Comments on: The Great Blog Exchange

By: David Price

David Price — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:01:39 +0000

Here are a few that have not yet been mentioned that have been helpful for me starting out:

Math Munch (http://mathmunch.wordpress.com/). If my kids felt that math was half as awesome as I feel every time I read an update, I would be happy.

I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down… (http://untilnextstop.blogspot.com/). Just always really concrete and thoughtful in a way that’s been helpful for me as a first year teacher thinking about specific lessons/units.

Mr. Honner (http://mrhonner.com/) Cool math photos and a great collection of posts on mathematical writing.

Point of Inflection (http://larkolicio.us/blog/). In addition to writing the assessment software that made it much more feasible for me to do SBG from day one of year one, Riley Lark is up there with Dan Meyer in terms of helping me think about how I want my classroom to be a place where math is concrete (not to be conflated with applied).

I’d be interested to hear which particular blogs anyone found more helpful as they moved through different phases in their teaching. I know that even from student teaching to beginning of year one to now my reading habits have changed along with what I look for.

By: Jason (@jybuell)

Jason (@jybuell) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:55:10 +0000

For math I’m going with Ben Blum-Smith http://researchinpractice.wordpress.com/.

By: Fawn Nguyen

Fawn Nguyen — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:40:10 +0000

I can’t pick favorites or must-reads from 220+ blogs that I subscribe to. When a teacher takes the time to write something, no matter what it is, he/she opens a small window for us to peek into their classroom, into their home, into their hearts — I just feel privileged that I’m invited to look in, at a time that’s convenient for me 🙂

But here are the ones from top of my head right now that are not on your blogroll or mentioned in comments:
1) Chris Hunter: http://reflectionsinthewhy.wordpress.com/
2) Jonathan Newman: http://hilbertshotel.wordpress.com/
3) Nico Rowinsky: http://ynaughtmath.blogspot.com/
4) Mike Thayer: http://hyperbolicguitars.blogspot.com/
5) Matt Vaudrey: http://mrvaudrey.com/
6) Chris Robinson: http://blog.constructingmath.net/
7) Timon Piccini: http://mrpiccmath.weebly.com/
8) Julie Reulbach: http://ispeakmath.wordpress.com/
9) Tom Ward: http://mrwardteaches.wordpress.com/

By: lmhenry9

lmhenry9 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:56:20 +0000

I should add that I posted my comment in my blog (http://oldmathdognewtricks.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-are-your-must-read-blogs.html) – you got my curiosity up and I wonder what other bloggers would list as their must read blogs. Thanks for the thought-provoking post!
–Lisa

By: lmhenry9

lmhenry9 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:46:44 +0000

Blogs I MUST read when they come out with a new post –

Mathy McMatherson (yes, I know he’s already been mentioned several times, but he is a must read for me).
Kristen Fouss: http://kfouss.blogspot.com/ She just resonates with me – she and I teach in the same state and sometimes we are just in the same place mentally.
Amy Gruen: http://squarerootofnegativeoneteachmath.blogspot.com/ I can always find good stuff from her, even though she hasn’t posted much as of late. Another I am in the same place mentally at times.
Amber Caldwell: http://ambercaldwell.wordpress.com/ She has some great stuff and has been doing more with Common Core.
Kim Hughey: http://mathtalesfromthespring.blogspot.com/ Another one like Amy Gruen who has some really great stuff.
–Lisa

By: samjshah

samjshah — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:32:59 +0000

I’m excited to find some new blogs here!!! I don’t really have favorites, not in any meaningful sense of the word. However, I do “star” individual blogposts in my GReader when I think they can provide me with something concretely useful in the classroom (a lesson, an approach, an activity, a trick of the trade). I’m all about the concrete. So I’m going to just list a few from my GReader which have been heavily starred recently but might not be read by everyone (yet)…

Mathy McMatherson: http://mathymcmatherson.wordpress.com/
Bob Lochel: http://mathcoachblog.wordpress.com/
Sarah: http://everybodyisageniusblog.blogspot.com/
Mylene: http://shiftingphases.com/
Thaddeus Wert: http://fractad.wordpress.com/

There are a lot of new people I’ve been talking with on Twitter that I haven’t yet found their blog/added it to my reader. Bad, Sam! Bad!

By: Jason Roy (@roybot)

Jason Roy (@roybot) — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:03:44 +0000

Hey, cool post Michael.
Many of the blogs I follow are already mentioned but a couple more are Bowen Kerins who blogs at http://patternsinpractice.wordpress.com he also has the best pinball tutorials at pinball.org. He gave a presentation on game shows in math last year at NCTM filled with lots of good stuff.

I’ve also gotten great stuff from Kate Nowak’s blog at http://function-of-time.blogspot.in her speed dating lesson is a winner get to that here: http://function-of-time.blogspot.in/2009/10/speed-dating.html

I have been trying to blog as well. I’m at crispymath.com I think my best post so far is about a review game I have been working on called danger cards. A direct link to that one is https://jason-roy.squarespace.com/news/dangercards

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:54:18 +0000

There's a pile of obvious choices here, so I'll praise a few newer blogs or blogs that are punching above their weight class: Langer.Kogut.Math, is going to be great. Dan Goldner doesn't blog enough. Jennifer Wilson features TI calculators too much, but she's always interesting. I look forward to Jimmy Pai's posts.

By: Andrew Stadel

Andrew Stadel — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:18:40 +0000

1- Fawn Nguyen
http://fawnnguyen.com/ I enjoy reading posts that recreate the classroom experience as if you were there. Fawn captures the energy of her classroom, delivers stellar lessons, represents exemplar student work, and adds hilarious commentary along the way. Top ingredients for a math blog. Plus, I steal many of her lessons and ideas. Shhhhh, don’t tell her.
2- Hedge (Shauna)
http://approximatelynormalstats.blogspot.com/ She doesn’t post enough. Hear me, Hedge? When she does, it’s an instant read. This is another blog that puts the reader in the moment. I know my mind doesn’t wander off as much as hers (but it’s close), but I can relate to thoughts that turn into other thoughts, easily leaving behind your original thought. Content and real situations are very strong here.
3- Shawn Cornally
http://shawncornally.com/wordpress/ I’d hate to see my time clocked at Shawn’s website last summer, reading all of his SBG thoughts, ideas, and practices. SBG has revolutionized my classroom, the way students learn, the way I assess, and practically any square inch of my classroom environment. It’s a great place to start your adventure into SBG land. Plus, he’s funny. I love comic relief, especially in math.
*For the record, Dan Meyer and Christopher Danielson would be on this list. Thanks Michael for starting this!

By: mrdardy

mrdardy — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:06:48 +0000

Have to shout out to Sam Shah (samjshah.com)
Dan Goldner’s work at Written in Pencil is fantastic (dangoldner.wordpress.com)

Those two jump out at me right now