One pretty good way to pass the time is Thanksgiving is to wait until teenagers are sending a text message and then ask “OK, so is THAT Fortnite?” and also giving thanks for Fortnite during the prayer and also describing delicious side dishes as “Totally Fortnite”
If anyone else is having trouble reading the font of the Brown piece for eq & schooling, I found it here https://t.co/Dy0TiXLWJz and it's a little easier for me to read :) @anterobot#schmiteracies even tho it's not literacies anymore #sadface
not a criticism of Brown's perspective, which makes complete sense given the way math is presented in our society. imagine what we could do if we recognized that math begins and ends with natural wonder; that in fact, math has no meaningful existence without it
Brown: "...people like myself, who crinkle our brows and lean away when someone starts speaking math... but who get spun into wonder about the natural world and want to know things." what a sad thing that our world has dichotomized math and natural wonder
Remember everyone - if you are not getting pushback you are probably not being disruptive enough. The system is failing students and we need to disrupt the status quo. Some people are always going to find that hard. Pushback means you are making a difference!
Well done Emma, great rebuttal to the deeply flawed @nytimes blog post saying that daughters need math drill. The original article by an engineer, with no knowledge of learning, was so harmful. Emma, you have said it so well: https://t.co/auS5dq8OsF
https://t.co/8g7pCpfQyJ THANK YOU EMMA for this incredibly articulate rebuttal to the disaster that was the NYT opinion piece about the need to drill girls in math. BLESSED to have this strong thinker as my TA for the next few weeks :)
A5: even if u think ur prompt is super clear, 30 Ss will read it 30 dif ways. Which will introduce a diversity of ideas and give u a window into their style processing of information, to everyone’s benefit! Chance to hear many more voices this way #schmiteracies
A4: making students aware of bias in algorithms would be a GREAT entry pt math convo. I.e., “a model is only as good as the assumptions it rests upon, which come straight from the designer... is it possible to make mathematical models of human behavior at all?” #schmiteracies
A3: I.e., dont simply demand that they question everything around them and throw them to the wolves. Give them structures and frameworks of analysis to reorient themselves, so they don’t go searching for their own (potentially fallacious and dangerous ones)
A3: gotta have some discussion of bias in internet sources, of being cautious about what we believe, etc. but grounded in recognition of our own psychological limitations, as boyd suggested? Or couched in messaging designed to make students feel safe... #schmiteracies