Ms. Briggs

Teacher, lifelong learner, OISE MEd, OSSTF D20 Teachers VP

[vanessa vakharia @TheMathGuru]

Today I spoke to @YourMorning + @metromorning about why kids today have fewer math skills than they did in 2003. Not on the list: “because we need to go back to teaching math the old way.”🙄 Here’s a 3 min summary of what I said: #edutwitter #OECDPISA

https://t.co/rl0HE4MdzH

[Betano Canada @Betano_Canada]

France’s ad for the Women’s World Cup. Chills. 🔥 https://t.co/bxakotbRzj

[Halton Learning Foundation @HaltonLearnFDN]

Huge thanks to @HaltonDSB secondary teachers @OSSTFD20TEACHER for their donation this week in support of students!

[Nat Banting @NatBanting]

Hey #MTBoS!!

I just had the most wonderful day with students and found the energy to blog!!

I've been refining how I assess the last couple years, and "The Interview Quiz" has become a staple in my room.

https://t.co/4uhyQ3HVp6

(Feedback is always welcome).
#iteachmath

[vanessa vakharia @TheMathGuru]

Hot take from @ddmeyer: “Math classes often ask students to write down the results of someone ELSE’S mathematizing…”

Do you agree? #mtbos #Math #iteachmath #maththerapypodcast

[Todd Malarczuk @ToddMalarczuk]

Love this quote from today’s Celebration of Curriculum Integration @SenecaCollege

[vanessa vakharia @TheMathGuru]

“My biggest piece of advice is: treat students like the human beings that they are! Often when students walk into our classrooms, we expect them to ditch their identity at the door & put on this one-dimensional “student hat”… #mtbos #Math @maanow

https://t.co/D11wEEn4jk

[Sunil Singh @Mathgarden]

We have to stop making learning about marks/grades. It diminishes learning to eventually being transactional for all students. We don't grade for them. We grade because we like. Let's be honest. @HumResPro

https://t.co/TnFcmw8BHa

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

"But late work is inconvenient."

Yep.

Teaching is inconvenient.

And it always will be.

We work with humans.

Humans, even the adult ones, are inconvenient creatures.

Accepting that changed the whole game for me--and my kids.

Learning with humans is a messy inconvenience.

[Jamila Dugan @JamilaDugan]

Working toward equity is not about figuring out ways to help specific groups beat the odds. It’s an acknowledgment of the odds, a new vision, reallocation, and the intentional pursuit of justice for all.

[Mishaal Surti @MrSurti]

Are you or someone you know interested in helping shape the teaching and learning of mathematics in Ontario? Check out these secondee postings to join our @ONEducation team.

https://t.co/EbnpBRNvFN

https://t.co/tRngxn26bQ

https://t.co/vgY40XoZMJ

#mtbos #iteachmath #onted

[Andy Hargreaves @HargreavesBC]

Distort the data, ignore research, avoid the truth. How Ontario's Government is manufacturing another crisis in education for its own benefit. https://t.co/4adtihInpf via @Norah_Marsh - @MichaelFullan1 @CarolCampbell4 @OPCouncil

[vanessa vakharia @TheMathGuru]

We all know exams are outdated & overrated, so my top tip for students is to focus on learning about yourself instead of obsessing over the outcome❤️ #edchat @CP24Breakfast #examseason

[Math Therapy podcast 🧠🎙 @MathTherapy]

What does it mean to be “good at math”? Is there value in wrong answers?

[Amie Meek @alcmaths]

Love this connection between Pythagoras and quadratics 😍
Two of my favourite topics combined!

[Shane Safir @ShaneSafir]

The pedagogy of voice in Chapter 5 of #StreetData lays out 6 ways of being that can transform our pedagogy. This week we will feature the first of 6!

Talk less, smile more.

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/z4RuJDclha

[Jason To | 杜澤信 @Jason_To]

Many educators are still unclear about why Ontario is destreaming & what shifts to instruction are needed to unleash its transformative potential.

If you want to hear me gab about that for an hour, join me on May 10. Thanks @LDatSchool for the soapbox.

🔗https://t.co/0NbBdKzWfa

[Jesse Stommel @Jessifer]

I’ve never been attached to the word “ungrading.” It has had rhetorical purpose, sparking conversations about the exact things that some find troubling about the word.

Some thoughts about the problem of the word “ungrading” from my recent post. https://t.co/wtQjMAGHn2

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my #DougFord cartoon for Thursday's @TorontoStar