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Today we speak with the creator of the 3-act math structure, Guinness Book of World Record holder, national speaker, and Chief Academic Officer at Desmos, Dan Meyer. We get the dirt on Dan’s background as a student and early days as a teacher. He shares his insights on what lessons should look like, sound like and he lets us in on what a Chief Academic Officer really does. Stick around and you learn the origin story of the 3-Act math structure and why you need to know about it; how to use what you value in math lessons to bring out wonder and perplexity; the good and bad of ed-tech: what makes a great tech tool while teaching remotely; and, tow being culturally aware humans can make us better teachers. What you’ll learn: - The origin story of the 3-Act math structure and why you need to know about it.
- What we value in a math lesson and how to use wonder and perplexity to teach those values.
- The good and bad of ed-tech: what makes a great tech tool while teaching remotely.
- How being culturally aware humans can make us better teachers.
Resources: Dan Meyer’s TED Talk: Math Class Needs A Makeover How To Make Math Moments in Your Class 3-Acts of a Mathematical Story Dan on Twitter: Dan’s Blog Hema Khodai’s Twitter You’re cutting it close to joining us for our fall PD offering on Closing Gaps with your grade 2 through 10 students. We’ve built a self-paced, 9 Module, fully online course called The Concept Holding Your Students Back. If you’re interested in learning more about registering, be sure to check out makemathmoments.com/proportions. That’s makemathmoments.com/proportions
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