LessonSketch is a web-based platform that allows for the creation of teaching practice representations in the form of student work, classroom videos and the use of the “blue people” in the form of comic book-like creations. Last spring I was named a LessonSketch Research and Development Fellow, which means I am kicking Read more…
Today, I traveled to the University of Georgia’s School of Education, specifically the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, as an awardee of an SECU Faculty Travel Grant. What an amazing opportunity! Just today I had an opportunity to meet with Dr. Dorothy White’s research group, sit in on Dr. Kevin Read more…
Today begins the Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) in Irvine, California. What is cool about arriving to this conference is that I flew into an airport named after John Wayne, with a big stature of him out front. My mom loved the Duke, thus I Read more…
Today starts the Annual Teacher Conference for the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium, which is hosted by the NASA Mississippi Space Grant Consortium College and Fellowship Program and the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi. Teachers from all over the state are gathering at the Inn at Read more…
The Annual Conference for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) starts today. This conference is the opposite of AERA. It is small, manageable, and you can easily have conversations with some of the big names in mathematics education (they may even Read more…
Today I am giving a presentation on problems at the Mathematics Specialists Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. The more I am exposed to the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics the more I am convinced that the key to meeting the standards is to use Read more…
This weekend is the Fall Conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) which is the state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). This is my third year speaking at the conference and every year I have been impressed by the representation of Mississippi’s Read more…
The Journal for Urban Mathematics Education (JUME) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, that recently published an article I wrote that explored the question, “What does teaching mathematics as agape, or unconditional love, look like?” Think about it…if a teacher started with unconditional love for students, as defined by agape, what Read more…
Here I am at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco. This conference is huge with around 15,000 attendees and a phone book for a program guide. At first I was a little apprehensive about coming but then I went to a talk about Read more…
Great news! I have successfully navigated the world of grant proposal writing and just accepted my first grant award. In November I submitted a Classroom Research Grant through the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) housed within the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It is a grant that encourages classroom teachers to Read more…