Innovative pedagogies leader. HAT, MEd. Talk to me about maths, science, interdisciplinary, innovative pedagogies, team teaching, and cognitive psych. Twin mum.
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Amanda Brook retweeted
10 Feb 2021
All maths is advanced maths. From the perspective of your student, the maths they are learning now is the most advanced maths they have ever learned. Give them the credit they deserve.
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6 Jul 2020
This sparks a lot of ideas for discussing optimal problem solving strategies in novel ways #iteachmath
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Amanda Brook retweeted
18 Mar 2020
It seems like everything is getting cancelled, but do you know what doesn't cancel?
The a's in a/(a b).
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19 Mar 2020
Going digital? Some lessons from those already teaching from home. edutopia.org/article/what-te…
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12 Nov 2019
Today's resource discovery: a wealth of maths-based "would you rather?" questions. Ideal for engagement and exploration wouldyourathermath.com/ #wouldyourathermath
17 Oct 2019
Looks like a fungus, acts like an animal. 720 sexes, digests food with no mouth, moves with no legs, communicates and problem solved with no brain. I sense an excellent PBL for Biology. theguardian.com/world/2019/o…
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15 Sep 2019
I could say that it's important for students to understand all sides of scientific careers, but actually I just found these gut-bustingly funny. Especially the jaguar. #fieldworkfail boredpanda.com/scientist-blu…
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10 Sep 2019
Overheard in my class today: "And this is why I think the world is just one big equation."
#mathwin #atlasttheybegintounderstand
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24 Aug 2019
Well this is just cool. Could be a good middle school maths/art task for tesselations, rotation and reflection? m.phys.org/news/2019-08-math…
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22 Aug 2019
Great points about praise - it's so easy to imply norm referencing or a competition. t.ted.com/JeiwubN
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16 Aug 2019
Natalia Bajcic discussing her leadership in the APY land and Anangu pedagogies. Our "innovative" inquiry-based pedagogies are catching up... Only a few thousand years later. #HALTAlumni
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16 Aug 2019
"people don't have the confidence to create change without data" a commentary on our obsession with data and our inability to make important progress unless it fits within the system's expectations.
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16 Aug 2019
I would have liked to really unpack the idea of "overusing strengths" - it was mentioned and we discussed what it might be but no real follow up to this.
16 Aug 2019
Who do we unleash the "dark" side on if we are frustrated? Family, teams, close coworkers?
16 Aug 2019
Identity is your personal story that you tell yourself (and is usually wrong/incomplete), while reputation is the story others tell about you (and this does matter in the workplace - people need to choose to follow you).
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16 Aug 2019
People have a "fair" personality while they're in control and curating their image, and a "dark" personality shown when they're not in control or in very familiar situations. Your team will say different things about you than a parent.