I know, I know!!!! I have been on a hiatus! I really haven't been hunkering down. I truly have been busy!!!
As an eleven month employee in my county I worked until the end of June. Then I moved the first week of July.
Then I had the distinct pleasure of teaching an Algebra course that is part of our certification for mathematics specialists. We have the first half complete after a residential week at the University of Virginia, and the second half will consist of three face-to-face Saturdays and two online sessions. I have so much to share on my joys and struggles as an instructor in this course. I even stumped (well made him quiet for a few moments) a mathematician!!!! That's what I get when my brain starts to "wonder".
Then I serve on a state assessment committee and now I am back. I have to admit I even got behind on my blog reading as well, which I just caught up on, and got me in the mood to get myself back in gear.
Some changes for me...I no longer will service an elementary school. I will now be only working with middle school. I will truly miss my elementary peeps who have worked so hard with me!!
As promised I will be back with some deep thoughts from Algebra class. Packing is called my name (actually it is the custodians!)
Hi, Margaret,
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog via David Wees, and as a fellow mathematics educator I thought you might be able to help in spreading the word about an educational TV show for preteens about math that we're putting together. "The Number Hunter" is a cross between Bill Nye The Science Guy and The Crocodile Hunter -- bringing math to children in an innovative, adventurous way. I’d really appreciate your help in getting the word out about the project.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/564889170/the-number-hunter-promo
I studied math education at Jacksonville University and the University of Florida. It became clear to me during my studies why we’re failing at teaching kids math. We're teaching it all wrong! Bill Nye taught kids that science is FUN. He showed them the EXPLOSIONS first and then the kids went to school to learn WHY things exploded. Kids learn about dinosaurs and amoeba and weird ocean life to make them go “wow”. But what about math? You probably remember the dreaded worksheets. Ugh.
I’m sure you know math is much more exciting than people think. Fractal Geometry was used to create “Star Wars” backdrops, binary code was invented in Africa, The Great Pyramids and The Mona Lisa, wouldn’t exist without geometry.
Our concept is to create an exciting, web-based TV show that’s both fun and educational.
If you could consider posting about the project on your blog, I’d very much appreciate it. Also, if you'd be interested in link exchanging (either on The Number Hunter site, which is in development, or on StatisticsHowTo.com which is a well-established site with 300,000 page views a month) please shoot me an email. We're also always looking for input and ideas from other math educators!
Thanks in advance for your help,
Stephanie
andalepublishing@gmail.com
http://www.thenumberhunter.com
http://www.statisticshowto.com
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/564889170/the-number-hunter-promo