So a couple of days ago I was in a warm, safe environment, learning a lot about math teaching and interacting with people from all over the country. Yet, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to be back at home teaching. The last marking period just ended lots of kids need help to finish the projects they need for the grade. We also have this big school-wide field trip that I hadn’t fully planned, we call them “Intensives.” The whole school was preparing for these and it felt like I wasn’t pulling my weight. But mostly, and let’s be real, my kids NEED me. Instead of listening to the advice of @crstn85 and many others, I took the last bus out of South Station and went in to work.
When I got to work I discovered that work was…just another day at work. Noone REALLY would have missed me, except the personnel secretary.
So then I came home and tore into twitter and started trying to piece together what I could have gained from spending another day learning and growing, and I made a bunch of Storifys to sort of capture the thinking:
Storify stories that I made:
Deborah Ball – (How) Can Explicitness About Mathematical Practices Support Equitable Instruction https://t.co/or3meOKgQo #BostonJealousyCamp
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Elham Kazemi Et Al. – Transforming Practice: Organizing Schools for Meaningful Teacher and Leader Learning https://t.co/3WqCRQ0u4u
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Phil Daro – What Decisions? https://t.co/Xj3CH14c3Q via @carloliwitter
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Kathleen Argall – Student-Driven Learning: Project and Problem-Based Geometry and Algebra I https://t.co/D36eQVdVqI via @carloliwitter
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Steve Leinwand – 10 To-Dos for Converting Principles to Actions into Tangible Improvements https://t.co/lJtI9QffFE via @carloliwitter
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Bill McCallum – The Practices in Practice https://t.co/o6921E6tdb via @carloliwitter #NCTMBoston
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Ruth Parker – Bringing the Standards for Mathematical Practice to Life In Classrooms https://t.co/zCJU645Iu6 #MTBoS #NCTMBoston
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Debbie Wile & Annie Fetter – Getting Students Invested in the Process of Problem Solving https://t.co/fBoL9OfsMU #NCTMBoston #MTBoS
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 18, 2015
Geoff Krall – Creating Open Ended Problems From Closed Curriculum https://t.co/TqoyKWufcz
— Carl Oliver (@carloliwitter) April 20, 2015
Other Storify Stories from around the Blogosphere:
#shadowcon15 was a highlight of #NCTMBoston, here's a storify! Thanks @ddmeyer @Zakchamp @MikeFlynn55 et al https://t.co/bW0YqN1fmP
— Taylor Williams (@MrWilliamsSTEM) April 18, 2015
@jgough ’s Doodles are amazing, check out her storify. https://t.co/tiQmP3e5Da #NCTMBoston #NCTM15 #MBToS
— Eric Scholz (@ericpscholz) April 18, 2015
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