COUNTDOWN is a challenging interactive television math program which has engaged tens of thousands of students through broadcasts on cable television in Chicago. Capitalizing on the one on one relationship a student viewer has with television, COUNTDOWN makes math "work". Each week the program introduces a different math concept through direct instruction and reinforces lessons with literature, manipulatives, activities and related computer instruction.
I am an elementary technology specialist in Hempfield School District, a suburban district in Lancaster County. I've been in education for 22 years and have been helping teachers with technology in various capacities for the past 15.