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#TMC15 | Altering the Course
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Trying to make math class awesome. Skip to primary content. I Like to Read. August 8, 2015. Twitter Math Camp 2015. If ever there were a group of passionate math educators (teachers, coaches, professors, researchers) that I call my tribe, it’s those of the MTBoS. This tribe is large, virtual, and pulses with causes greater than the individuals that comprise it. A few hundred members of the MTBoS, including me, convened at TwitterMathCamp15. Several terrific-sounding morning sessions. It allows teachers t...
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A New Adventure | Reason and Wonder
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Friday marked the last day of my school year. More significantly, it marked the last day of my tenure at Fresno Christian Schools. After 11 years in the classroom, next year promises to look quite a bit different. This August I’ll join the Desmos. Team as a teaching faculty member, where I’ll help their already-amazing crew design activities for teacher.desmos.com. But it’s time for a new season. As much as I’ll miss what I’ve done, I’m even more excited for what comes next. Click to share on Google (Ope...
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Issues With Inquiry | Five Twelve Thirteen
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Teaching, math, teaching math. I’ve been reading through some of my older ideas on inquiry. Early in my teaching, I took inquiry as a kind of golden ideal — it was hard, but it was the best way to teach math, and I needed to work my way in that direction. I didn’t have a very specific idea of what I meant, but it more or less meant kids figuring out mathematical concepts themselves. Inquiry Assumes Kids Remember What They Figure Out. There Isn’t Just One Big Idea. Inquiry definitely does some things right.
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#TMC15 Day 3 – When 23 hours of PD just isn’t enough | Pythagoras was a Nerd
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Pythagoras was a Nerd. I dropped everything and moved to New York to teach Math. July 27, 2015. TMC15 Day 3 – When 23 hours of PD just isn’t enough. I’m currently sitting on my couch trying desperately to stay cool. I’m also trying desperately to think and recap the last two days of TMC15 without being overwhelmed by the whole experience that is Twitter Math Camp. If I start talking about the experience as a whole I will never get to my recap, so let me do that first. Started us off with the idea of havi...