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Quizification: The Joy and Craft of Engaging Formative Questioning

Following my run on Jeopardy and subsequent appearances on other programs, I've had the opportunity to share my experience with educators...

#25DaysOfGiving: 2021 Edition

After last year's pivots in how we shared and planned the #25DaysOfGiving, one of our reflections was how it may have unintentionally...

The Jeopardy! Experience: A Story Told in Media

The week of November 2nd, 2020 was a whirlwind of conflict: a confluence of history, lifetime-long narratives, glory and heartbreak.

Three Underutilized Mathematical Language Routines

Newer curriculums are beginning to embed Mathematical Language Routines in their daily lesson plans. It may surprise educators that...

The Death of Scratch Paper: 5 Reasons Why the Modern Student Won't "Show Their Work"

I work with educators at my school site to ensure access to materials for success, and as far as physical assets are concerned, this can...

Reflections on a Conference: MidSchoolMath 2019 National Conference

When travel becomes a part of your professional life, you look forward to destinations as much as you do dates. There are towns with...

Using Television to Demonstrate How to "Do The Math"

There's a great unifying staying power to television that seems to give a unique credibility to the images projected. It was the first...

Reflection on a Conference: The #SummerOfSummits

Here I was again. The time when everything started to come together, and the person I had fought to become could begin to reach beyond...

Reflections from a Conference: EdTechTeam California Summit (Mountain View, CA)

Making towns. Barnstorming. Circusing. In putting myself out as a circuit speaker this summer, I find that I'm in a place I haven't...

The Ageless Confluence: 4 Math Strategies from the Ancient World

When we search for strategies in dedicated curricula, we are often left wanting and disillusioned not just in the system itself, but in...

Make Richer Questions by Broadening Those Multiple Choices

The notification "ding" of my work e-mail meant it was time to check in with Brilliant, the web-based math task curation service that...

Avoiding "Formative Appetizers": How to Genuinely Engage ALL Students When Reviewing

In the rush to find meaningful ways to use classroom devices to engage students, I have seen Kahoot come to prominence as an...