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"We are math teachers who share what we've learned, cause we don't want our classes to suck the energy from students. Professional development among friends, not just colleagues. Fun! Immediately useful! Interesting!" The Conference Tab on this page contains video archives of previous meetings. Some of the previous meetings include tips and tricks for using Mathalicious and Desmos in your classroom.

Don't know if anyone else has this this, but it looks interesting. You can request the resources to be shared with you - I did for Moody. I will check out the resources when I have a chance and share what I find.

""I think competitive character people don't want to be manipulated constantly to do what one individual wants them to do," Popovich said, "It's a great feeling when players get together and do things as a group. Whatever can be done to empower those people."" Applications for classroom and for our job as ITRTs. ...and I just love Popovich.

Best Slate Article Ever? You decide

"For the non-innovators, everything gets in the way.  But for the general innovators, the main barriers are learning challenges and contracting constraints.  The big finding is that for the novel innovators, there are no external barriers." I like this article a lot and I think I will use it in a faculty meeting. Ask the teachers to create a list of barriers to good instruction. After they come up with a ton of stuff, have them read the article for shock value. Then, discuss.

Why technology matters for out students. May be useful for a faculty meeting, PD session, etc.