Eric Balzarini

@GrolBrandon I find that hard to believe, but I’m glad to hear that you guys are having that conversation!

Many years ago a few friends and I decided we were going to start saying ‘out’ instead of ‘back’ east - mainly because of the Toronto-centre-of-the-universe thing. Reflecting on it now, saying ‘out west’ and ‘back east’ is actually quite a colonial perspective.

My Foundations of Math 11 students using their understanding of mean, median, mode, range, & standard deviation to analyze what we found in packages of fruit snacks today. One thing we can’t explain though... why so many purple? @sd35wgss

Our Bonnie Henry made the ⁦⁦@NYTimes⁩! Not surprising at all considering how well she’s leading BC through this pandemic! nytimes.com/2020/06/05/wor…

@DorisPaterson @teacheramiller @sd35wgss @Trevornoah Thank you so much Doris! It’s easy to be head of a dept like ours full of such dedicated & collaborative educators!

@teacheramiller @ebalzarini @sd35wgss @Trevornoah @ebalzarini I agree, @ebalzarini Eric is an amazing teacher, math department head and a wonderful person. Definitely deserves a new laptop.

@GKND95 @Trevornoah Wow, thanks so much Gavin! It’s great to hear from you - been such a long time! I hope everything is going well for you!

@Trevornoah .@Trevornoah I'm not a teacher, but I nominate @ebalzarini too! He's by far one of the best maths teachers i've had - he'll definitely find another way to make his classes go above and beyond with one

TEACHERS who are forced to do all your work online! I’ve got 50 more Surface Laptops to give away to any educators who need a new device. Please tag your favourite teachers and I’ll pick 50 at random. PS- Teachers, you’re allowed to be your own favourite and tag yourself! 🙌🏾

@teacheramiller @sd35wgss Wow, thanks Andy! I’ve been getting increasingly frustrated with my 2014 SP3, and now is when I really need it to work! Trying to keep making videos but it’s a very slow process. I wonder if @Trevornoah would ship one to Canada for me? m.youtube.com/user/ebalzarini

@camseib Thanks so much Cameron! We are doing well - hope you are too. Looking forward to virtually going back to school, although not sure quite yet just what it’ll look like 🙂

I’ve spent the last few days making a COVID-19 math video - not as polished and amazing as a lot of the content on YouTube these days, but this situation is an unfortunate but applicable context for some of the math concepts my students learn... youtu.be/CUzcuiRE15c

@traildynamics Thanks, and yes, please do share!

@ebalzarini So good @ebalzarini ! You know me and math and this was awesome. Okay to share with others I assume?

@astrostephenson Too bad it looks to be cloudy around here tonight, but a collaboration at some point would be cool!

This positioning was used by ancient astronomers to determine the size of the solar system. It’s simple geometry really. Maybe i should partner with math video expert @ebalzarini to explain how!

@kfarenholtz Thanks Kathy! Math is indeed everywhere - just have to look!

@ebalzarini Nice video. Math is everywhere!

@tdwalker35 Thanks Theresa - hopefully they find it helpful!

@ebalzarini Awesome work, a great example of mathematical modelling. I’m sending to my students.

@blaisej @ddmeyer Wow, thanks Blaise - that means a lot coming from you! I have always really appreciated what I’ve learned from you in the work we’ve done together.

A great video on the math behind COVID-19 by one of the most creative, clear educators I have had the pleasure to work with during my career. #bced #maths #math #MTBoS #iteachmath @ddmeyer

@Kozman71 @LangleySchools @sd35wgss Thanks Koz! I’m hoping the course of this changes as everyone does their part and this model ends up being a big overestimate!

Fantastic video by one of @LangleySchools many outstanding teachers! Not only great for understanding the math behind the spread of COVID-19 and learning a little calculus, but also a great tool to remind us of why we all need to do our part to stop the spread! @sd35wgss

@johnstonfooty Thanks Glenn - I appreciate the retweet!

@ebalzarini Thanks so much for this, Eric! Very timely, relevant mathematics explaining the COVID-19 pandemic.

@cbjthygesen Thanks Christine for watching and sharing it 🙂

@ebalzarini Well done!! Very clear. Thank you.

@astrostephenson Thank you Tim for watching and for sharing it 🙂

@ebalzarini Eric this is sooo good. Thank you for putting in the time to explain this.

@Kozman71 @traildynamics @_MrsBarb An extraordinary man! Thanks for sharing!

Thought you might like this tweet of Charlie! @traildynamics @ebalzarini Thanks @_MrsBarb for sharing this with me!

@ls_gibson ‘Unforgiving’ is certainly an appropriate word for that trail! So many students have been turned onto hiking and the outdoors directly & indirectly because of Charlie and the Harrison Hike, despite the struggle they endure getting up that hill!