by Matt Vaudrey | Jun 2, 2015 | Actual Math |
Resources at the end. Twelve Days Out In early May, Claire and I were talking about non-traditional math lessons to make her department more interesting. She’s already using Visual Patterns with Algebra students and is pleased with the spike in their reasoning...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 18, 2015 | Administration, Coaching, Education, Hope |
Stacy, one my teacher sisters, shouted across the playground, “Why don’t you ask him? Mr. Vaudrey! Mariah has a question for you!” It was the end of the day, and I was walking back to my car as Stacy’s 4th graders walked to the bus. Mariah...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 16, 2015 | Teaching |
UPDATE 3 September 2017: Yesterday, President Trump pledged to end DACA, which would make Karena (in the story below) an undocumented immigrant and one of the 1.5 million “good ones” vulnerable to deportation. This is a heartbreak for me and I’ve...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 5, 2015 | Coaching, Hope, Teaching |
It gets better. Really, it sucks now, but you’ll have more and more great days and less and less days that you wanna quit and move in with your parents. Working with new teachers in my role as a coach, I ask the question: “Why are you a teacher?”...
by Matt Vaudrey | Apr 22, 2015 | Actual Math, Ed Tech, Geekdom |
Claire Verti, one of my teachers, sent me this blog post today. David Sladkey is using Desmos to complete a maze with his students. Sweet, right? I immediately tackled it and now present to you my completed Desmos Maze. As you can see, I had some fun...