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The Original Random Problem Idea
As part of the Math Blogger Initiation Project, Sam Shah, in his classic avuncular style, offered us the prompt to share anything that we are proud of. Wait – of which we are proud. Whatever....
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Finding the Good in the Common Core
In general, I don’t like the Common Core State Standards (#standardizethat), but today I think I may have found a use for them. I was looking for a student-friendly reading on what makes a good...
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Starting Over from Scratch
Because I’m teaching the same classes as last year, I’ve been fired up all summer because I feel like I’ll be able to knock it out of the park. After two weeks of school-wide culture building, we...
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Let ‘em Discover It…
Nope…that’s not a typo. Almost every day I have moments where I think about how I teach now versus how I would have taught it several years ago. I definitely had one of those moments today. I spent 20...
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Using Flubaroo to Update Students on Their SBG Progress
I was looking for a simple way to keep learners posted about their SBG progress. I like them (and me) to be able to see – at a glance – what concepts they have mastered and what they still need to...
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Today I Sucked
Today I sucked. Learners were not collaborating – instead they were sitting in groups, but working alone. I haven’t fostered collaboration well enough. Learners were not taking risks – instead they...
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The Gift of Math Ed
I’ve decided to follow Geoff’s lead, and help give the gift of Math Ed by listing some of my favorite blog posts from the past year. Geoff, and others in the comments, have listed some pretty solid...
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Random Problem Idea: The Giant Bat & The Diamond Building
I just remembered that the main reason I created this blog was to post problems that I had been working on or thinking about…but apparently I forgot about that. So, finally, here is a new problem....
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Protocols for Mathematical Discussions
I’ve tried to make mathematical discussions a much larger part of my class. Here’s what I’ve done. The Protocols To begin, my school is very protocol-driven. We use many of the protocols from the...
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An Automathography
This writing is an assignment for Justin Lanier’s Math is Personal smOOC. The first prompt was to “start writing an account of the story that you tell to yourself about what your mathematical...
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Eight (yes 8!) Goals for This School Year
Every year I make two or three personal teaching goals for the coming year…but I never write them down and I rarely tell anyone. This year I have told many people, and I have more than a few goals –...
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