When I listen to my 4-year-old discuss his friends from school, I can't help but think about the influence they wield over each other. We don't often consider just how impactful the people we surround ourselves are on our lives, nor how those friendships will...
[slideshow_deploy id='15278'] Thank you once again to the entire NMC community for another great day of learning with and from each other at the 2019 October Conference--it was such fun! 59 different colleagues presented 43 great sessions, and while I have attended...
A few years ago, I was teaching a summer class when we did a lock down safety drill. I was forewarned that the lock down would occur and instructed to turn off lights, lock the door, pull down shades, and have students put away all electronics when the signal was...
I first heard of low floor high ceiling math tasks on a K-12 math blog. It’s an interesting concept; find a task that everyone in the class can start and that adequately challenges all students. To say the least, I was skeptical, so I tried it out. My first attempt...
If you haven't heard the acronyms ML (Machine Learning) or NLP (Natural Language Processing) being tossed about in relationship to artificial intelligence (AI), that's good because the technology shouldn't be the focus, but rather how it affects you and the way you...
As the mother of a child with autism, I am acutely aware of the difficulties my son has in navigating the world. He’s a good looking teen with wild shoulder length hair, a full beard and fashionably hip Ray Ban Wayfarer glasses. Girls are aware of his good looks,...
This 4 X 4 writing is a thread on Testing. I have been thinking a lot about how, and when I test. I realize that some of my colleagues don't test at all, which makes me wonder about the validity of my process. What is your approach? Week one of this thread asks you to...
I commuted to Washington DC. One day I saw a cement truck on its side at one of the exits off of I95. I was thinking at the time that there was an instant, for the cement truck driver, where the driver knew that the truck was about to tip over. There was nothing...
Priority is a feature in Google Drive that will help you organize your documents into related workspaces. This can be useful for quick access to projects that need to be constantly updated. To start with, navigate to your google drive. This can be done by...