Ontario Math Links: Math Links for Week Ending Oct. 13th, 2017

Friday, October 13, 2017

Math Links for Week Ending Oct. 13th, 2017

Are you looking for some ideas for games to use in class? Well @jroulbach has you covered. Most of them have been around for a while in other blog posts but she's done a great job of putting them all together in one post. Trashketball, Row Games (here's my own set), speed dating and many more with templates and examples. Check them all out.
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https://ispeakmath.org/2017/10/10/my-favorite-math-games/

If you are looking for some interesting resources using ancient mathematics then check @jcrabtree's site of ideas and interactives.
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http://www.jonathancrabtree.com/mathematics/

There is a new blog out called QED that is bringing together mathematical minds from all over the place to talk about teaching math in the 21st century in a progressive way or ways that might challenge the status quo. In some cases they are cross posts from individual blogs and in others they are new posts just for the site. The site was kickstarted by @fjmubeen and @mathgarden but there are many more contributors than that. Check it out
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https://medium.com/q-e-d

I really like the idea of gradeless classes where all the learning comes about via from teacher-student dialogue and the grade comes from a collaborative effort between students and teachers. Here @MsHLye is starting to talk about here journey into this idea via a TLLP grant that she was awarded. So follow along with her and see if you can pick up some tips on going gradeless in your own class.
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http://teachinginspirations.blogspot.ca/2017/09/week-23-in-gradeless-math-self-peer.html

The idea of a math coach is not new but I remember feeling a bit odd when I started calling myself that in 2009 when I started my journey as one. But I quickly found that the idea of co planning, co teaching and debriefing with individual teachers was some of the best ways to get teachers to adopt new ideas. In this post @MarkChubb3 does a great job of breaking it all down when adopting the math coach model.
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https://buildingmathematicians.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/co-teaching-in-math-class/

This may seem a bit frivolous to complain about the accuracy of a street sign but here @standupmaths does a great job. He even manages to bring up Euler's identity for vertices along the way.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPqKAGyajM