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Father. Canadian, Math Curriculum Designer for . Love science. Geek, Feminist, Humanist, Anti-Racist, Passionate about education. He/Him

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    17 Nov 2012

    I'm in favor of internet filters. I just want to move them from the router to my students' heads.

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  2. Jan 24

    Yesterday, our weather app indicated there was a 100% chance of snow this morning, but it's pouring rain. My son is wondering what the weather forecasters mean by "100% chance of x".

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  3. Jan 23

    If one wants to have people individually brainstorm ideas onto separate cards and then aggregate all of those cards afterwards fairly easily to show to everyone, what program might one use? In real-life, I've done this activity many times with sticky notes.

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  4. Jan 23

    If we find ways to grow food more efficiently on less land, that would help enormously with preserving and expanding our natural carbon capture wilderness.

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  5. Jan 23

    Have you heard of trees and grassland? Where can I get my $100 million?

    Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology
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  6. Jan 21

    A3: I don't know about assigning manipulatives but having some available for a task that I know might be useful. It's hard to figure out what kids think if I make all their choices for them.

    Q3 Assign manipulatives or allow student choice? Where do you stand and why?
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    Jan 21

    A3 Van de Walle, Karp, and cautioned about using manipulatives in ineffective ways. Basically, having students memorize a procedure for using them.

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  8. Jan 21

    A2: Everyone of all ages uses manipulatives to help them solve mathematical problems. The second question depends on goals but I am partial to tools that can be used for many purposes, like snap cubes for example.

    Q2 For what grade levels are manipulatives appropriate? What are your favorite manipulatives for some of the concepts you teach at your grade level?
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  9. Jan 21

    A1: I think 's Magical Hopes: Manipulatives and the Reform of Math Education is helpful to read when thinking about our goals.

    RT It's important that before we layer on technology, we have sound instructional practices. So let's cover some basics first. Q1 What is the importance of using manipulatives in math instruction?
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  10. Jan 21

    Is there any evidence that when emerging readers are doing math, they find problems with "four" in them harder to do than problems with "4"? eg. "Draw a shape with four sides." versus "Draw a shape with 4 sides."

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  11. Jan 20

    Of course he does. He's playing on the potential ignorance of his base.

    You DO know that it’s only called the Paris Agreement because that’s where the meeting took place, right? It’s not actually a deal with “the citizens of Paris.” You know that...right?
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  12. Jan 20

    Oh look, it's gone.

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    Jan 20

    Today it’s -45.

    math twitter: very important: what's your favourite number
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  14. Jan 20

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  15. Jan 20

    It only took 20 minutes for President Biden to reject white supremacy. It took nearly 4 years for former President Trump to say he rejects white supremacy. If this ratio of change persists, Biden will accomplish 98,550 more things in his administration than Trump did.

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  16. Jan 20

    Wait!! Did anyone tell Trump he doesn't get to keep the plane??

    Air Force One has landed in Florida. Potus did not visit press during flight.
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  17. Jan 19

    If this document was an 8th grade social studies assignment, it would fail on the basis of lack of citations alone.

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  18. Jan 19

    The whole document is rife with similar claims. There are no citations of any kind. The document ignores whole groups of people (eg. indigenous peoples are not mentioned).

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  19. Jan 19

    "In most K-12 social studies and civics classes, serious study of the principles of equality and liberty has vanished." This seems like a claim without evidence. From what source does the author assert this statement is true?

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  20. Jan 19

    One cannot address an opinion held by someone else if one doesn't understand it.

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  21. Jan 19

    I'm not saying one should read this to believe it, because it is a bunch of nonsense in my opinion. Instead read it to see what people think is true about progressive education and the goals of contemporary educators.

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