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2013-06-07 23:59:26 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

I added some text to clarify Facebook's privacy settings. Can you spot it?

2013-06-06 21:08:01 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The new Google+ communities are awesome, but if I don't join your community, this image may hopefully help explain why.

2013-06-06 19:41:39 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-30 19:38:06 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I've not received any comments on this post, and I'm hoping I can get some feedback, as I intend to share these big ideas in a few conference sessions in the coming months.

Are there any other "powerful ideas of math" that you would add to my list? Could some of the ideas listed be removed or combined?

2013-05-30 19:08:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Working on a meta-presentation on "creating effective presentations." It's intended to be short and to the point as there are obviously more comprehensive resources out there.

Can you give me feedback on it?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PcChcwqxw0EzyBoeL3QjBCzrc86KePLWanpg2e9HInk/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000#slide=id.p

2013-05-30 18:23:38 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Recommended further reading on password strength, see https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm

2013-04-30 04:12:18 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I'm working on a presentation on debating whether or not we need grades in schools. Struggling to find good reasons to keep grades...

Feel free to help out and add your own perspective to this document, just try and keep the formatting somewhat the same as it is if possible.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tu3y6DU5IrT-Y68tva_mZHM7HYeGvpZMfRBMdxY3x38/edit?usp=sharing

2013-04-24 22:43:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Interested in an Google+ Hangout discussing this article? http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ctk/NatureOfProof.shtml

Going to start in 20 minutes. #mathchat #edchat

In particular, I'd like to discuss the aims of the course description for this course (see the article for more), which are quoted below:

"While teachers of mathematics say they want the young people in our secondary schools to understand the nature of proof, that should not be and probably is not their total concern. What these teachers really want is not only that these young people should understand the nature of proof but that their way of life should show that they understand it. Of what value is it for a pupil to understand thoroughly what a proof means if it does not clarify his thinking and make him more "critical of new ideas presented"? The real value of this sort of training to any... mehr »

2013-04-18 00:02:44 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Can someone invite me to a hangout so I can test to see that I'm all set up correctly on my end? Just had a hangout fail horribly, and I'd like to trouble-shoot. Just need 30 seconds of someone's time.

2013-04-18 00:01:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I'd love some feedback on this presentation I created on "Math in the Real World." It's a summary of a workshop I did a few weeks ago.

http://davidwees.com/content/math-real-world-video

2013-04-17 23:51:54 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

There's a Google Apps for Education conference happening on the May 4th/5th weekend.

There are some reduced price tickets for BC public school teachers still left (they are $125 cheaper than the full rate). Send me a private message if you are interested in attending the conference with one of these reduced rate tickets and I can give you the registration code for it.

See http://bc.gafesummit.com for details about the conference itself.

2013-01-31 23:20:43 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

I have been working on a new site, and I could use some entries. The idea is to collaborative build a list of high quality inquiry based projects k-12 students can do, and also provide descriptions of students engaging in mathematical thinking.

See http://maththinking.org/ if you want more information, or if you would like to help out.

2013-01-31 23:19:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I have been working on a new site, and I could use some entries. The idea is to collaborative build a list of high quality inquiry based projects k-12 students can do, and also provide descriptions of students engaging in mathematical thinking.

See http://maththinking.org/ if you want more information, or if you would like to help out.

2013-01-23 00:02:31 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 5 +1s)

I think +Dan Meyer has nailed it with this awesome video he created called "Hollywood Hates Math." It really speaks to how our culture views mathematics.

There has been a lot written about this issue, and many attempts to counteract it. Is this something we are always going to have to face as a society? Or can anyone imagine a future where mathematics is not reviled by 90% of the population? If so, how do we get to this utopia?

2013-01-21 04:57:54 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hello all,

I'm a learning specialist for technology and math at a small independent school in Vancouver, BC. I'm participating in #etmooc  to evaluate it as a model for getting my staff to learn about technology more independently.

I've posted a first post here. http://davidwees.com/content/social-interactions-and-learning

I'm a bit behind but, oh well... I will do my best to catch up with everyone else.

2012-12-20 06:19:16 (16 comments, 5 reshares, 5 +1s)

Looking for some resources to help address student misconceptions when understanding exponent rules. I have some ideas here but I could use some more: http://davidwees.com/content/what-does-mistake-mean

2012-12-18 01:25:18 (26 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

What topics from mathematics do you think should be present in the k-12 curriculum (at least as an option) which are not currently present?

I'd like to see game theory and graph theory added to the curriculum (and whatever the necessary pre-requisites are, so for certain matrices). Not sure exactly what I would delete.

2012-12-14 22:21:26 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What resources do people in this group have for IBL in elementary school classrooms? I have some I have collected, which I am happy to share, but I'd love to see what people's ideas are first.

2012-12-14 22:12:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Based on Riley Lark's ActivePrompt script, I've created my own version of the same (but in PHP because, well, because I KNOW PHP and I don't know Ruby, which is what the original is written in). I could use some feedback on this: http://davidwees.com/content/activeprompt

2012-12-11 21:51:51 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Where do you think the balance should be in our education system between standardization and creativity? Try responding using the link below (10 second task).

activeprompt.herokuapp.com/SUOWM

2012-12-11 20:38:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I'm a learning specialist for mathematics and technology at Stratford Hall, a small independent school in Vancouver, British Columbia. I love the focus on learning in my role and my title.

I have spent my career learning about learning (although I would have to say, the past four years have been particularly intense). I blog at http://davidwees.com, tweet as @davidwees and am looking for opportunities to expand my leadership role. I love my school, but as I said before, it is small and I need more room to grow and take on new challenges.

