Doug McKenzie

Middle School Math Teacher

[Doug McKenzie @DougRoom8]

@richard_waithe @DianaMIsaacs One thing missing from the app is the ability to title events. Titles are limited to the defaults so in the graph you see your blood sugar levels paired with dots labelled "Notes" or "Activity" instead of "Nap" or "30 mins of gardening".

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@developerwolfe @dexcom I am also enjoying #stelo. Be sure to apply it over a part of your arm where you can pinch at least an inch of skin or as close as you can get - a site with some fat. I got too close to muscle and that was soooo uncomfortable. Had to remove it = waste $50.

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@DianaMIsaacs @richard_waithe You are right. I just bought Stelo, and I had no idea about Clarity.

[Doug McKenzie @DougRoom8]

@PhotoNotion I saw your photo for Island Brew's 15th anniversary online. We are going to play there in a month. Could I use your photo in our Instagram post?

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@Lesliedietiker @theriling Loved the article. I started reading afraid you were going to be analyzing word problems. I love this as a theoretical framework for what makes Which One Doesn’t Belong or clotheslines or the Stanford language routines or Open Middle and other recent innovations useful tools

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@HigherGeometer @DavidKButlerUoA I use a different word every day usually with 4 consonants and a vowel (and not x,z or q or duplicates) and my mean number of guesses is <4. I think Wordlebot is 3.6? So it doesn’t cost you that much.

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@robertkaplinsky @kathyhen_ The puzzles are all unique, so it is like a lottery ticket. This would be a great math problem to figure out how many $35 puzzles do you have to sell to make a profit? And who is making sure they are redeeming the prizes?

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Amélie Lamont has put together a great article on Allyship. @amelielamont https://t.co/vLlONGmoPf
#allyship

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@fawnpnguyen Agreed. An actual use for 2/7 and 3/8? 2/7 of a mile... but who knows when they have gone 1/7 of a mile. How about a context that asks 2 out of 7 versus 3 out of 8? Even without the decimal equivs, a student might argue adding 1 out of 1 to 2 out of 7 has to make it greater.

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I took action with Election Protection. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: https://t.co/5ZyiSSkEBU

[Doug McKenzie @DougRoom8]

I’m attending The Democratic National Committee’s event, “Organize Everywhere, Together: Phone Banks in Virginia with Special Guests!” – sign up now to join me! https://t.co/U5dvm5LIhD

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@VancityReynolds @SmartLess loved the episode… re the discussion about anxiety there is an app https://t.co/N1csgikTUN that I found useful. This one is not just soothing voices and affirmations. It is a well-designed, bite sized path to boosting practical mindfulness skills

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@ArmchairExpPod Loved the Esther Perel program. She quickly mentioned Terry Real, who I have recently been exposed to. I think you would enjoy talking to him… you should check him out.

[Doug McKenzie @DougRoom8]

I’m attending Common Cause’s event, “Social Media Monitoring Shifts!” – sign up now to join me! #commoncause https://t.co/af627kBQNq

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Bridging gaps vs. filling gaps in student knowledge - when and how. https://t.co/VaxecWciCA

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Are you building or draining student motivation? https://t.co/PL5LAKvqX6

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I’m attending Common Cause’s event, “For the People Phonebank with Common Cause” – sign up now to join me! #commoncause https://t.co/TWPblJ2pH9

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@mathreflective For me, that was such a relief, to learn that their forgetting didn't mean that they hadn't learned the first time around or that I hadn't taught it well enough. I just had to be more intentional about revisiting it a few times and asking them to recall it.

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A1 and 2: I just wrote a blog about this (with a fancy diagram)- https://t.co/mMGN1Vhxp3
#OpenUpMath