Webinar Wrap-Up
Last week, we were excited to host a webinar for all of our partnering communities. The session, entitled “Using Learning Bird to Guide Your Pedagogy”, was presented by our very own Education [...]
Decolonizing Math: Creating Culturally Relevant Math Resources
Although learners can have trouble with any subject, math is the one learners complain about most. Often this is because learners don’t see the connection or relevance of math to their daily [...]
Teaching Math in the 21st Century: Changing the Focus from Calculations to Critical Thinking
(Scroll down to see the video version of this post.) Math class can be a traumatic experience, and for whatever reason, people tie math closely to intelligence. Many people think you can do math [...]
Celebrating Pi – A Transcendental Number
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein As an educator, I like to find as many reasons to [...]
The Mobile Mathematician: Apps to Multiply Success
It is not new knowledge that math is a hot topic in the 21st century. School boards have put forth great effort through professional development and curriculum resources to shift the direction [...]
Why Pop Culture has a Place in the Classroom
Incorporating pop culture and media into the classroom is a divisive issue amongst educators, and not without reason. While pop culture has its benefits, it could be distracting if integrated [...]
Blogging as a Cross-Curricular Teaching Tool
As technology increasingly becomes a part of schools and classrooms, we must use these tools in the best possible manner. One of these practices, becoming more and more popular, is the blog as a [...]
