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dy/danA blog that transformed the way I teach math.

+The blog.

Meet Dan Meyer.

Dan is former high school math teacher and is currently a doctoral student at Stanford University. He has some cool ideas that, in my experience , are immediately relevant in the classroom. His blog is

FULL of nerdy fun.

http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

+3acts (of a mathematical story)

http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10285

Act OneIntroduce the central conflict of your story/task clearly, visually, viscerally, using as few words as possible.

Act TwoThe protagonist/student overcomes obstacles, looks for

resources, and develops new tools.

Act ThreeResolve the conflict and set up a sequel/extension.

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/act1/act1.mov

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/

Ask for questions.or

Pose a question.

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/

When should you start bombarding the App

Store if you want to win?

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/

What information would be useful to know here?

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/

What information would be useful to know here?

+An example.

http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/25billionapps/act3/answer.png

+Many more examples!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjIqyKM9d7ZYdEhtR3BJMmdBWnM2YWxWYVM1UWowTEE#gid=0

+Make your own.Or (even better?) have students make their own.

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+Lessons learned.

Students need to be taught how to ask great mathematical questions. That takes some scaffolding, for sure.

Dan is extremely technologically savvy. Use his stuff.

You will be surprised at who gets really into these (and who doesn’t.)

Extensions are awesome for everyone.

+An update.

http://101qs.com/blog/