How do we respond through our teaching during COVID-19? In episode 19 of the Amidon Planet Podcast, Tom Andres talks about how circumstances can determine your attitude…if you let it. The basic message, and one that we gleaned from the Read more…
Joe Jackson, Instructional Assistant Professor of Musical Theater Dance at the University of Mississippi, stops by and provides perspective on teaching rooted in his experience in the theater and learning and teaching dance and choreography. Plus, the Album of the Read more…
This is a post to support the Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Desired Practices at the fall conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Hattiesburg, MS. Link to the Materials Folder (Including Slides!) Amidon, J. (October, 2024). Let’em Teach! Small Group Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Ty McNamee, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we talk about his dissertation work that was awarded the 2023-2024 Dissertation of the Year by the American Educational Research Read more…
Learning to teach better by celebrating the return of 60 Songs That Explain the 90’s. Rob Harvilla, Senior Staff Writer for The Ringer, is back to talk about songs from The 2000’s? It is all very confusing but listen anyway Read more…
This is a post to support the Stop Preaching and Let ’em Teach! Aiming Teachers Toward Desired Teaching Practices at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics at Chicago, IL. Link to the Materials Folder (Including Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Erica Avent, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Mississippi School of Education, as we talk about church as a context, tool, and inspiration for better teaching. Plus, the Album of the Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Bethany LaValley, Coordinator of Professional Development at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Mississippi, and Dr. Alice Steimle, Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, as we Read more…
Learning to teach better as I consider the book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport. Plus, the Album of the Episode, R.L. Burnside’s Mississippi Hill Country Blues. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via Read more…
Learning to teach better with Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow, Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric, and Director of the AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing at the University of Mississippi as we discuss AI in education. Enjoy! Click here Read more…
In May of 2024 I was invited to give a Keynote at the 2024 biennial conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences and also presented a parallel session during the conference. Below are the citations, slides, and Read more…