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The amount of help I gave a student just now… it’s not scalable, except when it is. Getting somebody through something complicated for the first time *can* mean they’re still dependent, etc., but it can also mean that they start expecting success. And when it’s the third or fourth time — yes, they’re taking […]
September 19, 2017
On my twitter feed today: a link to an open access “peer-reviewed” journal about math and equity. http://ed-osprey.gsu.edu/ojs/index.php/JUME/issue/archive are the archives … I’ve downloaded the PDFs for later browsing (I have a meeting …) Tweets about #OER too, including one proclaiming that gosh, no license, it’s not OER! Okay, that’s … news? Hopefully […]
September 18, 2017
Executive Summary (tl/dr;) — I read some stuff. Luminary Labs, LLC is writing some cool stuff about industry, ed tech, adult ed and OER. (Ack! I cornfounded them with Lum1na foundation, not the same entity at all!) Long version 🙂 Listened to “Bored and Brilliant” discussion on NPR over the weekend. […]
September 18, 2017
I love that teachers are sharing their enhancements to Illustrative Mathematics. This is what the “open” in “Open Educational Resources” is all about! The IM lessons are licensed CC-BY — “attribution.” Everybody can use them, revise them, even use them commercially as long as credit is given. The sharing process completely lacks any […]
September 14, 2017
…. that’s what I have, eh? Well, yesterday I *did* successfully put together “1.4” — adding integers with the same sign number on the number line. Next weeK : 1.5 (adding different signs, then mixing htem up.) THen for *my* course I”m going to follow the ORton-Gillingham principle of ‘don’t teach the […]
September 8, 2017
At 1:08 she says to students: “one voice” for choral counting, going backwards from 18 by twos. and going past zero… I don’t know what the pointing in different directions means but I have to admit I *love* the idea of “exterminating” saying “minus two.”.. I don’t see anybody looking humiliated — EXTERMINATE!!!
September 6, 2017
The topic heading had most of the headline: Adult education classes teach reading and math to thousands for free — including adults with di …. and I thought, “oh… disabilities? How are they doing it?” but no… … diplomas. Granted, high school diplomas, not bachelor’s degrees … and it gives their stats — 27% […]
September 19, 2017
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