2012-12-11 17:53:06 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This discussion thread is intended to be a place where we can post ideas on how we would design schools, if we were starting from scratch, using today's technology, and with an unlimited budget (we can limit ourselves later, let's aim for the moon now).

2012-12-11 06:01:06 (16 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

I'm sending out a call for help.

I'd like to create (or if it exists already, learn about) a series of short math videos sharing ways parents can engage their children in learning mathematics.

With my little guy, for example, he and I have played with numbers since he knew what they were. We have explored patterns, doodled with dots, noticed patterns in shapes, built gigantic pyramids out of Lego, and a whole bunch of other activities. I've steered clear of helping him with any computational math because I know he'll get plenty of that in school, but I've been trying to get him excited about using his logical reasoning brain to think about the world and trying to find patterns in it.

I'd like more parents to have this experience, and I think you could show parents what it looks like with some appropriate modelling.

Does anyone want to:... mehr »

2012-12-11 05:41:17 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 17 +1s)

At what point do we stop talking about 'digital literacy' and recognize that people who cannot apply their literacy in digital situations aren't really literate any more?

2012-12-07 14:35:29 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

What implications does this have for your teaching?

2012-12-07 06:46:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I wonder if anyone is going to take the public Google+ communities that people have joined, and create something to search for people who have tagged their interested.

I'd like to find more people interested in math & physics education, staff development, edcamp, and inquiry based teaching please?

2012-12-07 06:24:40 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Some of you may be interested in the "Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics" group here: https://plus.google.com/communities/107762594334871181831

2012-12-07 06:22:37 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hrmm. What happens if I put a Google form in here...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhSd3hJcy1YVWdYRXNNQWF1NXNfSWc6MQ#gid=0

That particular form is an example of a (very simple) "Choose your own adventure" done in Google forms.

2012-12-07 06:20:28 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Okay, so I can share presentations and other docs (but not forms? I will have to check) but only from within the document itself. Thanks for the heads up +Neil Martinsen-Burrell 

2012-12-07 06:10:39 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Does anyone else think Google+ needs a "Share Doc" button? I'd really like to be able to share Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Forms, and Presentations directly into Google+.

2012-12-07 06:06:40 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here's a presentation on what Edcamp is (could be?) to get us started. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13yBDU3YSdljs1JGyQO_3pUt3j45n-sIX7v4ROknQEeY/edit

2012-12-07 05:57:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I see the word community being thrown around a lot. I strongly suspect this word is over used. I'd really like these online spaces to brand themselves differently.

Am I being pedantic about this? If I can't ask someone in a space to come over last minute to watch my kids, it's not a community.

Does an online space have a social use? Definitely. Is it a community? I'm not convinced.

2012-12-07 05:37:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

So uh...Google+ what's up with this useless error message? "You can't invite that many people to a community."

This violates a simple principle of design => Inform users with meaningful information when you give them an error message. What really important piece of information do you think is missing here?

Here are some other thoughts I have on design principles:

http://davidwees.com/content/design-principles-digital-age

2012-11-26 21:59:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Loved this presentation when I saw it a couple of years ago at the BCAMT conference in Burnaby. Glad Peter didn't have these slides available when he presented as I felt his talk really did not need slides at all.

2012-10-23 22:43:14 (12 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for information on what percentage (or number of hours if that is easier to share) elementary schools are spending on instrunctional time for each subject area. I'm particularly interested in the amount of time schools are spending teaching math each week.

2012-10-16 05:15:04 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I got asked a few days ago to license one of the images I've created. I have no idea what a reasonable price to charge is. The license is non-exclusive, etc... for use in some sort of paper publication I assume. Suggestions for how to figure this out?

2012-08-10 19:05:46 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for iPad apps, specifically aimed at elementary school students. I've found 8 which are useful (and have linked to many more). I'm specifically looking for iPad apps which support an inquiry-based learning environment. I can find flash card style apps myself fairly easily.

2012-07-04 04:32:44 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

As usual, Professor Keith Devlin has something useful to say about mathematics education, in this case, the #MTTK2 affair.

2012-07-03 05:36:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Science class should make students think.
 
Our children aren’t being allowed to discover the joys of experimenting, and learning for themselves."

This is well known, as far as I know, and yet we do very little about it.

2012-06-25 16:47:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

So, where are the bongo drums? Why would ISTE let someone who obviously does NOT have the best interest of students and educators in mind speak at their conference?

2012-06-18 06:59:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for some feedback on a hacked version of Blockly (visual programming language) I'm working on. 

http://davidwees.com/content/logoish-programming-browser

2012-06-13 16:36:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"We expect more from technology and less from each other." 

Yeah. That sounds about right.

2012-06-10 20:52:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Can anyone tell me what the minimum standards for a Mac are to be able to program iOS apps on a Mac device? What kind of Mac can I get by with?

2012-06-08 06:04:14 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

David Suzuki tells it like it is - governments are encouraged into short term goals over long term investments because of the 4 year election  cycles, and the strong influence of corporate campaign money.

2012-06-07 17:38:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for feedback on a block puzzle game for young kids I'm writing. Thanks.

2012-05-28 22:25:29 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Looking for some collaborators on this project - A blog to post Q & A and have discussions about technology use. The intended audience is parents. Anyone else want to participate?

2012-05-28 18:29:46 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I've written a new post about mathematics notation, and how it is quite often a barrier (for some students) in communicating mathematical ideas.

2012-05-28 18:13:24 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Excellent post by +Jennifer Brokofsky. Many educators often put unnecessary stop-signs in the road of student learning. Recommended reading.

2012-05-27 00:56:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looks like we'll be making the trip to Christina Lake this summer, and then back through Harrison Hot Springs, and to Vancouver.