Monthly Archives: August 2012

MS Math Teachers – Let’s Start Sharing #msSunFun

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Get ready for MS Sunday Fundays!  #msSunFun

I’m calling on all middle school math teachers to blog about a certain topic.  (The list of topics will be published here in advance.)  Then, I will publish the compilation of all blog posts for us to read every Sunday!  The first topic will be 1st Day / 1st Week Activities and I will post them THIS Sunday, August 5th.  Exciting!  Fill out the survey here to let me know of topics you would be interested in blogging about (or seeing).

We have no “logo” as of yet.  If you are a logo person, feel free to create something and email it to me.

If you think MS Sunday Funday is too long or the hashtag isn’t great, then I’m open to suggestions.  These are ideas that we developed together on Twitter, but I’m always open to new and better ideas, especially if they are easier to remember or more catchy!

It’s ON so BRING IT!    🙂

MS Math Teachers Survey Results = Wow!

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After only 3 days, the MS Math Teachers survey collected 81 responses!  I am truly awed by this.  I’m excited to find so many middle school math teachers who are so eager to connect and help one another on our amazing journey this year!  If you haven’t responded yet it isn’t too late!  Just click here to fill out the Middle School Math Teacher’s Survey.

By far my favorite response was to the question, “What would you like to get out of Twitter / blogging / network”.  Here is what you all said.

You are all interested in learning, sharing, implementing, and getting NEW ideas.  I am inspired by your desire to always be learning.  I am currently working on compiling all of the survey information.  The first thing I plan to do is to put the list of MS bloggers on the Middle School Math Blogs page (found above).  Please feel free to add this to your blog as well if you would like.

For now, here is a snapshot of who we are and what we can do!  A GIANT category in the  “special interests / area of expertise” was “Others”.  After investigating, I found that the “other” was most often foldables.  I cannot believe that I did not include that as an category in this question, especially after I did a session on Foldables at #TMC12.  It seems like they are more currently popular in middle school.  I seriously love you teachers!!  🙂

Calling All Middle School Math Teachers! Please Fill Out My Survey to Connect!

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Middle school is an amazing place!  And those of us teaching middle schoolers truly love it!  They are fun, energetic, exciting, and most of all, new to higher math.  A few months ago I discovered many amazing middle school math blogs.  In the past few weeks, I have found even more middle school math teachers on Twitter. I am so excited to learn from all of these teachers.

To make this possible, I would love for middle school math teachers to fill out this survey (you will be taken to the Math Wiki to fill it out).  Once you are finished you will be able to see the results immediately.  

I plan on compiling a list (and will make a Twitter list as well).  I have a few other ideas floating around in my head that will enable us to share resources and help each other out during the school year.  Also, use and follow the hashtag #msmath when talking about middle school math.

If you have any ideas, please add them to the comments below!  What do you need to make yourself an even more amazing teacher?