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Prof. Bill McCallum – Common Core and Illustrative Mathematics Sep 09, 2014

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Prof. Bill McCallum is University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Arizona. He is lead author of the Common Core State Standards and president of Illustrative Mathematics.

We ask Prof. McCallum about his work with Illustrative Mathematics as well as his reaction to the national controversy surrounding the Common Core Standards. What was the original intention? How can math teachers make the most of the standards in the classroom?

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/09-08-2014%20Prof%20Bill%20McCallum.mp3]

#TMC14, day 3 feat. Eli Luberoff (Desmos) Jul 27, 2014

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Day 2 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp.

Discussions on sessions attended included:

Overall impressions of the conference
The Middle School Games Session
Developments with Desmos, with Eli Luberoff

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/TMC14%20day%203%20-%20Eli%20Luberoff.mp3

#TMC14 – day 2, feat. Dan Meyer and Kate Nowak Jul 26, 2014

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Day 2 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp.

Discussions on sessions attended included:

Trends in the Math TwitterBloggerSphere
Rewriting your curriculum to make the most of the Common Core Standards

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/TMC14%20day%202%20-%20Dan%20Meyer%20and%20Kate%20Nowak.mp3

#TMC14 – Day 1 feat. Steve Leinwand Jul 24, 2014

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Day 1 from this year’s Twitter Math Camp.

Discussions on sessions attended included:

Using games to aid learning
Keynote: Steve Leinwand on the WHY, not the HOW
Formative assessment strategies
180 Blogging
Creating foldables

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/TMC14%20day%201%20-%20Steve%20Leinwand.mp3]

Shorts: MoMath Review Jul 22, 2014

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A short review of New York’s Museum of Math (MoMath) following a recent visit.

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/07-21-2014%20MoMath%20Review.mp3]

Fawn Nguyen – Creating and Using Rich Activities in the Math Classroom Jul 09, 2014

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This week we are joined by well known blogger and math teacher from Southern California, Fawn Nguyen. Known for her engaging lesson activities and honest blogposts, Fawn talks to us about how to create and execute rich and engaging lesson activities in the math classroom. We also discuss her inspiration for creating the website visualpatterns.org

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/07-08-2014%20Fawn%20Nguyen.mp3]

Book Review: ‘Playing with Math’ feat. editor Sue VanHattum Jun 27, 2014

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For this special episode we discuss the book ‘Playing with Math‘ edited by California Math Teacher and blogger, Sue VanHattum. We discuss details of the book (to be released, fall 2014), the inspiration behind the book as well as the questions it poses and the implication it has for progressive mathematics education.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/06-14-2014%20Sue%20VanHattum.mp3

Mathy McMatherson – Assessment and Feedback Jun 03, 2014

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This week we are joined by Tucson math teacher, Daniel Schnieder, better known in the twitter/bloggersphere as Mathy McMatherson. In Daniel’s relatively short time teaching he has built up a strong following and is known for his thoughts and ideas to do with assessment, feedback and standards based grading.

This episode we talk to Daniel about all of the above as well as the implementation of common core across the US.

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/06-02-2014%20Mathy%20McMatherson%20-%20Assessment%20and%20Feedback.mp3]

Lynne McClure – Rich Mathematics May 02, 2014

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This Episode we are joined by director of NRICH, Lynne McClure.

NRICH is an organization dedicated to the use of rich mathematics in the classroom. In 15 years, they have built up a strong global following and now get over 500,000 hits on the website nrich.maths.org every month.

Lynne has been director at NRICH for the last 4 years and is president of the UK’s Mathematical Association. She talks to us about the best way to use NRICH activities in the classroom as well as recent developments in mathematics education.

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/05-01-2014%20Lynne%20McClure%20-%20Rich%20Activities%20in%20the%20Mathematics%20Classroom.mp3]

Dan Meyer – Building Curiosity in the Classroom Mar 30, 2014

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This week we ask how we can build curiosity in the classroom. How can we have students come up with their own questions and have investment in their own learning? How do we create the need for Math so that they see the point when we learn a particular skill.

To help us answer these questions we are joined by pioneering educator Dan Meyer who is known by many as a leader in progressive thinking in the world of Math Ed. Now in a doctoral fellowship at Stanford University, Dan is known for asking potent questions about what works and doesn’t work in the mathematics classroom. He creates engaging lesson resources that give students the why before the how.

[audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82726094/MathEdOut/04-01-2014%20Dan%20Meyer%20-%20Curiosity%20in%20the%20Classroom.mp3]

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