract to: Dr. Danilo Sirias at dsirias@svsu.edu/color>.
/smaller>/smaller>A round of
applause to Dr. Danilo Sirias, volunteer research scholar, who is
donating his time and expertise to make all of these arrangements.
Danilo will have to handle most of the set up which he tells me has to be done
well in advance of the event. So we ask your support and cooperation in
answering the call for presentations at your earliest convenience. Thank you
Danilo!
/bigger>/fontfamily>/flushboth>READER’S
FEEDBACK
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/bigger>/fontfamily>Rafael Conde
/fontfamily>
/fontfamily>/fontfamily>Dear
Editors,
/smaller>/smaller>TACTics is a wonderful publication
and a very helpful tool for us to improve our skills for teaching TOCFE in
schools. But the current issue from Sears Taylor is awesome; it is really
outstanding. I encourage you to follow this methodology in your classroom—it
puts the math world in the right place: to enjoy and learn!
/smaller>/smaller>We are going to translate it and will
place it on our TOCFE web page in Spanish at www.tocfe.com/color>.
Thank you, Sears, for such a great contribution to improve our educational
skills.
Rafael
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/bigger>/fontfamily>/fontfamily>CONNECTIONS
/bigger>/fontfamily>(3) Joyful News!
/fontfamily>/fontfamily>From
Kathy Suerken <
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Baby girl to Becky and Jeff Rideout, who is Co-Director of AGOAL Academy.
- Baby boy to Gerry and Christina Cheng, who is Director of TOCFE,
- Baby boy to Miri and Rami Goldratt, who is our TOCFE mentor extraordinaire.
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/fontfamily>/flushboth>QUOTE
/bigger>/fontfamily>(4) /fontfamily>“/fontfamily>The
test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in
the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
/fontfamily>/fontfamily>—F.
Scott Fitzgerald
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/bigger>/fontfamily>EDITORS’
NOTES
/bigger>/fontfamily>(5)/fontfamily>
Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
/fontfamily>Congratulations to the proud
parents in our TOCFE family!
/smaller>/smaller>Feel free to share with us. Send your
responses, applications of the thinking processes, lessons, announcements, and
etc. by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards,
/smaller>/smaller>Please note that the pdf version of
TACTics is attached. You must have Acrobat Reader to open the file. It is
freely available for download from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.
If you have the Reader installed but still can't open the file, drag it from
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/smaller>/smaller>You may also view TACTics in its
intended formatting, by visiting our web site at www.tocforeducation.com/color>.
Click on “What’s New.”