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Alex Overwijk

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Making Math Moments That Matter

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Marian Small

Jennifer Chang

Sir Ken Robinson

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Peter Taylor

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Raj Shah

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Sheree Fitch

Tara Flynn

William Hawkins

John Hattie

John Orr

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Today we bring on our old friend Alex Overwijk from Ottawa Ontario who shares his teaching journey and transformation from a pretty typical high school math teacher to an engaging activity based thinking classroom advocate! In our discussion we learn the answers to how to engage your students with activity based learning, why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so important, why you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom, how to draw senior students in to your lesson when the concepts are abstract, and why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.You’ll Learn: How to engage your students with activity based learning. Why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so importantWhy you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom. How to draw senior students into your lesson when the concepts are abstract. Why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.Resources: World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion26 squaresEpisode 35 – Visible Learning: An Interview with John HattieEpisode 30 - The Most Effective PD You’re Not DoingSlamDunkMath.comTwitter https://twitter.com/alexoverwijkStart the school year with some great culture building activities. Listen to these episodes:Episode 36: How To Start The School Year Off RightEpisode 88: How To Start The School Year Off Right From A DistanceEpisode 139: Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180 If you're looking to explore other ways to build and strengthen your own wealth then each week you'll hear tips, strategies, and options to increase your personal wealth. Listen and subscribe here. Get a Customized Math Improvement Plan For Your District.Are you district leader for mathematics? Take the 12 minute assessment and you’ll get a free, customized improvement plan to shape and grow the 6 parts of any strong mathematics program.Take the assessment

Today we bring on our old friend Alex Overwijk from Ottawa Ontario who shares his teaching journey and transformation from a pretty typical high school math teacher to an engaging activity based thinking classroom advocate! In our discussion we learn the answers to how to engage your students with activity based learning, why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so important, why you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom, how to draw senior students in to your lesson when the concepts are abstract, and why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.You’ll Learn: <ul><li>How to engage your students with activity based learning. </li><li>Why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so important</li><li>Why you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom. </li><li>How to draw senior students into your lesson when the concepts are abstract. </li><li>Why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.</li></ul>Resources: <a href="https://youtu.be/eAhfZUZiwSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion</a><a href="http://slamdunkmath.blogspot.com/2013/04/26-squares.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">26 squares</a><a href="https://makemathmoments.com/episode35/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 35 – Visible Learning: An Interview with John Hattie</a><a href="https://makemathmoments.com/episode30/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 30 - The Most Effective PD You’re Not Doing</a><a href="http://slamdunkmath.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SlamDunkMath.com</a>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/alexoverwijk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/alexoverwijk</a>Start the school year with some great culture building activities. Listen to these episodes: <a href="https://makemathmoments.com/episode36/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 36: How To Start The School Year Off Right</a> <a href="https://makemathmoments.com/episode88/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 88: How To Start The School Year Off Right From A Distance</a> <a href="https://makemathmoments.com/episode139/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 139: Making Math Moments From Day 1 to 180 </a> If you're looking to explore other ways to build and strengthen your own wealth then each week you'll hear tips, strategies, and options to increase your personal wealth. <a href="https://investedteacher.com/?utm_source=Buzzsprout&amp;utm_medium=in_episode&amp;utm_campaign=in_episode_link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen and subscribe here</a>. Get a Customized Math Improvement Plan For Your District. Are you district leader for mathematics? Take the 12 minute assessment and you’ll get a free, customized improvement plan to shape and grow the 6 parts of any strong mathematics program. <a href="https://makemathmoments.com/grow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take the assessment</a>

How To Fall In Love With Teaching Again - An Interview with Alex Overwijk

Participants will engage in math tasks in an environment that is conducive to thinking. Based on research by Dr. Liljedahl, these tasks will enable us to dig deep into the components of a thinking classroom. Collectively, let us learn to manage flow and let go to create a student-centered experience.            Recorded January 2020. Alex teaches at  Glebe Collegiate Institute and Jimmy teaches at Colonel By secondary school (both with the Ottawa Carlton DSB). Alex Tweets  at @AlexOverwijk and Jimmy at @PaiMath. Mentioned in the podcast was the work on thinking classrooms from Peter Liljedahl (@pgliljedahl http://www.peterliljedahl.com/) and the 14 elements are summarized visually in this sketchnote from @Wheeler_Laura.            More info and to find out how to register for Alex and Jimmy’s webinar on Feb 12th, 2020, can be found at https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2

Participants will engage in math tasks in an environment that is conducive to thinking. Based on research by Dr. Liljedahl, these tasks will enable us to dig deep into the components of a thinking classroom. Collectively, let us learn to manage flow and let go to create a student-centered experience. Recorded January 2020. Alex teaches at Glebe Collegiate Institute and Jimmy teaches at Colonel By secondary school (both with the Ottawa Carlton DSB). Alex Tweets at @AlexOverwijk and Jimmy at @PaiMath. Mentioned in the podcast was the work on thinking classrooms from Peter Liljedahl (@pgliljedahl <a href="http://www.peterliljedahl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.peterliljedahl.com/</a>) and the 14 elements are summarized visually in this sketchnote from @Wheeler_Laura. More info and to find out how to register for Alex and Jimmy’s webinar on Feb 12th, 2020, can be found at <a href="https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-2</a>

Talk 12: Alex Overwijk and Jimmy Pai

Circle

In many respects, Alex Overwijk reminds me of my own high school math teachers – passionate, a good sense of humour and a unexpected skill that everyone knows them for.  Alex is an unlikely celebrity for a viral YouTube video of him drawing a perfect freehand circle.  Show ID and Intro Interview with Alex Overwijk  Freehand Circle Drawing Society YouTube video     How to subscribe to Electric Sky – it’s free.

In many respects, Alex Overwijk reminds me of my own high school math teachers – passionate, a good sense of humour and a unexpected skill that everyone knows them for. Alex is an unlikely celebrity for a viral YouTube video of him drawing a perfect freehand circle. <ul> <li>Show ID and Intro</li> <li>Interview with Alex Overwijk <ul> <li><a href="http://www.freehandcircles.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freehand Circle Drawing Society</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <a href="http://electricsky.net/how-to-subscribe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to subscribe to Electric Sky – it’s free</a>.

Alex Overwijk and the perfect freehand circle