http://climeconnections.blogspot.com
http://web.mac.com/ihor12/files/stager/
http://nrich.maths.org/stemnrich
http://web.mac.com/ihor12/files/stager/
maine youth center project with papert
when people visited - they met kids who were interesting and polite and were engaged in interesting work - so they never asked for test scores.. they just walked out thinking - this is how school should be
phd in math and science... had self esteemed crushed by math teachers from 8th grade on
2 kinds of kids -
1) good at arithmetic
2) good after 8th grade
tested into unified math in 7th grade - smart kid math class - would be together through 12th grade
by end of 8th grade hated teacher and ended up in lower track
ended up in alg 2 with computer programming - loved it
12th grade - math for liberal arts - let me see if i can help you understand the math my colleagues failed to teach you... 3/4 had started with him in the high flying class. - how did that happen
most great mathematicians are drop outs...
a lot of kids are made to feel really badly in math
these kids tried to keep journals, eportfolios, but these kids were deeply damaged.. so decided - every morning make a to do list.. at end of day take a picture of what you did and that's your documentation.
he used the term detox - yeah.. detox
the documentation interfered with that they wanted to do - the meaningful stuff
kids were keeping secret portfolios - if it was their idea it was ok -
less us more them
50% of math was invented since ww2 in 1989... so much more now
yet not represented in curric
papert - idea aversion
carolcarruthers: Seneca College, Toronto, Canada - pilot program that has been hugely successful
milogardner: new ideas bridge subjects ... 10 years ago chemistry, physics and biology were combined into one subject ... at the surface of water ... where photothesis takes place with UV light from sun .. per http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVBEwn6iWOo
Moderator (David Weksler): http://open.senecac.on.ca/HPtabletproject/
2004 spent time with papert in australia - seymour was really agitated about the need for reform in math ed
140 diff reasons why critically important to do something about the way math was taught
if you look at all the major school reform efforts of the last century - not one had a good affect
lack of change means - regardless of what other interventions and reform efforts - you're reintroducing cohersion into the system
maybe the math we're feeding them is noxious - toxic
http://algebra.org/
thos: I'm trying to do this with RealWorldMath.org
carolcarruthers: Move past calculators (old tech) and get to learning objects - take a look at http://hoodamath.com/
Moderator (David Weksler): http://scratched.media.mit.edu/
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