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Author: Joel Speranza

Teaching Creativity in Mathematics

May 4, 2017 Joel Speranza mathematics Leave a comment

Let’s not waste time. It’s important that I say this right from the outset. Creativity ≠Art Too often when we think of creativity in mathematics

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Worksheets on Steroids: 3 Examples of how to do it better with technology

April 27, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice, Educational Apps, Websites & Software, Technology Coach 5 comments

Nothing is a dirtier word in the whole of edutwitter than “Worksheet”. For a good reason. There is something uninspiring about that piece of paper handed

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Why you need to start teaching the wrong thing

April 20, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice, mathematics 3 comments

I’ve been getting through some marking recently. You know how that can be. “I’m sure I taught them how to do this!” Why is everyone

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12 questions to ask yourself about your teaching (that only you can answer)

April 12, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice One comment

Whether we’ve been teaching for decades or months, there is one thing about our teaching that should never change. Question Everything. Because you change, students change,

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The Dog who Pooped on the Rug: A Feedback Fable

April 6, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice, Technology Coach Leave a comment

This is a fable about feedback I tell my students every year. It has 💩 in it, so I think they like it… The Dog

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The Time Has Come for Mastery Learning

April 2, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice Leave a comment

Some time ago, I offered to teach my lovely partner how to solve a Rubik’s cube. She agreed to my tutelage. And so we embarked

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Prism Scholarslab – Tech Tip Tuesday

March 7, 2017 Joel Speranza Tech Tip Tuesday Leave a comment

Prism Scholarslab can best be summed up by it’s tagline: A TOOL FOR COLLABORATIVE INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS. It does exactly that and it does it very

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Low Hanging Fruit in Education – The Impact Effort Matrix

March 2, 2017 Joel Speranza School Improvement 8 comments

I grew up helping my father on the family farm. We grew all manner of fruits and vegetables and then sent them to market or

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How to Make Changes: Fast, Cheap but Not Right

February 27, 2017 Joel Speranza Random musings, Technology Coach 2 comments

Some ideas follow you around. They stick in your head and come to you in the shower or on the drive home from work. “Fast,

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How to Manipulate Time with Technology

February 17, 2017 Joel Speranza Technology Coach 2 comments

I need more time. I know you’ve said these words before. As a proud new dad, I’ve become obsessed with the concept of time. But

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My Classroom: The Movie

February 11, 2017 Joel Speranza Classroom Practice 3 comments

Previously I’ve spoken about Video Classroom Observations and how fantastic they are to de-privatise our classrooms. Since that blog post, we’ve started a trial of video

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Work-Life Balance

February 5, 2017 Joel Speranza Random musings 5 comments

It has been two months since my last blog post but I promise I have a fantastic excuse. Check it out.   So I’m a

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