Brian Kam

Teacher

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@mrchowmath Using a base of 4 gets marked incorrect?

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@Ethan_MidPen @Desmos You can do this in the CL using the "bounds" feature. I made a quick activity show that you can copy if it's what you actually want! https://t.co/AIcP0Lt7rA

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@kreiem I did this a few years ago with our water filler with students as well and it was a great activity! They had to predict the day they believed the bottle filler was installed based on data they collected themselves over a few weeks. https://t.co/TMgBtRDnAV

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

Did a number line activity with 60 teachers in our @thenumberlab shirts! Such good math talk among a community of teachers - great way to kick off the school year! @DrewNor86273595

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

Activity image for reference

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

During a WODB activity today, teacher said “that parabola doesn’t belong - its angle is wider” this led to a 10 min convo about precisely defining parabolas. Goal of the session? Our school’s assessments. Adding one activity led to deep mathematical discussion #mathchat #mtbos

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@abusch38 @lisa_bej @cmmteach @cluzniak @daniellereycer @cctmath Also - I am the math curriculum director for STRIVE Prep high schools so I’m not in the classroom at this moment. Although I am trying to get back in some form over the next couple of years. I mostly taught PreCalc and Calc before I left the classroom.

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@abusch38 @lisa_bej @cmmteach @cluzniak @daniellereycer @cctmath Thanks Casey for the introduction and the welcome from everyone else! I am not able to go to CCTM’s conference this year... it’s when we have training for teachers and coaches. I have tried to go the past two years, but it always seems to happen when we have training :(

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@cmmteach It was great thinking through the sessions with you - Thanks for all of the tips for how to use Twitter!

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@cmmteach Sounds good - I just went into Gabriel’s to get a drink

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

Not trying to say that standards are unnecessary, but rather that they are often misplaced when planning or designing a learning experience for students.

Shouldn’t we be thinking of “standard” as a measurement tool to look at our teaching when we are done?

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

Standard is defined as “a level of quality or attainment” yet we use standards as what needs to be taught in classes. Shouldn’t we be using them as a tool to measure after instruction we designed to reflect or measure, rather than as what should be taught?
#mathchat #MTBoS

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@cmmteach Yeah! We could meet in the hotel bar (or walk somewhere else too) - just let me know when you’re back

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@cmmteach Are you free for a drink tonight??? Would love to process with you!

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

Very excited to be a part of the collaboratory again this year - Today I was introduced to a new idea and thought a lot about the multiplicative identity “That is the number’s identity because it has that many 1’s” @KevinMo84034041

[the number lab @thenumberlab]

“As we have been working today, I have never once thought about what the correct answer is. That’s want I want my students to think like."
-@bkam007
#mathchat #EdCollab19 #TxEd #MTBoS

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@thenumberlab Excited to be a part of the collaboratory again this year!

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@cmmteach @thenumberlab Hey Casey - I am here too and would love to connect over the next few days

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

@HollyOlmscheid This was posted recently about a Washington Post article that is really misleading...
https://t.co/KsKT74YanM

[Andy Pressman @andypressman]

Hey @washingtonpost this is not how bar graphs work

[Andy Pressman @andypressman]

Hey @washingtonpost this is not how bar graphs work

[Brian Kam @bkam007]

As Karim said in his talk - Math teachers are the most powerful forces in our society. Thanks Karim for a wonderful experience today