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This changes everything! (Well, many things.)

Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour: “It has become ever more apparent that, to our president the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals, the rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain."

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Whenever I'm looking for a rich task, NRICH is my first resource. #iteachmath #mtbos

Just because AP courses are hard doesn't mean they're good. 25 years ago I wrote about how we confuse those 2 things: is.gd/mfScd4. (Much earlier, Dewey said the value of what students do “resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.")

#Mathphoto #iteachmath

Question for #MTBoS #iteachmath: What are your favorite websites to go to for either (1) Warm Up activities or (2) 3-act math tasks? Some of the sites I've used over the years have moved or are no longer active. So trying to get some fresh ideas and update my list!

Increased reliance on ChatGPT was associated with higher levels of procrastination and memory loss, and a negative impact on academic performance, as reflected in students’ grade point averages.” www.psypost.org/chatgpt-link...

The best way for higher education to confront generative AI is to train humans to think like humans. That way, when it becomes inevitable that we have to use AI, we'll have a human foundation for it. But we've been teaching students to think like machines for decades. AI just makes it easier.

Nice resources in this thread!

Not every student's test gives me the feels like this, but it's nice when one does. #iteachmath #mtbos

I haven't done the calculations, but I'm pretty sure there are more than hundreds... #iteachmath #mtbos

Math in the wild. #iteachmath ##mtbos

Sunset in the Canadian Rockies✨

Numberless word problems, 1940s #iTeachMath

#mathphoto #iteachmath