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Looking to help all students build personal bridges between math and computer science. he/him

Minneapolis, MN
Joined June 2016
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I'm teaching a camp in a couple weeks to prep teams for the @m3challenge. Who out there is running something similar? Excited to do some modeling with students!
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Teaching a data science course next year for high school juniors and seniors. R or Python?
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Come play games from the new book of @benorlin at @ThinkingSpotUS this Friday evening 6-7pm. This book has invaded my classroom over the past few days and I couldnt be happier.
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It might just be easier at this point. Can we have someone look into the costs of making this algebra true? √(A²+B²)=A+B
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The whole point of Wordle is to help self-styled "word people" discover they enjoy thinking about math problems.
Replying to @conorsen
my entire life is words, i love words, and i'm just not very good at any word game. crosswords, wheel of fortune, boggle, wordle. i wonder if there are groups for ppl like me.
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🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ Not Wordle, just a proof that 1+2+3+…+n = n(n+1)/2.
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As a teacher, I try to remember that nurturing is part of challenging and challenging is part of nurturing.
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Hours of daylight as a function of day of the year and latitude (Source: u/harpalss on reddit.)
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We need to expand our definition of WHO is a mathematician... Mathematicians are...? What would you say? #Math #Math4All @amyalznauer @MakeMathMoments
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I 100% agree with Daubechies about this.
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Congratulations to the USA team for their achievements at the International Mathematical Olympiad! Every team member medaled, taking home 4 golds and 2 silvers, including Luke Robitaille, who ranked 3rd overall. AoPS is so proud of our students for all their hard work!
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"Code is there to explain the comments to the computer" — Andy Harris
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Replying to @mpershan
A favorite Thurston quote: “Geometry is the user interface of mathematics"
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Your mathematician name is: Your first name + Your last name
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The plot thickens...
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Pixar: How did you get past security? Me: *out of breath* I have such a good name for a Ratatouille sequel, Rata- Pixar, sighing: Rata2ille? Me: -touille 2 oh man yours is so good
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All maths is advanced maths. From the perspective of your student, the maths they are learning now is the most advanced maths they have ever learned. Give them the credit they deserve.
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ME: my reward? simple. put a grain of rice on the first square of the chessboard. on the second, double it, and so on. KING OF NEVADA: very well. one ME: not so fast! you are about to learn a valuable le- KING OF NEVADA: twooo ME: cmon man KING OF NEVADA: foooooooooooooooou
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