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Carole Bilyk
Carole Bilyk
Carole has worked with students and teachers from Kindergarten to Grade 12 for the past three decades. She is excited to be retired so she can spend time playing with math and sharing her enthusiasm for math with others.
Carole on Twitter: @fractal37
Carole on Twitter: @fractal37
Sherri Burroughs
Sherri Burroughs
For over 30 years Sherri has had the pleasure and privilege of working as a mathematics educator with a focus on middle and senior years. Recently retired, Sherri is happy for the added time to be able to share her love of mathematics.
EDU Twitter: @ SBurroughsEDUMathy Twitter: @Sherri Burroughs
EDU Twitter: @ SBurroughsEDUMathy Twitter: @Sherri Burroughs
The joy of mathematics through play and “aha” moments...
The joy of mathematics through play and “aha” moments...
We believe that playing games, folding paper, solving puzzles, and creating are great ways to build engagement and positive feelings about mathematics while deepening mathematical thinking.
We value caring learning spaces where people feel welcome to try new things and make glorious mistakes and missteps. That is where the learning takes place!
We meet with educators:
We meet with educators:
In addition to speaking at conferences, we meet with groups in workshops and seminars (single-day and ongoing visits). Our goal is to guide educators in experiencing the joy of mathematics through play and “aha” moments to develop and strengthen a positive mathematical mindset. Educators are better able to pass along that pure mathematical joy to their students once they have experienced it themselves.
Whether games, paper folding, puzzles, and mathematical art are used as a brain break or as a conceptual lesson, educators will be sure to reach each student in the classroom with these activities. These activities help to build relationships as well as mathematical meaning.
Our deep-dive workshops and partial day seminars provide participants with freely available resources designed to encourage mathematical exploration and conversation. The promoted activities spark ideas for educators to assist their students in cultivating spatial sense and number sense.
In short, we explore how to notice, wonder, and engage in mathematical moments. These are the first steps in developing an appreciation of mathematics. Participants in our in-person or online workshops and seminars will have opportunities to take risks, question, and be mathematically curious in a caring learning space.
We are consultants for administrators:
We are consultants for administrators:
We specialize in consulting about mathematics education, K to 12. We also have expertise in all levels of administration, with specialties including timetabling, scheduling, and organizing and delivering face-to-face and virtual professional development.
Additionally, we are available to work alongside teachers in the classroom, modeling mathematical play.
We use G Suite tools and we have a coach for that, too!
We use G Suite tools and we have a coach for that, too!
The majority of our online resources feature G Suite such as Google Meet, Jamboard, Slides, and Docs. For those individuals and/or families not familiar with these tools, we suggest you take a look at the Google for Education Tech Toolkit for Families and Guardians.
If you are looking for some individual (or family or group) coaching for using these tools, we recommend you contact Phil Taylor who is a Google for Education Certified Trainer. As a Google Certified Educator and Google Certified Trainer, Phil is able to provide hands-on sessions/workshops using the free for education “cloud-based”, G Suite for Education platform. Resources and G Suite for Education workshops Phil has conducted in the past can be found on his G Trainer Site.
What others say about us:
What others say about us:
From participants at the full day workshops:
From participants at the full day workshops:
"Fun learning for students, use of language to connect with the lessons, art, reasoning, community/relationship building. With these activities, I hope to hear from my students in the end, 'Math is fun and exciting' !"
"Passionate and knowledgeable presenters!"
"Appreciated - redirecting us to the 'mathy' aspects of each activity/game."
"You were great and I wish to just go on until I fall asleep. Never have I learnt math in this way. Thank you so very much for sharing your expertise and resources."
From participants (including educators from NL to BC) following a virtual conference session:
From participants (including educators from NL to BC) following a virtual conference session:
"These are fabulous ideas. I am excited to get back in the classroom and try these with my students. THANK YOU."
"I love connecting math to art! These are so many great activities!"
"I love that you are both still so enthusiastic after 30 years. I feel the same way after 21 years. Thank you for your passion."
"Thank you for making me feel excited about going back to school!"
"Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm!"
"Thank you so much for these ideas. I feel inspired and excited about using and sharing these games/puzzles with my students. Thank you!"
"Thank you for all of these great ideas! Can't wait to try some with my middle schoolers!"
"Love the Math/Art integration! Thanks for all the ideas!"
"Thank you - these were amazing and very engaging!!"
"Thank you that was so fun and interesting. The enthusiasm was indeed great!!"
From one of the organizers of a virtual conference:
From one of the organizers of a virtual conference:
"That was an inspiring presentation... It flowed so nicely. I would incorporate so many of the ideas into my classroom (if I was still teaching). I know some will make it into my classroom visits."
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