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Desmos: Percent Models
Inspiration For the past 3 years, my district has offered a back to school PD summit. Various people from inside and outside the district present. Since I’m Instructional Tech TOA, I presented. My sessions focused on Desmos and BreakoutEDU*. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Instructional Technology, math, Middle School, percents, technology
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Hidden Picture: Double Digit Addition & Subtraction
The core group of G Suite apps are docs, slides, sheets and forms. All of which I’ve used over the past 2 years. However, I recently discovered Google Apps Scripts, a hidden gem built into the suite. Bottom line, I … Continue reading
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Tagged addition, Google, google sheets, math, subtraction, technology
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Collaboration Tip 2: Don’t. Touch. Your. Computer!
The other day, I had the pleasure of running the Desmos Activity Builder, Nets & Surface Area: Rectangular Prisms, with Mrs. Keser’s 6th grade math classes. I’ve updated the opening of the activity, since I first wrote about it back … Continue reading
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Tagged desmos, math discourse, nets, SMP#3, surface area, technology
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Collaborative Group Roles – How I Became a Fan
As the title suggests, I was not always a fan of group roles. I didn’t buy into the concept and often thought, I can see it working for other teachers but not for me. I’ve changed my tune. Here’s my … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of an Instructional Coach
Monday January 11, 2016 First day back from Winter Break! 7:30 a.m. I met with Kari and Jamie. Kari’s a 50% teacher who just picked up a math intervention class for second semester. Jamie’s our principal. We discussed a … Continue reading
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Tagged Algebra Tiles, desmos, education, math, Math coach, math education
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Tap Tap Trigonometry
Tap Tap Trigonometry, a spin-off of Algebrainiac1’s Dance Dance Transversal, involves students tapping out the ratios for sine, cosine and tangent to a beat. As I described in my blog post, Dance Dance Transversal – A Guide, Algebrainiac’s the originator … Continue reading
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Tagged kinesthetic, math, math education, sohcahtoa, tap, trigonometry
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Desmos: An Introduction to Irrational Numbers
Recently, I co-taught a lesson with a colleague where students investigated square roots. The lesson revolved around the following Desmos Activity Builder task. Afterwards, I blogged about the experience and sent the post to my teachers. Peytra, a six grade … Continue reading
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Tagged desmos, education, Irrational Numbers, math, math education, square roots, squares
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Combining Like Terms w/ Desmos
For the first 3 weeks of the school year, the math coaches are stationed at the District Office. This being the 3rd and final week, we’re transitioning from the DO to working at our respective sites. On Monday, I sent out a … Continue reading
TMC15: Through the Eyes of an Introvert
Giddy: Feeling or showing great happiness and joy Giddy: What I felt carpooling to my first Twitter Math Camp (TMC15) I knew TMC15 was going to be a great experience but, truth be told, being immersed in an environment filled with … Continue reading
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Tagged math, math education, professional development, TMC15, Twitter Math Camp
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St. Patrick’s Day – Desmos Style
Growing up in an Irish family outside of Boston, St. Patrick’s day was a special holiday – especially since my dad and his siblings are first generation Irish Americans. One of our traditions … skipping school on March 17th and spending it together … Continue reading
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Tagged desmos, equations, graphs, math, math education, quadratic, St. Patrick's Day, technology
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Communicating Mathematically 