WIR: A Visual Syllabus, Math Comics, revisiting Jamestown & more
Merry Friday #mcpop!
A few years ago, a group of math teachers in our district had the good fortune to meet and hang out with star comic creator and math Ph.D. Olivia Walch. Her work is fascinating, her webcomic is a blast, and she has been known to do quite a few math related comics. Consider following her whimsical twitter feed and picking up her new, mindset related comic "You Can Try Again" highlighted in our math group below. Olivia is not the only artist highlighted this week - wait until you see the visual syllabus of UCSF professor Nick Sousanis' in our comics group!
There is a lot of wild stuff to see here - I found the story of how some Shakespeare history was unearthed to be incredible and the, um, high interest article about the Jamestown Colony would make a tasty read for your history classes.
As usual, we have a tweet for this week's WIR. Please RT if you are so inclined and share this e-mail with your cool educator friends!
#MCPop Week in Review: A Syllabus by @Nsousanis, Math Art via @oliviawalch @stefpos & @giorgialupi, @SmithsonianMag revisits Jamestown & much more to make your curriculum pop! https://t.co/SHX6Y9wOcC #educhat #engchat #mathchat #sschat #dataviz
— Ryan R. Goble Ed.D. (@_mindblue_) September 21, 2018
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in Math Educators!
COMIC: You Can Try Again #MathMindset
SERIES: If you're not using 'Dear Data'
With „Dear Data“, @stefpos and @giorgialupi have contributed so much to our understanding of #data—about how it is man-made, how it allows to craft narratives about human lives and activities. Happy to see their new data sketch book out at @PAPress. pic.twitter.com/oAtxEwJrqn
— Sandra Rendgen (@srendgen) September 13, 2018
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Have a brilliant weekend!
Ryan
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