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30-year HS Math/CS Teacher • Elem Digital Art Instructor for Simi Valley USD • Coding Education • #ThinkingClassroom • Joy of Math • Presenter/Consultant • Adjunct Faculty, School of Ed @ callutheran.edu

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A chart showing various ways that tally marks are done in different countries with pictures of the tally mark methods.

A chart showing various ways that tally marks are done in different countries with pictures of the tally mark methods.

I saw this a few years ago and it blew my mind. I really like the middle one, not sure what's going on on the right one.

08.08.2025 01:52 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 6    📌 1

Speaking to former students and hearing them tell me how their experience in my classroom positively influenced their lives.

31.07.2025 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I see what you did there!

24.07.2025 18:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A diagram of a right triangle with legs of 7 and 24 and a hypotenuse of 25.

A diagram of a right triangle with legs of 7 and 24 and a hypotenuse of 25.

Happy Pythagorean Triple Day to all who celebrate!

24.07.2025 17:39 — 👍 30    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1

Same

23.07.2025 22:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

$18.00

22.07.2025 04:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, I love it!

18.07.2025 03:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A screenshot of URL tricks to make YouTube ads go away when watching videos

A screenshot of URL tricks to make YouTube ads go away when watching videos

Here are two other methods to try if that one doesn't work.

18.07.2025 01:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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two moose standing next to each other with the words " how 's it going eh " below them Alt: two moose standing next to each other with the words " how 's it going eh " below them.
12.07.2025 22:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A student of mine created a really cool remix of this project - one of the coolest things I have seen done on
#scratch

Try it here - play with the numbers in the move and turn blocks to get some interesting results:
scratch.mit.edu/projects/119...

09.07.2025 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#TodayInCS summer school class we did a "screensaver-y" project using cloned circle sprites. Try it here:
scratch.mit.edu/projects/119...

09.07.2025 21:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Featured #scratch project #2 today in my summer coding class: Big Stripes

#iteachcs #iteachmath #edusky

08.07.2025 23:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Featured @scratch project #1 today in my summer coding class: Concentric Squares
scratch.mit.edu/projects/119...
#iteachcs #iteachmath #edusky

08.07.2025 23:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice one, Howie!

08.07.2025 23:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In my summer school computer programming class right now, I have told students that when I ask a question, I am not looking for answers. Instead I am looking for thinking. So do not raise your hands and do not shout out answers. Just think.

08.07.2025 01:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nor would he have won the state championship, even if the coach put him in.

08.07.2025 01:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I agree. I have tried that several times (I got the idea from Fawn). It gives each individual a little time to process before jumping into "groupthink".

07.07.2025 21:43 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wordle 1,477 X/6

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This is how my 245-day streak ended.

05.07.2025 15:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No pain, no gain.

05.07.2025 04:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Your browser has Javascript disabled. Please go to your browser preferences and enable Javascript in order to use Scratch.

Today's featured #scratch project in my summer middle school coding class is a game using the keyboard to move a beetle sprite to gobble up candy hearts:

Starter project:
scratch.mit.edu/projects/872...
Completed project:
scratch.mit.edu/projects/119...

#iteachcs

03.07.2025 17:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is all excellent advice.

28.06.2025 04:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

TEA

20.06.2025 03:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

P(A and notB) = .75(1-.25) =0.5625

12.06.2025 01:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Vatican City

10.06.2025 03:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is beautiful math art

08.06.2025 19:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I hear ya. Excited for the future.

07.06.2025 15:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Most definitely!

07.06.2025 15:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you, Benjamin.

07.06.2025 06:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A screenshot of the Spotify app with the song being played "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.

A screenshot of the Spotify app with the song being played "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.

Today was my last day as a teacher after 36 years in my school district. I am looking forward to further adventures and opportunities in education. Stay tuned...

#iteachmath
#iteachcs

07.06.2025 00:07 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Nope

04.06.2025 14:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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