Category: monthly recap

February was the biggest month on the blog, almost by a factor of two. Here’s a recap of the lessons, posts, and other math-related things that went down.

Lessons

1. Learn Desmos. A great place to start if you want to learn more about this free online graphing calculator.

Top Posts

1. Visual Patterns + Desmos = Amazing! Multi-representational approach to linear functions, with a little Desmos on the side.
2. “Everybody stand up…” A post about on-your-feet pattern finding.
3. Visual Patterns… Now What?! Launching from Visual Patterns into other rich tasks.
4. Task Delivery: Less is More. They’ll never learn to ride if we don’t take the training wheels off at some point.
5. 10-Second Pause. Adding a bite-size element of reflection into our review.

Other Posts

The rest of the posts from February are available here.

Speaking

39th Annual Spring Math/Science Conference (CMSEMC) | Invited
▸ Turning Students Into Posers + Solvers
February 7, 2015 • Redwood City, CA

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camp Petaluma | Faculty
February 13-15, 2015 • Petaluma, CA

January was a busy month on the blog. Here’s a recap of the lessons, posts, and other math-related things that filled up those 31 days.

Lessons

1. Match My Line. The start of this recent “Match My Graph” madness.
2. Match My Parabola. If the reaction on Twitter is any indication, hands down the most popular lesson I’ve posted.

Top Posts

1. 5 Things Every Teacher Should Know About Twitter. A quick introduction to using Twitter. By no means comprehensive, but a nice start for those interested in expanding their online PLC.
2. Two Wrongs and a Right. An error-analysis routine inspired by Michael Pershan’s work at mathmistakes.org.
3. Age-Appropriate? Not Exactly. Valuable? Absolutely. A linear graphing challenge experiment gone… What’s the opposite of “awry”?
4. Twitter Chats vs Family Dinners: Do We Really Have to Choose? I love Twitter. And Twitter chats. But family life means I usually choose not to participate. Enter #slowmathchat, a weekly chat not tied to a particular time of day.
5. Four Points, One Line. A work-in-progress linear graphing challenge for students, with a goal of eliciting a variety of equation forms.

Other Posts

The rest of the posts from January are available here.

Speaking

Community High School District 117
January 16, 2015 • Chicago, IL

San Dieguito Union High School District
January 27, 2015 • Escondido, CA