I’m already in the FOURTH week of this school year? It’s so cliched, but true: time flies when you’re having fun.

My BC classes have already moved on to the second derivative and my AB darlings just had their first experience with Desmos.com. They are all hooked. I’m pretty sure it was love at first graph for all the students. I’m still working on some of the questioning in my Desmos activities. I want to ask open-ended questions, but I also need to make sure the students are headed toward the learning objective, too. If my questions seem opaque, it’s because they are.

My dance class is moving along, too. One reason I enjoy teaching dance so much (among many) is that I can SEE the changes and improvements that students make as they try and re-try movement. It’s like being able to see the wheels turn inside the brains of my math students. My dance students’ physical changes in how they hold themselves, move their bodies and articulate their extremities is fascinating.

The yoga colloquium is off to another good start, too. Wtih 32 students, this is the largest one I’ve had. For many of these students, they are learning for the first time how physically and mentally demanding a good yoga practice can be. I think they are reluctantly learning how beneficial it is, too.