Marcus Deja

Passionate about helping students through adult development. Leadership - Systems - Mathematics - PBL - STEM

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

Ohhhh BABY this is the box of all boxes... IT'S MY ALMA MATER!

While I wasn't the greatest quarterback in the world, my time as a Dayton Flyer was some of the best of my life.

Thank you to Coach Andrews, Tony Caruso and @DaytonFootball, see you guys Week 1 @ Eastern Illinois!!

[Cris Tovani @ctovani]

Hey math teachers, as you plan your summer reading, check out this new one by an amazing husband and wife team-both experts in math and literacy. I think high school teachers would also appreciate the thinking in this book. ⁦@delta_dc⁩ and ⁦@literacygurl⁩

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

Let’s go Griffins! #GOGRG

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

Preach @literacygurl! What are the multiple modes for learning mathematics? Play, exploration and intentional learning are all a part of the experience #mia2024

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

@RAnderson_Math @MAISA_ISDs It feels like this question can be answered at the macro level which relates to the person’s identity. It’s also helpful before a specific conversation so our actions are more aligned with the intent.

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

How does this align with your understanding of curriculum?

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

@trevor_chalmers Impressive! Congrats

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

“Put the intellectual activity back with the students” @amynoelleparks #MIMathEssentials

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

Public shoutout to @kristibaumbach for setting the stage for productive walkthroughs this week. Bringing context really helped the interactions gain traction. Your feedback for me about clarity is still reverberating 3 days later! Appreciate you @WolvesWps #MichME

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

You know when you walk into a classroom and just feel welcome? Autumn’s 3rd grade class at @WolvesWps reminded us content is important but so is being polite and encouraging others. Those kids truly cared for each other. #MichME

[David Coffey, Ph.D @delta_dc]

#ITeachMath
And I'm just passing along John Hattie's work:

"The remarkable feature of the evidence is that the greatest effects on student learning occur when teachers become learners of their own teaching, and when students become their own teachers."
(p.14, 2012)

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

@DanVanWyk1 @WyomingWolves @IllustrateMath So glad to have seen it! Looking forward to connecting for the learning lab.

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

This 4th grade class at @WyomingWolves modeled inclusion, belonging, flexible thinking and such an effective use of time with @IllustrateMath. Teacher reflection - “I just trusted the program and students” #MichME

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

A third grade student just referenced the 90s as the “olden days” during a notice/wonder. We laughed but couldn’t help but made us wonder - Do you see 20 years before you were born as the olden days?

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

Do we fall back into old habits or sustain new ways of operating?

@FoxResnick
#MIMathEssentials

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

How do our natural ways of learning align with the project design elements?

What about the teaching practices and what we know about high-quality instruction in our current system? 🤔 #PBL #PrBL

[PBLWorks @PBLWorks]

What is Project Based Learning? Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects. Learn more here! https://t.co/w0S1cWb9S8

#PBL #k12 #edu #teachertwitter

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

“By three methods we may learn wisdom:

First, by reflection, which is noblest;

Second, by imitation, which is easiest;

And third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
- Confucius

[Tara Maynard @tmaynard5]

Join us for Math in Action 2023!
When: Saturday February 25, 2023, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Where: GVSU’s Allendale Campus, Mackinac Hall
Register at https://t.co/f4RCk94S2J Keynote by @brettegarner Lots of great sessions! #mtbos #iteachmath #mschat #miched

[Marcus Deja @DejaMarcus]

“Tasks that ask for students to perform a memorized procedure in a routine manner lead to one level of thinking; tasks that ask students to think conceptually lead to a very different set of thinking processes.” #MiMathEssentials