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New Website: Mathematically Teaching

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

I have recently moved my blog to http://mathematicallyteaching.blogspot.ca/. I have included all my past blog posts and I am in the process of ensuring all of the links are working. I have moved from the WordPress to the Blogger method. Mainly … Continue reading →

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No Structure Barbie Bungee – Reflection

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

Over the past 3 days, my Grade 8 class have been working through the popular Barbie Bungee activity. However, as I have shared in my previous post, they did it without any worksheets or guidelines. It was very coincidental that … Continue reading →

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Freestyle Barbie Bungee – No Steps Required

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

After completing day 1 of the infamous Barbie Bungee activity I look on my twitter to see the the following tweet from @ddmeyer: How many different ways can a popular lesson (Barbie Bungee) go wrong? Extremely provocative post from @mathhombre. … Continue reading →

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Changing Who Wins – Lessons from The Bully Project

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

This week I was fortunate to be told that Lee Hirsch, director of the film Bully and The Bully Project social campaign was going to speak at St. Clement’s School as apart of their LincWell program. My motivation to go and … Continue reading →

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PD Reflection: Next Steps

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Ruth McArthur

After my latest Cohort 21 face to face meeting, I know that my next steps will be to explore the use of Doctopus as an organizational method on Google Drive. I am hoping to use this as a means to … Continue reading →

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The Fakebook – Social Media for the classroom

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Ruth McArthur

I don’t know if other teachers are the same, but I find myself creating mini-lessons and projects based on found resources for courses that I don’t teach. I’ll come across resources for a history lesson and start to develop a … Continue reading →

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And so it begins… Cohort 21 Thoughts and Reflections

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Ruth McArthur

Riding my bike away from The York School yesterday, I was mulling over exactly what I had signed up to be a part of for the coming school year. A year long PD involving teachers from every department from schools … Continue reading →

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