Warren Schnack

Facilitator of 'aha' moments in the mathematics and Theory of Knowledge classroom. #MTBoS #iteachmath #TOK he/him

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

https://t.co/DdvnlbZVK1 has informed my teaching more than any other piece of writing. It’s a weird, overly negative rant that I keep coming back to even though I still can’t figure out how much I agree with it. Math & TOK teachers - take a look. #MTBoS #iteachmath #tok

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Countries visited by foreigners

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

Be ready to see wisdom anywhere and everywhere. To often we dismiss ideas from children. They have so much to teach us.

[George Pointon @GeorgePointon_]

I asked a group of 6 year olds to come up with a mantra to help us through life.
They had some ideas.
A THREAD

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

Guide understanding, don't teach algorithms. Mathematics is all figure out-able. Support students figuring out how to do things and why something must be true. #MTBoS #iteachmath #thinkingclassroom

[Tara Trudo @ttmathmaniac]

Stop teaching the algorithm!!!! I'm ready to embrace this, whose with me? #ALNCon2021

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

The old “back-to-back describe the relation while your partner draws it” game. I tried not to make it competitive, but…

Thanks John Scammell @thescamdog!
https://t.co/4i7FyFgtE3

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

My precalc class was greeted by a few long equations ‘solved’ on the boards. Listening to groups argue over what step the first mistake occurs is music to my ears. My favorite (as always) is the one without a mistake!

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

@TedOCschool @pgliljedahl https://t.co/XLD4U8R1GV has a bunch of great ones, though Peter Liljedahl calls it "The Pirates and the Diamond" on his list. It's based on a problem just under two millennia old: https://t.co/jZVgVG9in2

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

After 17 years of teaching math, Building Thinking Classrooms clarifies, challenges, and just feels right. Thanks @pgliljedahl! Tax Agency, Painted Cube, 4 4s, finally Pirates and the Diamond (same probs for Alg I and Precalc). Ss are engaged, excited, and exhausted by the end.

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

Thanks Howie! Luckily we've moved on from back in our day. :^)

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Today's meme of the day

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Thanks @panlepan for instructions on how to build a trefoil knot. We made a few during my school's "Intensive Week" while I led exploration of mathematical art. The big knot's now in our cafeteria. Pics of other Ss' work:https://t.co/3XFwE5EFN9  #ecoledhumanite #iteachmath #MTBoS

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

My 6th Carnival Day (thanks as always @clara_ngo for the inspiration!), where Ss make and play probability games, is in the books. Low-key this year since my class has only 4 Ss, but we still had some other kids and grown-ups stop by for the fun. #ecoledhumanite

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

@panlepan Thank you so much for the detailed instructions on this! We built a few during my school's "Intensive Week." My theme was mathematical art and we hung the big one in the school's cafeteria. Pics of other Ss' projects on my blog: https://t.co/3XFwE5EFN9 #ecoledhumanite

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

I LOVE thinking deeply about seemingly simple things. Thank you @robertkaplinsky for helping me wonder. I hope to impart the same to my students with this.

[Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky]

What do you notice? What do you wonder? CC: @Trianglemancsd

Source: https://t.co/bLWpIw6KSy

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

Thanks @panlepan for the awesome inspiration and guide, I think I'll try to build this with some students for some public mathematical art on campus!

[Vincent Pantal🍩ni @panlepan]

I made a square trefoil knot. #DIY #thread ⏬

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

I like a tweet that gets at deeper mathematical and political truths.

[Emo Philips @EmoPhilips]

But America’s far more populated; you need to multiply this by ten

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

A great reminder that true thinking is an act of courage. Thank you Sir Ken Robinson for your contributions to humanity.

[Chris Gadbury @chrisgadbury]

“If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.” - Sir Ken Robinson

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

@howie_hua Excited to finally use @geoffkrall's CCSS PrBL Curriculum Maps as guides for my Algebra I/Geometry class this year. https://t.co/tYtjpY3Kou . A Mathematician's Lament by Lockhart also really changed the way I thought about math early in my career. https://t.co/K7fM4ncU3o

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@MrAllenEdu @NatBanting @joshgiesbrecht I love that I just found this amazing animated gif linked from https://t.co/OrFTn3R7Jw linked from @geoffkrall's Alg1 CCSS PrBL Curriculum Map. Thank you all and the interwebs for helping me help my students.

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

A few deep questions > Do # 1 - 37 odd

[John Rowe 👨🏽‍🚀 @MrJohnRowe]

or all at once...

[Warren Schnack @WarrenJSchnack]

We as teachers need to create environments that allow for discovery. This is the only way that our students are truly experiencing mathematics.

[Sunil Singh @Mathgarden]

The entire history of mathematics is about being slow and failing repeatedly. Also, everyone who ventured into this defeating labyrinth did so willingly. School math has been about speed and success with mandatory entry. Square peg meet round hole.