Thinking Tasks My STudents Love:
​"Math Games With Bad Drawings"

​April 4, 2026

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics fans, I've found a new-to-me source of thinking tasks that I'm excited to share with you.  It is a book called Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin.

The Evidence Against Classroom Technology Is Getting Hard To Ignore

​March 29, 2026

​A couple of years ago, I wrote a post explaining why - despite having a PhD in Instructional Technology - I hardly ever take advantage of the laptops that my school provides for every student.  The case I made was purely anecdotal and qualitative: in my personal situation, classroom technology is rarely worth it anymore.  It used to be, but now it isn't.

Two years later, I've seen an explosion of op-eds and case studies making the same case, but this time from a quantitative perspective.

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