perplexity.mrmeyer.comDan Meyer's Perplexity Session

message sent Workshops, keynotes, and breakout sessions helping teachers help students to learn math and love learning math. Three-Act Math Problems How do we turn the world outside the math classroom into a math problem that’s both fun and challenging, not boring and easy? Intellectual Need If math is aspirin, then what is the headache and how do we create it? Perplexing Application Problems How does paper distort mathematical problem solving and how can digital media correct the distortion? Three Myths & Truths About Engagement What are three common myths about engagement and how do we counteract them? Interesting to Perplexing How do you generate engaging and challenging curriculum from the math you encounter in your own life? Technology What technology and tools are essential for designing perplexing math application problems? And More. get info If you coordinate professional development for your school, district, or conference let me know how I can help. how can I help? 12/16 Pacific Grove, CA 2/28 Naperville, IL 2/29 San Diego, CA 3/3 San Diego, CA 3/5 Santa Fe, NM 3/14 Berkeley, CA 4/1 Chicago, IL 5/7 Oshawa, ON Dan Meyer taught high school math to students who didn’t like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN , Good Morning America , Everyday With Rachel Ray , and TED.com . He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and is the Chief Academic Officer at Desmos where he explores the future of math textbooks. He speaks internationally and was named one of Tech & Learning’s 30 Leaders of the Future . He lives in Mountain View,...