This blog will be used to show students that math is more than textbooks, lists of problems, and tests. Math is problem-solving, which is something we do every day. We decide how to prioritize our day, how to get from one location to the next, how to navigate relationship challenges, and the list goes on and on. Creative problem solving is not limited to the outside world. I want this blog to be a space to showcase student creativity.

    "We live in an era dominated by online media." (Thompson, 2018) This blog will provide my students with an introduction to the "mathematical blogosphere [which] is alive and well." (Thompson, 2018)

    In this blog, I will highlight student work as they "develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions" and as they "communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals." (ISTE, 2016a) I will provide prompts and assignments for students to show how they can do math differently, and I will post work on this blog to brag about my students.

    As an educator, it is my job and my goal to "continually improve [my] practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning." (ISTE, 2016b) I have classes full of students with so much to teach me, and this blog is a space for all that work to come together. I want my "students to positively contribute to and responsibly contribute in the digital world. (ISTE, 2016b) This blog will start our collaboration, and perhaps we will grow and create class and student blogs. The possibilities are endless!

References

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (2016a) ISTE standards for students. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (2016b) ISTE standards for educators. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators

Thompson, K. (2018). A survey of the math blogosphere. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 8(1), 125-139. https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.201802.09

 Welcome to my blog. 

I am new to blogging so I plan to share a lot of different things here. I am a math teacher so there will be posts related to math for sure! I also have three awesome dogs, and I will post about them. I will post cool things I learn from students and other teachers. Let me know if there are things you would like to see here.