It's official, we plan to start our discussion of NCTM's Principles to Actions starting December 28th! If you'd like to join in, no need to sign up. Just grab yourself a book and start using the hashtag #NCTMp2a on Twitter.
Because Lisa Bejarano (@lisabej_manitou ) and I can't commit to weekly Twitter chats, we'll do this "slow chat" style. That sounds cooler than it actually is; Twitter still refuses my requests to provide swanky lounge music. I think the best explanation for how a slow chat works comes directly from Michael Fenton's introduction of #slowmathchat. These ideas are not my own.
How It Works.
#NCTMp2A is a one question-a-day Twitter conversation surrounding the book Principles to Actions.
Every weekday a moderator posts one question on Twitter using the hashtag #NCTMp2a. Throughout the day people respond both to the question and to each other. Although we plan to use the standard Q1/A1 format, this chat is intended less as a call and response and more as a prompt for discussing our craft with other math teachers around the globe--we want to become better teachers and we want to develop a community which will help us get there.
Every weekday a moderator posts one question on Twitter using the hashtag #NCTMp2a. Throughout the day people respond both to the question and to each other. Although we plan to use the standard Q1/A1 format, this chat is intended less as a call and response and more as a prompt for discussing our craft with other math teachers around the globe--we want to become better teachers and we want to develop a community which will help us get there.
Schedule.
We plan to walk through the book at the leisurely pace of 1 section every week depending on how many interesting and thought provoking questions we can come up with. Or until we all get bored and wander away. Whichever comes first.
| 12-28-2015 to 01-01-2016 (p. vii - 6) Preface (p. vii) through Progress and Challenge (p. 6)) 01-04-2016 to 01-08-2016 (p. 7-12) Effective Teaching and Learning (p. 7) 01-11-2016 to 01-15-2016 (p. 12-16) Establish Mathematics Goals to Focus Learning (p. 12) 01-18-2016 to 01-22-2016 (p17-24) Implement tasks that promote Reasoning & Problem Solving 01-25-2016 to 01-29-2016 (p24-29) Use & Connect Mathematical Representations 2/1-2/5 (p29-35) Facilitate Meaningful Mathematical Discourse 2/8-2/12 (p35-41) Pose Purposeful Questions 2/15-2/19 (p42-48) Build Procedural Fluency from Conceptual Understanding 2/22-2/26 (p48-52) Support Productive Struggle in Learning Mathematics 2/29-3/4 (p53-57) Elicit and Use Evidence of student Thinking 3/7-3/11 (p59-69) Access and Equity 3/14-3/18 (p70-77) Curriculum 3/21-3/25 (p78-88) Tools and Technology 3/28-4/1 (p89-98) Assessment 4/4-4/8 (p99-108) Professionalism 4/11-4/15 (p109-117) Taking Action |
Weekly Questions.
Every weekday we will post questions both in the morning and in the evening. Questions for the week will be posted here for reference.
Invite your Department.
Lisa made a sweet infographic for printing purposes. My fellow math teachers aren't online, I plan to print this and hand it to them.
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Moderators.
Here's our cast:
- Lisa Bejarano (@lisabej_manitou )
- Ryan Dent (@4ryandent )
- Andrew Busch(@abusch38)
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