Sherri Burroughs
@sherriburroughs.bsky.social
An unapologetic math-lover, doing my best to spread the joy of math wherever and whenever possible.
Yes! Embrace the challenges of AI in the classroom. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Education minister says province is developing "clear guidelines" on AI use | CBC News
Artificial intelligence is changing how some educators plan their lessons and think about assignments for students. They're contending with how to use generative AI appropriately and ethically in thei...
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August 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yes! Embrace the challenges of AI in the classroom. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Looking to shake up your math classroom and have kids recognize themselves as experts? Hand over the answer key! 📝
#MathSky #ITeachMath #ElementaryTeacher
#MathSky #ITeachMath #ElementaryTeacher
Positioning Elementary Students as Experts in Math Class
Encouraging students to take on roles traditionally reserved for teachers creates a shared culture of teaching and learning in the classroom.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Looking to shake up your math classroom and have kids recognize themselves as experts? Hand over the answer key! 📝
#MathSky #ITeachMath #ElementaryTeacher
#MathSky #ITeachMath #ElementaryTeacher
Looking forward to trying this out - thanks so much for sharing!
Math Game Monday: Number Riddles
Students love this game for a chance to fool each other --- or better yet, to stump the adult.
#mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)
Students love this game for a chance to fool each other --- or better yet, to stump the adult.
#mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames #letsplaymath (limited time)
Math Game Monday: Number Riddles
Students love this game for a chance to fool each other --- or better yet, to stump the adult. Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children. And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play. Number Riddles Math Concepts: factors and multiples, divisibility, prime numbers, and other number properties.
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August 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looking forward to trying this out - thanks so much for sharing!
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This is the first activity I do in math class
August 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is the first activity I do in math class
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New Math for Love newsletter out today.
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August 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New Math for Love newsletter out today.
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A logic puzzle that uses inequality symbols? Futoshiki puzzles for the win!
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#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky
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#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky
June 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A logic puzzle that uses inequality symbols? Futoshiki puzzles for the win!
mathequalslove.net/4x4-futoshik...
#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky
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#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky
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If your students are learning about perpendicular lines, try out this Open Middle problem from Andy Schwen with them: www.openmiddle.com/perpendi...
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If your students are learning about perpendicular lines, try out this Open Middle problem from Andy Schwen with them: www.openmiddle.com/perpendi...
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With a high degree of confidence, we can confirm new inference tests are now live! 🎉
🗒️ Learn more in the Desmos Help Center: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art...
#mathsky #iteachmath #statistics
🗒️ Learn more in the Desmos Help Center: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art...
#mathsky #iteachmath #statistics
May 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
With a high degree of confidence, we can confirm new inference tests are now live! 🎉
🗒️ Learn more in the Desmos Help Center: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art...
#mathsky #iteachmath #statistics
🗒️ Learn more in the Desmos Help Center: help.desmos.com/hc/en-us/art...
#mathsky #iteachmath #statistics
While some schools act like AI is Voldemort, these bold, future-savvy students are taking it to the legislature. Love to see young people leading the way. Let’s teach the future, not ban it. #AIinEducation
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Council of River Heights students has cabinet minister’s ear on value of AI, other tech in education
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June 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
While some schools act like AI is Voldemort, these bold, future-savvy students are taking it to the legislature. Love to see young people leading the way. Let’s teach the future, not ban it. #AIinEducation
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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I turned my most boring math lesson into one of my most engaging ones. Here's how:
April 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I turned my most boring math lesson into one of my most engaging ones. Here's how:
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Can you figure out the fewest number of marks needed on this ruler?
(I think this would be a great math task!)
(I think this would be a great math task!)
April 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Can you figure out the fewest number of marks needed on this ruler?
(I think this would be a great math task!)
(I think this would be a great math task!)
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Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad!
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
March 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad!
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
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It's #FinancialLiteracyMonth! Explain the benefit of bank alerts.
Teach students that setting up future bank alerts (low balance, large purchase) helps monitor accounts, prevent overdraft fees, and spot fraud quickly.
More about Financial Literacy Month: buff.ly/72lO5nc
#EduSky #AIvideo
Teach students that setting up future bank alerts (low balance, large purchase) helps monitor accounts, prevent overdraft fees, and spot fraud quickly.
More about Financial Literacy Month: buff.ly/72lO5nc
#EduSky #AIvideo
April 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It's #FinancialLiteracyMonth! Explain the benefit of bank alerts.
Teach students that setting up future bank alerts (low balance, large purchase) helps monitor accounts, prevent overdraft fees, and spot fraud quickly.
More about Financial Literacy Month: buff.ly/72lO5nc
#EduSky #AIvideo
Teach students that setting up future bank alerts (low balance, large purchase) helps monitor accounts, prevent overdraft fees, and spot fraud quickly.
More about Financial Literacy Month: buff.ly/72lO5nc
#EduSky #AIvideo
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The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
April 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
How Manitoba’s schools fail the digital generation
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Opinion: How Manitoba’s schools fail the digital generation
For decades, those of us who work or have worked in the technology sector have lived with the stereotype of lone coders, relegated to cold, dark basements often as an afterthought. Forgotten until we ...
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April 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How Manitoba’s schools fail the digital generation
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New: Teachers in the Louis Riel School Division have drafted guidelines to leverage and regulate AI in their classrooms.
“If we don’t get ahead of it, our students are going to use it and use it improperly” #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
“If we don’t get ahead of it, our students are going to use it and use it improperly” #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
Louis Riel teachers prepare for AI impact
Teachers in the Louis Riel School Division have drafted guidelines to leverage and regulate artificial intelligence in their classrooms.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New: Teachers in the Louis Riel School Division have drafted guidelines to leverage and regulate AI in their classrooms.
“If we don’t get ahead of it, our students are going to use it and use it improperly” #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
“If we don’t get ahead of it, our students are going to use it and use it improperly” #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...
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Livestream Reminder: New Puzzles, 18th Feb 4-5pm GMT.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Livestream Reminder: New Puzzles, 18th Feb 4-5pm GMT.
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The Desmos Classroom February Monthly Challenges are live!
In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make?
Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...
In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make?
Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...
February 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Desmos Classroom February Monthly Challenges are live!
In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make?
Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...
In "Shape the Beat," students create music using only the internal angles of different triangles and quadrilaterals. What rhythms can YOU make?
Join the fun with students and teachers nationwide: student.desmos.com/activitybuil...
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I'm in the news!
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What are Canada’s best national parks? This nature lover has visited more than 20 — here are the underrated gems he recommends
If you want to book Parks Canada camping for 2025, you should be on the reservation system when it opens, starting in January
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December 20, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I'm in the news!
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Made with love (and equations). 💕
💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y...
#mathsky #iteachmath
💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y...
#mathsky #iteachmath
February 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Made with love (and equations). 💕
💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y...
#mathsky #iteachmath
💌 Explore the graph, and personalize your own to share: www.desmos.com/calculator/y...
#mathsky #iteachmath
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The next Finite Group livestream will be Katie and me talking about writing mathematical puzzles. Tues 18th Feb, 4-5pm GMT. Join to watch live or get a recording link to watch later!
Livestream: New Puzzles! Tuesday 18th February, 4-5pm GMT | Finite Group
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February 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The next Finite Group livestream will be Katie and me talking about writing mathematical puzzles. Tues 18th Feb, 4-5pm GMT. Join to watch live or get a recording link to watch later!
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How can a rectangle help us with dividing?
YouTube video by Howie Hua
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February 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM