Looks like 3 outlets?
One each for:
5-4
5-3
4-3
PP. that just good coaching.
Looks like 3 outlets?
One each for:
5-4
5-3
4-3
PP. that just good coaching.
Ahhhh love this!!!
A clothesline strung across a classroom with fraction cards and pictures sitting upon it.
Thanks to @jennalaib.bsky.social , @natbanting.bsky.social and others for the inspiration to do a fractions clothesline. My student were very engaged! #ITeachMath
@natbanting.bsky.social looking forward to your keynote at my school tomorrow!
I donβt need a home stream. π
I get the game (and @desmos.com has to go get that bread), but itβs not as friendly for teachers who want to supplement their class with the activities.
βProgressβ get a big βwomp wompβ from me.
The multiple landing pages are a wild choice, but managed to find it.
Students still being orphaned all over various landing pages.
Whatever this current interface is was not designed for teachers to supplement their student experience.
It wants all Amplify or nothing.
I miss the professionalism that Desmos enabled as a stand alone platform.
Also, kids just get lost in some Amplify dashboard with no option to enter code for activity.
Thereβs probably a simple fix hereβ¦
So how do I find my dashboard of recent @desmos activities?
Students seem to be sent every which way now that Amplify has added a layer of administration.
My fav part here is βemphasisβ on theory.
The βtestableβ crew also operate on theoretical assumptions of how teaching and learning existβthey just leave them buried.
Emphasizing the conditions of an experiment (and conclusion) feels important, no?
Has anyone built a math practice app where every answer is 6, 7, or 67 yet?
Visual Patterns π€ Pattern Blocks
I am currently OBSESSED, in a (mostly) healthy way, with @fawnnguyen.substack.com visual patterns and @mathforlove.bsky.social pattern blocks for kids to learn and create patterns. Ah-may-zing. Also, I am in LOVE with Mary Vail's Thinking Desks, they are phenomenal!
[New Post] Ontario Math Links - My favourite #math related links from this week:
ontariomath.blogspot.com/2025/09/math...
links & help from @mrcorleymath.bsky.social @mathsweek.scot @darrenmacey.bsky.social @natbanting.bsky.social @maria-naturalmath.bsky.social &more #MathChat #MTBoS #iTeachMath
I think this is all sorted now!
(Thatβs 5 hours of my Saturday I wonβt get back π)
Yeahβ¦
Something about hosting is screwy right now.
Sorry about that; trying to contact tech support isβ¦ tedius. π
I wrote a new post yesterday:
natbanting.com/play-with-yo...
Itβs about the benefits of teachers tinkering with the problems/prompts we offer students.
(And, tangentially, about the benefits of conference spaces where we are given license to do so)
#iteachmath
I wrote a new post yesterday:
natbanting.com/play-with-yo...
Itβs about the benefits of teachers tinkering with the problems/prompts we offer students.
(And, tangentially, about the benefits of conference spaces where we are given license to do so)
#iteachmath
Ornje
??
Ornje
Also accepted: Ornch
βOrangeβ is a 1-syllable word
(Massive family argument occurring)
Any old #bcedchat folks have a lead on a veteran math history teacher??
BC has a grade 11 math history course!!
Have any BC math educators on here taught this course? If so, what was your experience?
Yup
Every influence is a sort of gambit.
And kids understand the structure of lessons and units. So eventually they will βself-spoilβ
For this reason, I believe that the most authentic thinking occurs at the onset of a unit of study.
In general, we are worried that what students do *fits* the current unit of study so we spend time βlistening forβ specific acts that fit instead of βlistening withβ student thinking in more open spaces.
I get it. I do it. School math is packed and we need to get kids specific places.
Math class: βHereβs a task about a hallway of lockers that involves perfect squaresβ
English class: βHereβs a book and, at the end, the hero diesβ
These are identical experiences imho
I think math teachers feel an increased need to include more βspoilersβ to justify openness in their classroom.
Itβs true what they say. This is excellent.
And Iβm going to quote the end to give you a taste:
βBut personalized learning is the wrong ideal. β¦ We shouldnβt be going all-in on kids learning on their own. We should be trying to figure out how to make whole-group learning even better.β
#artmath
#unitchat
This exhibit at the Tate Modern in London giving real βHow Many?β vibes.
@triangleman.bsky.social
Oh. I havenβt.
Iβve seen people link to it, but Iβve never checked it out.
Something to consider tho!!