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 | 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...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 16, 2014 | Actual Math, Christmas, Geekdom, Smart-assery |
Younger Students For elementary teachers, students can email Santa and he’ll write back! (He might have a grumpy Elf or a silly Reindeer answer if he gets too busy). Visit bit.ly/emailtosanta and check it out. Older Students You know those moments when...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 21, 2014 | Actual Math |
In the last few months, John Stevens and I have been training teachers on Math and Technology in the classroom with Classroom Chef. Things are good. One of the lessons in La Cucina hasn’t been recorded here yet, so here we go. Big Shark Start class with the...
by Matt Vaudrey | Mar 11, 2014 | Actual Math, Classroom Management |
Today was a great day. Linear and Non-linear Functions Today, the lesson was on linear and non-linear functions. After plotting points and noticing that a ruler can’t go through all five, we stood up, hands at our sides. I stood on a desk. Because it’s my...
by Matt Vaudrey | Feb 15, 2014 | Actual Math, Teaching |
It appears that Fawn and I did this lesson on the same day… again. We teach over 100 miles from each other, but we appear to have some type of ESP that only affects the snarky. Anyway. Twice in the last three months, I have told a room full of teachers and...
