Today marks the beginning of a week-long family vacation in Oregon. I sketched the image above on my parent’s deck in Pleasant Hill, just outside of Eugene. I used the app Paper, which I just downloaded and am already a big fan of.… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Should I Build This App?
The more accurate question is: Should I rebuild this app? I developed the concept shown in the image above a few years back and threw it up on the app store. But I was a crappy coder back then, so I want to rebuild it from the ground up. I also want to add my… Continue Reading
Visual Vocabulary: The Math Classroom Toolbox
Visual Vocabulary is back! And we’re now fully digital (I used the iPad app Adobe Ideas to create the sketches below). This round I focus on mechanical tools for the math classroom: Paper and Pencil Ruler Graph Paper Protractor Calculator I’ve been thinking a lot this summer about how I want to set up my… Continue Reading
Sketchnoting the Emotional and Rational Brain
As an avid learner and teacher, it should come as no surprise that I am fascinated with the brain. I’ve sketched and written about the brain before, but in this post I’m focusing on the distinction between two parts of the brain – one that is the center of emotions, the other that is the… Continue Reading
A Message to Fellow Idealists
This is as much a reminder to myself as it is a message to anyone who sees this. The message comes from Seth Godin’s book Linchpin. I repeat: You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must. I’m hoping you’ll… Continue Reading
Handwritten Quotes #2
“In these days of specialization there are too few people who have such a deep understanding of two departments of our knowledge that they do not make fools of themselves in one or the other.” – Richard Feynman Source: The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist “Teaching is the art of changing… Continue Reading
Simple Sketches of Tree Leaves of Oregon
I spend of lot of time hiking around different parts of Oregon. Though I enjoy the nature around me even without knowing the names of what I’m looking at, I decided it would be worthwhile to focus in on the flora of this great state for a week’s worth of Visual Vocabulary. I am not… Continue Reading
Sketchnotes of the Introduction to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
My goal this summer is to familiarize myself with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. As a high school math teacher aware of the growing adoption of these standards, I’m curious about their quality, and I want to see how well they fit in with my evolving vision of what math education should look… Continue Reading
