Musings from Mrs. Galvan

I remember thinking about how to teach certain concepts last year at EdCamp LA. Meeting twitter acquaintances like  John Stevens , Jed Butler , and Matt Vaudrey , I finally got the sense of the scale of the power of the Mtbos. They were able to fill in a few gaps with engaging lesson ideas.... and they are just 3 of MANY math teachers in my PLN (are we still using that acronym?). Before EdCamp, I didn't know what I didn't know. Now I know, or almost know, and it is both awesome and overwhelming at the same time. Make sense? Anywho, it is almost time for EdCamp again and the same question I had then is still milling around my brain. How do I make everything  interesting, fun or filled with problem based learning goodness? Can all topics from our traditional (read not common core) curriculum be made into engaging lessons? I hope so. But then chapter 8 rolls around every year. Yes it closes with exponential growth and decay, but it opens with this: So again, the que...