Inspiration

// FED-EX DAYS // (from Dan PInk, the author of Drive a new book about motivation) What might emerge if we let kid loose to work on anything they want for a day with the only proviso that their presentation the next day explain: why they had undertaken this work, how it used or connected with math and what they had done? -Sue Hellman

== **These people have helped me rethink my own WHY, HOW and WHAT of teaching math. ** ==

Sexy stats & equations for love Clio Cresswell ||  ||   ||   || media type="youtube" key="V74AxCqOTvg" width="420" height="315" align="center" Leadership and 'followership' Derek Sivers || "Calm the math [i.e. the procedural learning] for a moment." Dan Meyer ||  ||   ||   || media type="youtube" key="9qiNiwUdmb4" width="420" height="315" align="center" Start at about 4:00 minutes. Maria Andersen is taking about calculus, but the gist of what she's saying makes sense at all levels. || What kids can do if we give them exciting tools and leave them on their own .. watch the leaders and follower! Sugata Mitra ||  ||   ||   || media type="youtube" key="yBm6-CsrUws" width="420" height="315" About taking risks ,,, why did you pick math teaching as a career? Was it to make a difference in kids' lives by getting their math scores up? Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot ||
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