Today was the first day of CAMT 2013 and the first CAMT conference I have attended. It was amazing to see all the math teachers there and everyone so excited and anxious to learn something new that could be applied to their classrooms and/or goals as educators.
"The times they are a changing!" according to Dan Meyer whose blog I have followed at http://blog.mrmeyer.com and finally got to hear speak in person, it was a great experience, and by far was my favorite session of the day!
His session gave me a lot to think about, a new craze is the flipped classroom, well I have to try to flip around my perspective and think about the hook, or in Dan's terms "perplexity" as it leads to standards instead of the standards that need to be taught before the challenging and interesting problem that will get students involved in the lesson and want to learn.
Another take away from the session is the simple rephrasing of the statement "Today we are going to learn about..." to "Today we are going to ask about..." What a seemingly innocent change in words makes such an impact on the thought process that it creates!
Many other great experiences today with information on RtI, problem-solving flexibility, and other tools to use for student achievement. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!
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