Karlie Minson

 When I got into magicschool.ai online, I asked it to create a lesson over one math standard and one technology:  Standard: 7.GM.2. "Use mathematical models and problems to calculate and justify the area of trapezoids and the area and perimeter of composite figures with rational measurements." ISTE student standard 6: Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals."  The lesson that it gave to me seemed to be very thought through and helped me get an idea of what I might want to do when I get to that particular topic with my own students. All of the assignments, group work, teacher instruction and plans were aligned to each other and laid out neatly to understand. Once improvement that I aske for it to do was give me examples of the group project. That is the only item of improvement that I felt needed for this particul...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides great insights on how to keep our knowledge and reasoning flowing as we continue learning throughout life. I’ve created a one-page infographic that highlights three key ideas from Chapter 5. Take a look below to see what NASEM has to say about knowledge and reasoning!

 Part 1: Authentic Intellectual Work The nature of authentic intellectual work includes "construction of knowledge, disciplined inquiry, or performances that have value beyond school" (Newman, et al., 2007). This is explained by making sure that what teachers are doing in the classroom gives relevancy to the students’ understanding. When students find that things are not relevant, they tend to lose interest in their learning. Traditional instruction and assessment only look for students’ compliance of doing the work and learning the material to pass the class. Authentic intellectual work takes the traditional work and pushes its boundaries. It provides opportunities for students to think deeply, to have productive struggle, and to connect their learning to their society. For example, one of the components of authentic intellectual work is the value beyond school. The goal of making the work’s value be beyond the school is so that students see the value that each of the assig...

Hey everyone! My name is Karlie Minson and I am in my 7th year of teaching. This year I moved up to 7th grade math and I am loving it! I have been the math department chair for my building for 2 years and it is helping me grow as a leader. My goal for the future is to finish my masters in curriculum and instruction geared in math so that I can use that to help select curriculum for our district. I also want to be able to use all of the knowledge that I will have gained from these courses to teach other math teachers on best practices and to become a better math teacher myself.  Creative Communicator indicator 6C asks students to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital object such as visualizations, models or simulations.  In 7th grade students are asked to graph and describe translations, reflections and rotations of figures on a coordinate plane (Math standard 7.GM.4.3.). Once students have learned about the way figures can ...