Eric Balzarini

Math dept head & teacher at WGSS, student-centered 'flipped' classroom, EDGE Outdoor program. Textbook author, hockey goalie, sports & outdoor enthusiast.

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@GrolBrandon I find that hard to believe, but I’m glad to hear that you guys are having that conversation!

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Many years ago a few friends and I decided we were going to start saying ‘out’ instead of ‘back’ east - mainly because of the Toronto-centre-of-the-universe thing. Reflecting on it now, saying ‘out west’ and ‘back east’ is actually quite a colonial perspective.

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My Foundations of Math 11 students using their understanding of mean, median, mode, range, & standard deviation to analyze what we found in packages of fruit snacks today. One thing we can’t explain though... why so many purple? @sd35wgss

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Our Bonnie Henry made the ⁦⁦@NYTimes⁩! Not surprising at all considering how well she’s leading BC through this pandemic! https://t.co/Pk3a3JX9YZ

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@DorisPaterson @teacheramiller @sd35wgss @Trevornoah Thank you so much Doris! It’s easy to be head of a dept like ours full of such dedicated & collaborative educators!

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@GKND95 @Trevornoah Wow, thanks so much Gavin! It’s great to hear from you - been such a long time! I hope everything is going well for you!

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@teacheramiller @sd35wgss Wow, thanks Andy! I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with my 2014 SP3, and now is when I really need it to work! Trying to keep making videos but it’s a very slow process. I wonder if @Trevornoah would ship one to Canada for me? https://t.co/2VaMJgBclz

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@camseib Thanks so much Cameron! We are doing well - hope you are too. Looking forward to virtually going back to school, although not sure quite yet just what it’ll look like 🙂

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I’ve spent the last few days making a COVID-19 math video - not as polished and amazing as a lot of the content on YouTube these days, but this situation is an unfortunate but applicable context for some of the math concepts my students learn...
https://t.co/suI6yDCPNe

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@traildynamics Thanks, and yes, please do share!

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@astrostephenson Too bad it looks to be cloudy around here tonight, but a collaboration at some point would be cool!

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@kfarenholtz Thanks Kathy! Math is indeed everywhere - just have to look!

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@tdwalker35 Thanks Theresa - hopefully they find it helpful!

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@blaisej @ddmeyer Wow, thanks Blaise - that means a lot coming from you! I have always really appreciated what I’ve learned from you in the work we’ve done together.

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@Kozman71 @LangleySchools @sd35wgss Thanks Koz! I’m hoping the course of this changes as everyone does their part and this model ends up being a big overestimate!

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@johnstonfooty Thanks Glenn - I appreciate the retweet!

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@cbjthygesen Thanks Christine for watching and sharing it 🙂

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@astrostephenson Thank you Tim for watching and for sharing it 🙂

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@Kozman71 @traildynamics @_MrsBarb An extraordinary man! Thanks for sharing!

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@ls_gibson ‘Unforgiving’ is certainly an appropriate word for that trail! So many students have been turned onto hiking and the outdoors directly & indirectly because of Charlie and the Harrison Hike, despite the struggle they endure getting up that hill!