Virtual Workshops & Presentations Now Available Live & Online

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Amy MacDonald Edit

For schools looking for “distance learning” enrichment programs: nearly all of my school presentations and writing workshops are now available online through Zoom.

These workshops require little or no student materials:

  1. Writing by Storm (Gr. 1-4) is a group brainstorming session where we create a story together. Zoom allows me to use my computer screen in place of a white board, and there are no other technical requirements.
  2.  “Becoming an Author” (K-8) is a schoolwide presentation but can be tailored to smaller groups; Zoom can accommodate about 100 students for this session. Again, Zoom allows my computer screen to replace a Power Point projection.
  3. Other writing workshops such as “Big Book” (K) and “Where Do Ideas Come From?” (Gr. 1-5)  can also be done “live” on Zoom. The latter requires students to have a pencil and paper.

Visit the “School Visits” page here for more details on each workshop.

Prices for these workshops are adaptable to the new circumstances as well. Please click on “Contact” to be in touch with me or my booking agent.

And stay well during this challenging time.

Email of the Week

224028-LDear Amy
,

My husband Jim was curious where you learned the math trick that Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert talk about in the book [No More Nasty, p. 91]?  Do you know if it has an official name?  He was curious how the 3-digit method works.  My husband is good with numbers and my daughter was amazed that she could put the numbers in the calculator as quickly as her dad could solve them on paper using this new method.  Any information would be appreciated.

Thank you, Kim

Dear Kim,

The official name is “Multi-Qwik, Uncle Philbert’s Patented Homework Reducing Time Saving Three Step Multiple Digit Multiplication Method.” Really. It was invented by a friend of mine when he was in grade school, and it really does work. He figured out that he could do his math homework quicker that way, and he actually DID get in trouble with his teacher for doing his math this way, instead of how the book said to do it.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. And it really is patented.
Yours,
 Amy MacDonald
P.S. Click here for Classroom Activities related to the Multi-Qwik math trick.