: Generative AI clearly negatively impacts learning Every educator should stop what they’re doing and read this article by Benjamin Riley. The impact …
: Impactful activity to help students practice vocabulary. Could be used for any topic - here is one I …
: Excited to present at the Math in Action conference at Grand Valley today on the top ten things I …
: Probably not relevant to anyone else, but I just discovered you can upload a Markdown (.md) file …
: I wonder if a good razor for integrating AI tools in classrooms might be this: You should try to …
: "AI Expert: We have 2 years before everything changes" This may be the most important interview I watched or listened to in 2025 and I encourage you to …
: I refuse to write letters of recommendation using AI chat bots. The kid asked for my words, not …
: “She used to read books all the time. Now she never does.” A couple of weeks ago I said the following to my 12 year-old daughter, after we found out that she …
: Built some shelves for our playroom Built some shelves for our play room to display my son’s LEGO builds. Not because we think they’re …
: “Take a good hard look at people’s ruling principle, especially of the wise, what they run away from …
: Small project from yesterday. Repurposed a piece of scrap wood into a coat rack.
: Future pie pumpkins! (A little late in the season but still should be ready for the fall)
: Well, I stumbled on this gem this morning. #jazz #blues
: OpenAI has figured out that people prefer to hear what they want to be true over what is actually …
: I don’t think that technology can solve everything - even AI (LLMs). This is an incredibly important …
: My message to the graduating class of 2025 I don’t usually give a talk to my seniors because I don’t feel like I have anything insightful to …
: The math classroom that we math teachers enjoy being part of won’t be optimal for mathematical …
: Math in Action 2025 I have the privilege of sharing a wide range of ways that I use Desmos, especially the Desmos …
: Everyone is probably already aware of this, but it was only a matter of time before advertising came …
: Good stuff. Prioritize: Sleep Learning In-person interaction Exercise A simpler way to think about …
: From the book “math without numbers” by Milo Beckman
: Interesting take on AI hype from Freddie deBoer. Some say AI is the greatest invention of all time. …
: I exercised for 300 days in a row - and then I crushed my ankle Around spring break of last year (2024) I decided to exercise every day. I worked out fairly …
: Quote from Seneca that resonated with me. “I say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn’t going …
: It’s not just red dye no. 3. It’s all our stuff. RFK Jr. has the potential to do what Sinclair did …
: Hopefully TikTok will be banned as scheduled. And even if parental controls worked and parents …
: Easily use AI to convert handwritten notes to text It dawned on me today as I was taking notes on a video about weekly reviews that I could probably …
: Creating a Critical Thinking Curriculum A couple of years ago I was on Drew Perkins’s podcast to discuss a curriculum that Will Reusch and I …
: Testing youtube shortcode. Here is the video from my previous post.
: I thought that large language models might asymptote in their capabilities. If that’s true then it …
: AGI or not, we can't close our eyes There’s been a conversation about when AGI will arrive for a long time. That time horizon has shrunk …
: An incredibly snowy and peaceful Christmas Eve.
: Excellent little coffee shop. Worked on migrating my old blog posts to micro.blog and tweaking some …
: The pace of change in AI tools is spectacular and it’s incredibly difficult for educators to …
: Interacting with AI Podcasters in Real Time AI continues to amaze me. I recorded this video this morning and had to share because it is so mind …
: (Finally) Getting Better at Teaching Optimization In calculus I teach a concept called “optimization,” which, as I tell students, is an application of …
: Even if I was a therapist, I wouldn’t use social-emotional circles Part three of a three-part series called “Breaking my silence on social-emotional learning.” You can …
: What happens in the classroom, stays in the classroom? Part two of a three-part series called “Breaking my silence on social-emotional learning.” You can …
: I am not a therapist Part one of a three-part series called “Breaking my silence on social-emotional learning” Photo by …
: Explaining well is foundational to teaching well The ability to explain things clearly is a necessary condition for being a good math teacher. Many …
: Fighting Confirmation Bias Is Like Fighting Gravity (so let’s stop fighting it) Photo by meriç tuna on Unsplash When you learn about confirmation bias two things are usually …
: It’s time to make school closures due to Covid an absolute last resort Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash I’ve been working on this post for the better part of a week, …
: Jo Boaler, Tracking, Education Research, and Honesty Image credit: https://dilbert.com/strip/2012-06-22 A few years ago I read Jo Boaler’s book, …
: Antiracism in your school: 9 ways to keep the conversation rational and unifying A few years ago, I noticed that the words diversity, equity, and inclusion were steadily gaining in …
: We’re Teaching Slope Fields at the Wrong Time In our textbook slope fields come during the differential equations unit, which for the last 8 years …
: I have a couple of questions about “Social Justice Math” I have a couple concerns regarding “Social Justice Math” that I don’t think I’ve seen addressed. (If …