liza collins

Math teacher Clover Hill High School

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@mrsvibbermath This looks awesome! Can you say more about this activity? Do you have to students make the bubble "wands?" Do you give them instructions?

[Natalie Vardabasso @natabasso]

A common formative assessment does not have to result in data on a spreadsheet.

It can be a circle meeting at the end of the week where a teaching team discusses the competency development they witnessed.

In fact, the latter is more likely to lead to instructional agility.

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@untilnextstop I love this sauce! You can put it on anything. https://t.co/AE2uYMyUPG

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teachers don't need to work 60+ hours a week, spend weekends grading/planning, or say yes to everything they're asked to do to be considered PASSIONATE about their job. That's burnout, not passion.

[Timothy Hucks (Commissions Open) @Ame0baRepublic]

If we don't want machines in the classroom, I guess we're going to have to stop trying to create machines.

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

This is perfectly said. I wish the decision makers understood this.

[Liesl McConchie @LieslMcConchie]

One of the biggest failures in math ed in my lifetime (IMO):

When we evolved from procedural to a more conceptual-based approach to teaching math ...

We didn't account for the fact that conceptual-based learning takes⬆️time.

This oversight has been catastrophic. Here's why:

[Jesse Stommel @Jessifer]

The problem is an insidious culture of quantitative and standardized assessment that compels us (especially those of us in contingent positions) to work in ways at odds to our individual teaching philosophies and (usually) the mission statements of the institutions where we work.

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

Beautiful!

[Luis Batalha @luismbat]

Who would have thought that adding a Sierpinski Triangle Fractal as musical notes would actually sound good!😅

[Chris Dier @chrisdier]

Check out my piece on the urgent need for student-affirming education to address declining scores due to COVID. https://t.co/N4zHnmCYId

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

I couldn't agree more! This is a must read for anyone in math ed.
#mtbos

[Eric Milou @drMi]

The Case for High School Math Pathways by @steve_leinwand and I. https://t.co/sM6mRFCQzd

[Karen Campe @KarenCampe]

Finally, from @delta_dc & @mathhombre
Flip script:
US Ts think professional development is something that happens to them; instead, engage them in developing themselves as Ts

Same w/ learners, Ss think learning is passive bc that's how they've experienced it.
Active #Teamwork

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

No amount of programs, person or computer interventions, well-rounded curriculums, grants, money, or (fill in the blank) will move numbers from Tier 2 & 3, unless your Tier 1 is a well-designed, learning centered force.

Tier 1 is the key.
Fix it first.

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@MathTechCoach No, thanks! Last year was my first year teaching this course and I am always on the lookout for new resources. I teach Linear Algebra 1st semester, Multivariable 2nd semester. I used Active Calculus as my text for multivariable.

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@MathTechCoach I found this last year but never used it. https://t.co/myfXhCAkz3

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@druinok This has distance, midpoint and slope on it. https://t.co/nmqM08gD46

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

We used this Desmos Activity. https://t.co/GLSIff4YxE

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

Do yourself a favor and start class with a Genius Square relay race! SO MUCH FUN!

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

This first week was full of community building, problem solving, and teamwork!

[liza collins @LizaCollinsMath]

@matthematician @dtkung @DaveJensenMath @MattBoelkins Thanks!