3 problems
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What we’re doing isn’t working.
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We have 3 choices:
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1. Do more in the same amount of time
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2. Do less in the same amount of time
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3. Do something completely different
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If you do decide to do something different, keep 3
things in mind:
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1. It needs to work
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1. It needs to work2. It needs to be fun
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1. It needs to work2. It needs to be fun
3. It can’t piss off the boss
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You have 3 bosses:studentsparents
principals
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Those bosses want different things from you.
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Your principal wants that kid to pass the “test”.
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Your parent wants that kid to pass the “test” and live
happily ever after.
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Your kid wants two things:
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Your kid wants two things: 1) make progress
2) have fun with their friends
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Progress & fun w/ friends ≠ test
success & college
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Not usually (anyway)
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But…
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What if you could keep the principal and the parents
happy?
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And still…
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Make progress with kids and have fun?
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First things, first
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DIY kit for getting admin off your back
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1. Get SAT test prep questions
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1. Get SAT test prep questions
2. Put them in quiz/test form
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1. Get SAT test prep questions2. Put them in quiz/test form 3. Get those quizzes online
(for your kids)
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If you can check that test-prep box, then you get to
play (in a #’s way)
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Math is powerful only when it describes reality
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Math loses all its power when it’s disconnected from
reality
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Most kids are convinced the math they’re doing is NOT
connected to reality.
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They know (after the quiz next week) they’ll never
have to remember how to complete the square again
…ever.
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Remember:
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Remember:Kids are hiring us to help
them progress &to have fun w/ their friends.
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Doing 2-50 the evens on page 276 is NOT why they
hired us.
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So they do what all of us do when we hate something:
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1. Avoid it2. Ignore it
3. Outsource it
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1. Avoid it (don’t turn it in)2. Ignore it
3. Outsource it
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1. Avoid it (don’t turn it in)2. Ignore it (copy it from Ed
on the bus in the AM)3. Outsource it
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1. Avoid it (don’t turn it in)2. Ignore it (copy it from Ed
on the bus in the AM)3. Outsource it (see #2)
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65% of middle school boys would rather take out the trash than do their math
homework
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Kids aren’t lazy
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They’re just like us
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They hate meaningless work.
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So, the question you have to ask is
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What’s meaningful?
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What’s meaningful?To my kids.
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They’re hiring us to:help them make progress
& have fun with their friends.
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2-50 on pg. 276 ≠ progress
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We need a new definition
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But where to find one?
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Two sources
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Two sourcesyour friends
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Repeat after me:“What do you wish you’d
learned in your math class?”
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Cautionary note: A math teacher has NEVER asked
them this
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Cautionary note: A math teacher has NEVER asked
them this…So give them a moment
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When they start talking, listen,
ask clarifying questionsand write down what they
say.
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Two sourcesyour friends
your students
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When your kids start talking, listen,
ask clarifying questionsand write down what they say.
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Most kids (& friends) say something like:
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“I wish math class taught me to solve real-life
problems”
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“I wish math class taught me to solve real-life
problems”
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So…
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Find a problem
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Ask a driving question
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Like “How safe are our roads?”
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Or “How do we balance the cost of health-care with
quality care?”
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Or “What do we do about immigration in this
country?”
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Here’s the beauty of a Driving Question
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If a kid doesn’t like it, no problem, (s)he just has to come up with their own.
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If a kid doesn’t like it, no problem, (s)he just has to come up with their own.(It is America after all.)
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If a kid doesn’t like it, no problem, (s)he just has to come up with their own.(It is America after all.)
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So you both have something new (and reality-
based) to do now.
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The kid has to answer her question.
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You have (or get) to help her.
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“It’s not that easy,” you say.
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“Yes it is.”
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You only need 3 things for kids to engage in this real-
life math
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Thing 1: a question they care about answering
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Thing 2: a platform they can interact (passively) with you
and others about their answer
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Thing 3: a deliverable that packages their answer
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Thing 12 Weekly Turn-ins:
1 Pager (what I’m learning)½ Pager (what I’m learning
about myself)
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Thing 2: Canvasinstructure.com
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Thing 3: DeliverablePresentation
BookVideo
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I have 3 goals for my kids
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That a text-book cannot provide.
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I want my kids to be able to:
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I want my kids to be able to:1) Get important work done
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I want my kids to be able to:1) Get important work done2) Manage internally (Define
themselves)
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I want my kids to be able to:1) Get important work done2) Manage internally (Define
themselves)3) Manage others (Stay
connected)
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein
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Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein