Mary Ann Carr

Educator, Writer, Workshop Leader, Motivational Speaker.

Mary Ann Carr, a 27 year veteran educator, began writing mysteries for kids to solve while teaching gifted students. Each of her four mystery books are designed to develop critical thinking skills. Her three "One Hour Mysteries" remain on the publisher's best sellers list. The first of them garnered national recognition by Learning Magazine as one of 40 "must have" curricular materials for the classroom.

Mary Ann currently is an educational consultant frequently employed by school systems to conduct workshops where she provides practical, time-saving  tools that help teachers implement differentiated instruction in their classrooms. Her first book on that mainstream subject, entitled "Differentiation Made Simple: Timesaving Tools For Teachers," is scheduled for release by Prufrock Press in the spring of 2009. Click here for pre-publication reviews and teacher workshop options.

She recognizes also that parents have a critical role in the education of their kids. To that end, she has developed a practical "Toolkit" that empowers parents to complement the education offered by schools. The "Parent Toolkit" (available for download) is premised on evidence that kids learn best through questions that tap their own curiosity to learn, and not through answers that often end any further inquiry on their part.

In addition to frequent speaking engagements, Mary Ann recurrently teaches in the College of William and Mary’s summer enrichment program for gifted children  She holds an graduate degree in Curriculum Development from Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Click here for more about Mary Ann's books, workshops and services.

David J. Carr

Website Designer, Writer

David J. Carr retired from the Virginia State Government service in 1995 after serving in various teaching, research and administrative positions at Colleges, Universities and state Higher Education Agencies in Massachusetts, New York and Virginia. He has served as an Information Technology consultant for several Virginia State Agencies. David holds a Ph.D. in higher education from SUNY at Buffalo.

David's latest venture is the design of non-cookie-cutter websites for unconventional, creative individuals.

"A lot of the things that I do, it's not all art. Some of it's design, some of it's illustration, some of it's graphics, some of it's concept, some of it's business and some of it, hopefully, is art." -- Ken Done
 

For a look at some of the David's design work, check out the Member web Pages on the Chesapeake Bay Writers site and other full-fledged sample sites listed below:

For website design, pricing and endorsements of David's Web work, Click Here. Free Estimates.

In his free time, David writes occasional essays and short pieces in both fiction and non-fiction. He is also working on a time-travel novel for young adults. The novel is an historically-based "what if" tale built around Orville Wright's "dive brake,"a 1920 invention that played a decisive role in the naval air victories in the Pacific during World War II. Click here to read samples of his essays and chapters of the novel.