kevin ji

Neighborhood, 3.14-friendly math teacher. Desmos Fellow. #iteachmath #MTBoS

[kevin ji @kevinji]

[THREAD] This is the first year since I started teaching #apstats four years ago that I won't be teaching the course. This feels like a nice time to share a few @Desmos activities I've polished up. Going for quality over quantity here. #statschat

Three activities below... [1/n]

[kevin ji @kevinji]

UNC's mission statement: "... With lux, libertas — light and liberty — as its founding principles, the University has charted a bold course of leading change to improve society and to help solve the world’s greatest problems."

Also UNC:

[K(sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyett]

You really cannot get more openly dystopian and authoritarian than this message at UNCs commencement yesterday.

[kevin ji @kevinji]

Please amplify this race. This needs to be a landslide loss.

[MicheleMorrow @MicheleMorrowNC]

Do you favor allowing public schools to collect money from students not attending that school? If yes, how is that fair to taxpayers? #ncpol

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@Rainmaker1973

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@TeacherOnTopic @CptShannon @heymrsbond ^ I know those aren't specific strategies (and there are many great specific strategies too! this isn't a cop out saying it's impossible to provide those), but I really do think those are the most important things I wish people had conveyed to me first.

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@TeacherOnTopic @CptShannon @heymrsbond ..something you're inherently good or bad at; (3) trial and error, being okay with mistakes (+ be honest/apologize when needed like @TeacherOnTopic said), and noting the things that do work well for you and building on them over time; (4) good self care (patience is important).

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@CptShannon @heymrsbond … rather than just imitating other teachers who were very different from me, and generally viewing classroom mgmt as a fun, creative, and *human* endeavor rather than something to dread. It’s an old book, but I’d highly recommend it if other things aren’t working. (Good luck!)

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@CptShannon @heymrsbond Naturally, I thought I was bad at classroom management. The book Teaching With Love and Logic helped a lot early in my career. It let me see classroom management as potentially something non-authoritative. I got excited about trying new things, learning my own personal style…

[kevin ji @kevinji]

if you love jigsaw puzzles and hate doing dishes ❤️❤️

[James Stuber 🌱🌿🌳🍂 @uberstuber]

Last year I was diagnosed with ADHD. I haven't written about it much because the diagnosis was a shock.

Now I have a more solid understanding of ADHD, how it presents for me, and ways to mitigate some of the downsides.

So, for threadapalooza 2023, here's 100 tweets on ADHD

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@janaki_aleena @benjamindickman Lol a 2nd grader said that? I love it

[kevin ji @kevinji]

Large (“marginal” won’t cut it) pay increases, investments in teacher prep // pipelines, and re-thinking of teacher workloads. Now. If I weren’t a teacher, this would still be no-brainer. Everyone should be advocating for all of these things; the counterarguments are all weak.

[Tuan D. Nguyen, @edutuan.bsky.social @edu_tuan]

**Update on teacher shortages**
@JoshBleiberg , @ArmstrongSaenz , @ChanhLam202 and I are updating our https://t.co/sLFquiw7A0 website. We find there are at least 55,000 vacant teaching positions and 270,000 underqual in the US compared to 36,000 and 160,000 positions last year.

[kevin ji @kevinji]

The mental and moral gymnastics folks practice to avoid *actually listening* to teachers is wild. This piece is great; thanks @heymrsbond for representing 🤝

[Education Week @educationweek]

District leaders should figure out how to support teachers instead of blaming them for the pandemic’s impact on student learning, writes @heymrsbond. #EWOpinion https://t.co/Q5Zr6E8sB5

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@JennSWhite @MoniseLSeward Have so much fun! I feel like you’re going to get so into the morning math w fun colorful doodles 🌝🌝🌝

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@jreulbach @Carowinds Yeeeeeep I was on this ride a month ago 🫣

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

This is one of the most interesting free school lunch papers - when districts implement universal free school lunch, it puts competitive pressure on grocery stores, resulting in lower food prices for *everyone* even if they don't directly benefit from school lunches

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@benjamindickman @JennSWhite Compared to summer in NC, Jenny, it’s like paradise. Bring a hoodie and maybe another sweater / vest / light puff jacket if you tend to get cold; other than that, pack for summer — but without mosquitos / humidity.

[kevin ji @kevinji]

@Idil_A_ How did you first start doing it? At what age? How long did you do “cold milk” before switching approaches? Do others in your family do it? etc etc these are questions 1-4 out of a zillion