Losing Control

The other night I drove my son and some of his friends to a basketball skills clinic, and quickly buried myself into a corner of the gym with a pile of work from school that had to be finished by the next day.  However, in only a few minutes I found myself totally distracted from my work, watching one of the most impressive teaching demonstrations I'd ever seen.

Easy Solutions

This is an interesting video from Dan Meyer, a math teacher from Santa Cruz, CA (It was forwarded to me by a CGHS parent who discovered it being used informally as a resource at their company for "Take Your Children to Work Day" - thank you!).