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The Algebraization of Fraction Division: A Unit to Support Lasting Understanding of Concepts and Algorithms in Sixth Grade Mathematics

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Allison Gantt
District School: RCCSD: Dickinson High
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.01
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Algebra, math, fraction, division, algroithms, quotient, ratio, measure
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Capturing Culture through the Selfie Cam

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Robert Graham
District School: CHRIS: Keene Elem
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.06
Primary Subject: Art
Keywords: Culture, art, selfie, photography, technology, identity, digital, visuals, images, self-portrait, anthropology, ethnography
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: High School;Middle School
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Developing Understanding and Proficiency for English Language Learners’ Addition and Subtraction

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Beth Wagner
District School: COLO: Pleasantville Elem
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.02
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: ELL, ESL, EL, addition, subtraction, proficiency, operations, algebraic, fluency, math,
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Helping Students to Reason Mathematically in Order to Develop their Problem Solving Skills in Addition and Subtraction

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Katherine Zimmerman
District School: COLO: Wilmington Manor Elem
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.04
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: addition, subtraction, problem, solving, fluency, one-step, two-step, equations
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Developing World Problem Solving Skills through Relational Representation

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Marci Blumenfeld Agnew
District School: RCCSD: Highlands Elem
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.06
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: word, problems, relational, solving, visuals, modeling, deriving
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Using Model-Based Representation to Improve Addition and Subtraction Problem Solving in First Grade

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Kristen King
District School: RCCSD: Highlands Elem
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.05
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: addition, subtraction, problem, solving, operations, fluency, number sense, algebraic
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Computational Thinking: Coding

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Mary Bauernschmidt
District School: COLO: Pleasantville Elem
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.07
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: coding, math, computational thinking, mathematical practice, abstract, quantitative, algorithm
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Composing Culture: Latin American Art and Storytelling

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Virginia Atkins
District School: NCCVT: Howard High School
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.02
Primary Subject: World Languages
Keywords: Spanish, French, English, Latin, Art, Storytelling, Culture
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Building Character through Character

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Amy Albright
District School: COLO: Castle Hills Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.01
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: literature, speaking. listening, writing, traits, character, narrative, ELA, CCSS
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Emoji in the World Language Classroom

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Holly Bryk
District School: RCCSD: John Dickinson High School
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.04
Primary Subject: World Languages
Keywords: World language, emoji, digital, communication, culture, conversation
Grade Level: 07 Seventh Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Making a Mark for MAth

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Jennifer Frasher
District School: CHRIS: Keene Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.05
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Addition, subtraction, algebraic, thinking, operations, numerals, system, number, intervention, stories, problems
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Seeing, Feeling and Understanding: A unit to suppot sixth grade mathematics students in thier development of proportional reasoning

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Allison Gantt
District School: RCCSD: John Dickinson Middle School
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.06
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: ratio, proportion, representation, imagery, art, scale, aspect, color
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade;06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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The Science and Savvy of Visual Intelligence

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Kristin Becker
District School: RCCSD: North Star Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.03
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Gifted, Advanced, Science, visual, intelligence, art, perception
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade;04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Visual Communication: Do You See What I See?

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Nancy Ventresca
District School: CHRIS: Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Social Studies, economics, graphic novels, art, media, symbols, icons, stock market, gifted, advanced
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Semiotics

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Joseph Parrett
District School: COLO: Kathleen Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.07
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: semiotics, 00 Kindergarten, English, critical, thinking
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten;01 First Grade;02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Using Pictures to Understand What We Read

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Katherine Zimmerman
District School: COLO: Wilmington Manor Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.09
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: reading, pictures, semiotics, visuals, visualization, literature, informational
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Visual Communication: Do You See What I See?

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Nancy Ventresca
District School: CHRIS: Thurgood Marshall Elementary School
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Social Studies, economics, graphic novels, art, media, symbols, icons, stock market, gifted, advanced
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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First Things First: Initial Encounters with Life Changing Rites of Passage

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Comparative Religion
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Misty Fiske
District School: CHRIS: Keene Elementary
Seminar Leader: Alan Fox
File Name: 17.02.01
Primary Subject: Music
Keywords: elementary, solo, rites of passage, rumspringa, quinceaneara, English
Grade Level: 04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Comonalities of Creation Myths

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Comparative Religion
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Wendy Girnis
District School: COLO: Castle Hills Elementary
Seminar Leader: Alan Fox
File Name: 17.02.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: myths, creation, native, american, hindu, yoruba
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Using Pictures to Understand What We Read

Seminar year:  2017
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Art and Design of Information
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Katherine Zimmerman
District School: COLO: Wilmington Manor Elementary
Seminar Leader: Colette Gaiter
File Name: 17.01.09
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: reading, pictures, semiotics, visuals, visualization, literature, informational
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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