Developing to Example 9, Reasoning & Sense-Making

As I read through Jo Ann’s last post about Example 9 from the book. I loved the connections to questioning and discourse that she developed. Example 9- ‘More Than Meets the Eye’ is definitely an opportunity for students to explore, predict, justify, check,...

Flipping for Video: In-Camera Editing

My work with Flip videos is improving. I got an iPod Touch for Christmas and discovered that I can use it to shoot and edit videos. I am fast becoming one of those people who will be outfitted in an oversized beige canvas jacket with pocket cubbies everywhere to carry...

Blogging Revisited

I’ve recently been revisiting several blog posts and resources that I wrote in the last couple of years. My renewed focus on writing in math class is a result of reading several articles (Learning from Weblogs, Reducing Gender Achievement Gap, & Talkback Project)...

The Myth of Multitasking

This steady and undissipated attention to one object, is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation, are the never-failing symptoms of a weak and frivolous mind. –Lord Chesterfield, in a letter to his son (c. 1740s) I recently purchased...

A Glogster Experience

In last month’s blog I was fresh off my ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) conference experience and shared some of my initial impressions of the conference. I have since moved beyond my stupefied phase, the desire to try every new tech tool I...