Welcome back to a whole new school year! I’ve spent the whole summer steadily preparing for my new assignment and it’s one that I’m embracing. Here is it…the night before my first day at a new school, new routines, new students, new colleagues—actually, they aren’t that new to me. I’m supposed to be trying to rest up and review …
Calif. Math Council Takeaways
Besides the rush of presenting, I attended a whole mess of sessions that left me thinking. Here are some highlights/ideas I was left pondering….(writing this helps me digest what I saw) Cathy Fosnot – Conferring & Questioning to Spark Deeper Understanding The goal of a conferral is not to fix the math, but support the development of the math. You …
Calif. Math Council – 2016 (Pt1)
It’s Monday night and I sit here beaming because my weekend was awesome. I was fortunate enough to attend California Math Council’s Palm Springs conference. It was a weekend of connecting with fellow math educators, getting inspired, and always learning. Not only did I get to attend, I got to present—which upped the ante A LOT! 7 …