Casey Rutherford

Director of Educational Technology and Innovation, teacher at heart. Tweets my own.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

"The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows." -Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Back to critiquing #edtech. "Most of Edtech is Trash; Here's what we could do about it." https://t.co/sTwbFUJpxu

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Hi all, I've been pretty silent here the last few years, but I'm gonna give bluesky a try if you want to find me there. Signing off.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Is it wrong that I like helping my 10th grader with algebra?

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

My 7th grader’s teacher today challenged him to fill the #vnps with his work. #ChallengeAccepted

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

@smbeaverson I want to vote for 3 because of what looks like an old calculator but for real I’ll go with 2.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

I feel like I’m pretty late to the game in finally reading Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, but it’s a must read for anyone teaching or supporting math and science.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

I'm pretty tickled that Chat GPT states "There is limited published research on the effectiveness of IXL Math specifically..." vs "There have been several studies conducted on the effectiveness of DreamBox Math in improving math skills and achievement..."

[Frank Noschese @fnoschese]

Round 3 of the #PhETSimShowdown is underway! Vote for your favorite @PhetSims and hopefully they'll advance to the final round! #iteachphysics

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

The new hotdog/sandwich debate; would you rather be in a zombie apocalypse or a robot apocalypse? Though I am curious of your opinions, more important is for you to ask your students and report back.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

@mhkingsbury Ha! It’s too bad they can’t recognize an obvious calzone when they see it.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

My HS daughter and her friends do this wonderful thing where they get together and have "Slideshow night," presenting whatever they please to each other. This time they invited me to present, and the choice was obvious.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

@MartaStoeckel I’ve thought about that too…what could that look like? What would be off loaded?

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Great science tables at the First robotics host school!

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

@Kyle_simon It was amazing.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Someone; “because (a fictional character) is a jerk.
15 year old: “so they had non constant acceleration?”
#tswyk #physics #physicsteachers

[Matt Miller 🗑️ @jmattmiller]

Calculators.
Search engines.
Google Translate.
Wikipedia.
PhotoMath.
#ChatGPT.

They disrupt traditional teaching.

We adapt. Education evolves forward.

Blocking them isn't the answer.

Making education more relevant is.

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

I finally had the chance to read this well-written post by @DitchThatTxtbk on ChatGPT and it's educational implications. https://t.co/ZPGpL4z8QF TL/DR: We'll have to adopt just like we did (should have?) for photomath, wikipedia, Google, calculators...

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

Doing #mathtalk in a 3rd grade classroom today and we couldn’t find a #wodb that met our objectives so we made our own. Any feedback? #mtbos #mathed @msrotvold

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

@fnoschese Hey Frank! Doing well, just slowly over time found myself here less and less 🤷‍♂️. Im also using the example of the ‘exemplar’ video we interacted about years ago where the physics was wrong to highlight the effect of tech focus rather than centering learning. I hope you’re well!

[Casey Rutherford @rutherfordcasey]

I'm presenting at #itit22 on focusing on student learning and the teacher moves to get there while using technology, and I couldn't resist including a shoutout to my favorite tech that @fnoschese coined the $2 interactive whiteboard (though inflation means closer to $3 now...