The education blog that I plan to follow is from Darren Kuropatwa, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The title of his blog is "A Difference", and is found at : http://adifference.blogspot.com
Darren Kuropatwa is a math teacher. His last posting was on September 10, 2009. He shares strategies for teaching EAL (English as an additional language) students. He discusses the language of mathematics and how it plays an important role in the development of mathematical ability.
An archive post that he also posted on September 10, lists the the 10 Commandments for Teachers. Some of these are: "Be interested in your subject", "Know your subject", "Let them learn guessing", "Let them learn proving", and "Know about the ways of learning: the best way to learn anything is to discover it by yourself."
I noticed that in 2006 he was an EduBlog award winner, for best teacher blog post. I like the quote that he has at the top of his profile page. It reads: "We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
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Darren is one of my favorites. I don't follow him per se, but I do go to his site for inspiration on occasion.
ReplyDeleteI remember being amazed by a lesson he did using images on flickr. Students had to find an example of a parabola in their lives, take a picture, post it to flickr, and then show the parabola. Fantastic for showing the relevance of math!