Portfolios in Math: Seeing the Thinking Behind the Numbers
Math student showing work in a portfolio

I met a middle school math teacher while I was a tech coach at a PK-12 international school that scoffed at my suggest of using a digital portfolio with his students. He didn’t consider himself the “portfolio type.” He mentioned, “after tests, we go over the answers most commonly missed, and any questions, and that’ll […]

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Momentum

I’m so excited to see how this project goes. Our school is preparing for a group of teachers to head off on a learning expedition. They’re off to Lima to participate in the AASSA Educators Conference 2016, Looking for Learning.  I’m staying here. My goal next week is to help be the conduit for which […]

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Learning from a Witch

Last week, I was lucky enough to spend some time with Silvia Tolisano. She delivered a half day workshop for a small group of teachers at our school. While I do have some critiques of the format of the workshop – all lecture, with no “doing” component- I still found the message and the ideas she […]

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