For immediate release
May 2, 2000

Quinte Secondary School teacher
shares how he makes math fun
 
 
    Louis Lim, Mathematics teacher at Quinte Secondary School, presented a "Treasure Trove of Ideas" to 450 fellow educators at the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (N.C.T.M.) in Chicago. Lim's invitation to speak at the annual conference in April came after his success presenting the same workshop at several local chapters of the council. The talk focussed on ideas to make mathematics fun and real for students.
    What helped Lim to get to Chicago was a special award recognizing him as a future leader in mathematics education by the N.C.T.M. Earlier this year, Lim was awarded a FLAMeS Project Award valued at $1,000 to help fund travel, expenses and substitute teacher costs for him to attend the conference.
    Lim has been teaching since 1996, and has already shown a strong involvement with mathematics education. He has authored chapters in three mathematics textbooks, published several journal articles and resource documents, is Co-Editor of the Ontario Mathematics Gazette, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Association for Mathematics in Education. Lim is currently working on his Masters degree at Queen's University and has plans to pursue his Ph.D.
 

For more information contact:
Louis Lim, teacher, Quinte Secondary School, 962-9295  ext. 353