Quadrant D Learning

Posted on February 4, 2016 by drjimo

The Rigor/Relevance Framework.

See the SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/NancyW1354/bump-it-up-to-quadrant-d-social-studies

See also https://appyadventuresandteaching.wordpress.com/category/bill-daggett/

(Click graphic)

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3 Things Students Want to Hear

Posted on January 9, 2016 by drjimo

  
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/students-desire-to-hear-from-teachers-lori-desautels?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

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Top 20 list of Technology Tools

Posted on December 10, 2015 by drjimo

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/making-makerspace-top-20-technologies-tools-kevin-jarrett?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow+
This is a nice list of tech tools schools need.  Nice variety. Includes LEGO, RasberryPi, aprons, and more.

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I want math to be realistic and meaningful

Posted on September 19, 2015 by drjimo

realistic: I take this from Flickr from CU-Boulder and Freudenthal Institute US hosted the Fifth Realistic Mathematics Education conference, or RME5, in September of 2015. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/downclimb/sets/72157656469778994/ 

Realistic: imaginable, realizable, not just “real-world”

Meaningful: significant, relevant, important, consequential, telling, material, valid, worthwhile

(antonyms: inconsequential)

1. having a serious, important, or useful quality or purpose.

“making our lives rich and meaningful”  “a meaningful relationship”

2. communicating something that is not directly expressed.

“meaningful glances and repressed passion”.  “a meaningful glance”


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Motivating the Unmotivated

Posted on August 12, 2015 by drjimo

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-unmotivated-chelsea-dale?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc 

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Memoranda Mathematica: A Synopsis of Facts, Formulae, and Methods (1912 book)

Posted on August 10, 2015 by drjimo

At this the MathFest (Washington DC 2015) lecture by Richard Guy and John Conway I learned of a book from 1912. Probably only of interest to math geeks. (yep math geek alert) I find it interesting that this reference book begins with the divisibility test for 9 and for 11 and the usefulness of knowing that 1/8 is .125
https://books.google.com/books?id=Ad3uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

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TeachThought Library: 10 Learning Models & Frameworks

Posted on August 4, 2015 by drjimo

TeachThought Library: 10 Learning Models & Frameworks

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Improving Our Schools From the Inside Out

Posted on June 30, 2015 by drjimo

@DrOlsen314: Improving Our Schools From the Inside Out #Teachers make the difference http://t.co/f52AQZx4lM #DoSomething #edchat #TouchLives

Things are tough in the schools. Teachers, through their will, strengths, creativity, and heart, can, and do, make a difference for students.

https://twitter.com/drolsen314/status/615871362805182464 

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Notes from Ted Talk on Memory.

Posted on June 26, 2015 by drjimo

http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do#t-1205064

Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do

See the Notes-from-Ted-Talk-on-Memory I took.

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13 Rules that Expire

Posted on June 8, 2015 by drjimo
Great article from Teaching Children Mathematics,Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 18:  13 Rules that Expire
…avoid using these…
Overgeneralizing commonly accepted strategies, using imprecise vocabulary, and relying on tips and tricks that do not promote conceptual mathematical understanding can lead to misunderstanding later in students’ math careers.
These are good guidelines for teachers (and students of Math 260).
For example…
  • You cannot take a bigger number from a smaller number.
  • Addition and multiplication make numbers bigger.
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