Matt Schaeffer
@mschaefferedu.bsky.social
He/Him | Math Educator 🧮 | Building Thinking Classrooms 🧠 | Dog Dad 🐕🐕| #Smashville Hockey Fan 🏒
I've been trying to put into words the shift I've been trying to make in my teaching. This one sums it up perfectly.
It is a job of mine to figure out how to engage students in the content. It is NOT my job to make content engaging.
There’s a difference and a lot of administrators and evaluators don’t know that.
There’s a difference and a lot of administrators and evaluators don’t know that.
September 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I've been trying to put into words the shift I've been trying to make in my teaching. This one sums it up perfectly.
New school year is into full swing, so most of this is now several days old, but I wanted to show off some of the great things my students have been doing already. One of the things I knew I wanted to start with this year was some Math Therapy (@themathguru.bsky.social) so in our second class... 1/3
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
New school year is into full swing, so most of this is now several days old, but I wanted to show off some of the great things my students have been doing already. One of the things I knew I wanted to start with this year was some Math Therapy (@themathguru.bsky.social) so in our second class... 1/3
Inspired by @themathguru.bsky.social's session at Calgary Teachers' Convention, I've been starting every Math class with low-stakes Math Talk question. Here was today's -How Many Do You See? (Dice Talk image via Dave. Martin)
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Inspired by @themathguru.bsky.social's session at Calgary Teachers' Convention, I've been starting every Math class with low-stakes Math Talk question. Here was today's -How Many Do You See? (Dice Talk image via Dave. Martin)