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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Ten Design Principles for Engaging Math Tasks

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Ten Design Principles for Engaging Math Tasks — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:55 +0000

[…] work with the Pearson Foundation has changed. They still include some of my three-act tasks (all of which are available for your […]

By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Workshops & Presentations 2011-2012

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Workshops & Presentations 2011-2012 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:04:21 +0000

[…] may add to or subtract from this post, but this is basically final. Between this, grad school, and my work with Pearson Foundation, I'm spent. Whenever an event is open for registration, I've included a link. I tossed on the other […]

By: Kevin Byers

Kevin Byers — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:05:27 +0000

Congrats Dan!
There is nothing in the world wrong with working with any organization, so long as you continue to be mindful of your personal beliefs. I’m sure you won’t have trouble with that.

Have fun improving education for many, many people!

Debbie, I think Dan was right (and you were too). As I teacher, when I think of worthwhile tasks I have to take into account the student’s input. It was my understanding of what needed to be learned/demonstrated, what has been done in the past, their current understanding, and their personal buy in that informed my decisions.

By: gasstationwithoutpumps

gasstationwithoutpumps — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:19:50 +0000

I disagree with Debbie here. It is nice to have students choosing their own tasks, but if the tasks are useless for learning what the students need to know, then time is being wasted. Debbie seems to expect that students will always make good choices (and thus that they need no guidance and no teacher). Dan, more reasonably, wants students to be doing things that he finds worthwhile–that is the role of the teacher, to help students make good choices.

By: Debbie Ziegler

Debbie Ziegler — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:21:09 +0000

Wow! Congrats Dan. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor.
I do have one comment and I’m not sure it’s appropriate to share on your blog, or not. But, here it goes … You wrote, … I want as many students as possible working on tasks I find worthwhile. I would have felt better if you had written, … on tasks they find worthwhile. And this is the very issue I have with the negative comments about the Khan product. All of what we do as math educators needs to be about students first – bottom line. It follows then that our approach to teaching and learning needs to recognize that students learn differently and need choice in the way they negotiate the math. Our challenge to offer up creative, mathematically sound choices that encourage deep understanding.

By: Alex Eckert

Alex Eckert — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:58:22 +0000

“How can I help the poor if I’m one of them? So I got rich and gave back, to me that’s the win-win.” – Jay-Z

Glad to have you on the inside. Go get ’em!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:58:10 +0000

Congrats Dan, this sounds like an exciting project. We’ll all be looking forward to seeing what becomes of this!

By: monika hardy

monika hardy — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 05:27:05 +0000

cool jets.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:12:57 +0000

Christopher: Perhaps that’s the answer to the question that comes from my heart…are you at all worried about the long chain of command between you and the published product?

Sure. That's one item in a long list of worries. I'm sure there are also things I should worry about that I haven't even considered yet. This is my first rodeo. I have a lot of good counsel – legal and otherwise, your own included. I'm trying to keep my eyes up, learn a lot, trying not make the same mistake twice, etc. We'll see.

Terry: Is the material created in this project going to be online for everyone in the world to use or just teachers in the USA?

My work will be available to anyone with an Internet connection. The rest of the project is out of my hands, though.

By: Maria M

Maria M — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:49:01 +0000

I think you’re great and agree with all of those above who say that you don’t have to justify your position on anything. I also agree that you should keep doing what you’re doing, your talks are terrific, and that knowing you’re involved can put to rest many fears regarding teachers who can be at the mercy of administrators who are uninvolved and have an alarming lack of vision. I am new at teaching, new at teaching math, and am well-entrenched in my 50s and you have been a true inspiration to me. Keep demonstrating your enthusiasm in showing how you help students become real-world problem solvers and your fearless pursuit of teaching excellence.