In this lesson students will explore Geometry by coding and writing narratives about life on Mars. Thanks to Sharon Drummond & Mel Poissant for the inspiration. Grade six students figuring out how to use Sphero so they can use them for learning about how the… https://t.co/obLeVGijRk — Sharon Drummond (@Sharon_Drummond) October 13, 2015 Mars […]
This post is in reply to Doug Peterson’s post here. As a former student of Harrow District High School (and current small town resident) I am saddened by the recent turn of events in which it was voted to close the high school. To be honest, I am a quite teary eyed writing this. Very […]
This is just another post about grades, feedback and “good” math questions. I’m at a loss, so feel free to dive in. The context of this post is about providing students with one or two rich open ended math problems instead of quantities of more of the same. You know, textbook work. Please consider the […]
Yup, thats me in the video. What a surprise reunion with Mrs. B – I hadn’t seen her in 15 years since I graduated High School. Mrs. Boudreau took a chance on me and allowed me to create a project that had never been done before at school – a website (keep in mind its […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.