In these times, part of being a teacher is to have meaningful online projects with engagement. PBL can create memorable learning with projects, and Lauren Harris uses projects to teach math.
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Lauren Harris - Bio as Submitted
Lauren is in her tenth year of teaching at the high school and collegiate level and is also currently an eleventh grade dean and mathematics teacher at University Liggett School, in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI. She previously was and currently is a lead speaker at the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference where she shares her passion about mathematics electivites and her History of Mathematics course.
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