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Mr. Hartman's March Page
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Keep Your Friends Close
Leadership
Love
reposting from Mr Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, December, 1862 to the second annual meeting of congress, "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present, the occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion.”
Interesting choice of phrase 'rise with the occasion' since we think of an adversarial approach to meeting life’s issues. We think of problem solving like a tennis match and less like surfing. When we rise with a difficulty, it keeps us in a position of vision, where multiple options arise. When we observe a situation as an obstacle that we are going to stand against, it becomes a defensive act, like defending yourself against a tennis ball that has been waged against your person. Abraham Lincoln’s presidency had it’s share of situations that he needed to rise with. An important lesson from an important person.
from Dan Meyer's Ted TV session
Shaping neural pathways, getting students to interact with the information, and having them ask the questions of what is needed to solve the problems. Linear modeling..Having the students create the steps through discussion. They need to be involved in the formulation of the problem. Use real life video to create the question. Filling a water tank slowly. The students need to want to know how long they are going to watch the tank fill up. Students buy in to the question. Let students converse about problems. The tools (video cell phone) free from license problems. Use a self made video that requires the students to discuss the problem. Math makes sense of the world. We need to make more patient problem solvers.