Casey Rutherford

"The jostling of young minds against each other has this wonderful attribute that one can never foresee the spark, nor predict the flash. What will spring up in a moment? Nobody knows." -Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

Back to critiquing #edtech. "Most of Edtech is Trash; Here's what we could do about it." …texactlywhatitlookslike.wordpress.com/2024/12/18/mos…

Hi all, I've been pretty silent here the last few years, but I'm gonna give bluesky a try if you want to find me there. Signing off.

Is it wrong that I like helping my 10th grader with algebra?

My 7th grader’s teacher today challenged him to fill the #vnps with his work. #ChallengeAccepted

@smbeaverson I want to vote for 3 because of what looks like an old calculator but for real I’ll go with 2.

I feel like I’m pretty late to the game in finally reading Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, but it’s a must read for anyone teaching or supporting math and science.

I'm pretty tickled that Chat GPT states "There is limited published research on the effectiveness of IXL Math specifically..." vs "There have been several studies conducted on the effectiveness of DreamBox Math in improving math skills and achievement..."

Round 3 of the #PhETSimShowdown is underway! Vote for your favorite @PhetSims and hopefully they'll advance to the final round! #iteachphysics

The new hotdog/sandwich debate; would you rather be in a zombie apocalypse or a robot apocalypse? Though I am curious of your opinions, more important is for you to ask your students and report back.

@mhkingsbury Ha! It’s too bad they can’t recognize an obvious calzone when they see it.

@rutherfordcasey From today’s Strib:

My HS daughter and her friends do this wonderful thing where they get together and have "Slideshow night," presenting whatever they please to each other. This time they invited me to present, and the choice was obvious.

@MartaStoeckel I’ve thought about that too…what could that look like? What would be off loaded?

Great science tables at the First robotics host school!

@Kyle_simon It was amazing.

@rutherfordcasey No way. Haha

Someone; “because (a fictional character) is a jerk. 15 year old: “so they had non constant acceleration?” #tswyk #physics #physicsteachers

Calculators. Search engines. Google Translate. Wikipedia. PhotoMath. #ChatGPT. They disrupt traditional teaching. We adapt. Education evolves forward. Blocking them isn't the answer. Making education more relevant is.

I finally had the chance to read this well-written post by @DitchThatTxtbk on ChatGPT and it's educational implications. ditchthattextbook.com/ai TL/DR: We'll have to adopt just like we did (should have?) for photomath, wikipedia, Google, calculators...

Doing #mathtalk in a 3rd grade classroom today and we couldn’t find a #wodb that met our objectives so we made our own. Any feedback? #mtbos #mathed @msrotvold

@fnoschese Hey Frank! Doing well, just slowly over time found myself here less and less 🤷‍♂️. Im also using the example of the ‘exemplar’ video we interacted about years ago where the physics was wrong to highlight the effect of tech focus rather than centering learning. I hope you’re well!

@rutherfordcasey Hi Casey! *waves * Don’t see you much around here any more. Hope you are well!

I'm presenting at #itit22 on focusing on student learning and the teacher moves to get there while using technology, and I couldn't resist including a shoutout to my favorite tech that @fnoschese coined the $2 interactive whiteboard (though inflation means closer to $3 now...