The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) is meeting this week in Orlando, FL. No time for Mickey Mouse but lots of time for learning about how to support the development of mathematics teachers. Here is a link to my Read more…
Today, I am presenting at the University of Mississippi School of Education’s first ever Google in the Classroom Conference. One of my favorite questions to ask fellow teachers is “What is the best thing you do in the classroom?” and Read more…
On January 16th, I had the privilege of speaking at the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium/University of Mississippi Center for Mathematics and Science Education Teacher’s Conference. I was invited to speak about Hip Hop Based Education, which is a topic I Read more…
That’s right Dr. H. Samy Alim from Stanford is coming to the University of Mississippi for International Education Week…and I have to teach class. So the next best thing is to convince as many students at the University of Mississippi Read more…
Tonight I had a chance to work with several University of Mississippi, School of Education Clinical Instructors as they explored some of the expectations of our pre-service teachers. More precisely, the Understanding by Design process for designing lessons. ��My task Read more…
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to present the sermon at The Orchard in Oxford, MS. The topic given to me was to discuss Paul’s letter to the Colossians (specifically Chapter 3: 1-17). I debated on whether or not to Read more…
Here is another video about the need for Common Core Mathematics. This is done by Jo Boaler who is a well respected mathematics education researcher.
This weekend the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics held their annual conference at Mississippi College. I was given the opportunity to talk more about this idea of creating space for the progressive teaching of mathematics. It is an idea Read more…
As a mathematics teacher educator I get asked a lot of questions about the Common Core and usually the questions I get are concerning the half truths (or non-truths) being spread by media outlets. Here are three things I suggest Read more…