you know, that redheaded math teacher (pronounced mih-KAY-liss) Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't lose. #MTBoS #kindnessmatters
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Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
My eyes were wet from start to finish. I thought of being little in a big world & watching my son's first tries at this mad game. ESPN's Open to the NHL season is beautiful. I didn't expect to cry today-this is stunning. There's nothing like this sport. We at ESPN love the sport as you do. ❤️ Enjoy.
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
When I start teaching complex analysis on Monday, I've been wondering what to say to my class about why math is still worth studying in the age of AI.
Here is Francis Su's (@mathyawp) answer: studying math develops human virtues like tenacity and creativity.
With the start of the semester just a week away, here’s what I decided to say to my upper division math course about how AI will or won’t change what they’re learning…
The Enduring Value of Math, in an Age of AI francissu.substack.com/p/the…
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
Sine and Cosine waves are...nothing but the shadows of a spinning circle.
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
This is the central problem with higher education in the age of AI.
We can't require students to do take-home writing assignments (e.g. term papers) any more, because most will cheat and have ChatGPT or Claude or Grok do the writing.
But we can't teach critical thinking, rationality, perseverance, & scholarship without requiring writing assignments that they work on -- researching, drafting, editing, revising, polishing -- over a period of days or weeks.
The result may be a whole generation of students who can't really write, or think, or articulate what they really believe and value, and why.
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
We practiced with caskets that were stored outside our barracks building. To simulate the weight of honored remains, we’d toss several full sandbags into the belly of the casket and then, for hours, we’d go through our exact movements.
Over and over and over.
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Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
Tomorrow (Thursday) at 4 PM. @MoMath1's Meet a Mathematician. Meet Dr. Eric Cooper who works for the NBA on game integrity. How do you use data to ensure no cheating? Come and learn from Eric! RSVP: momath.org/meet-a-mathematic…
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
[THREAD] This is the first year since I started teaching #apstats four years ago that I won't be teaching the course. This feels like a nice time to share a few @Desmos activities I've polished up. Going for quality over quantity here. #statschat
Three activities below... [1/n]
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
Feel-good anecdote: many of you remember the story of Christopher Jackson, who reached out to @mathyawp from about learning math from federal prison, and helped inspire #MathForHumanFlourishing.
hmc.edu/about-hmc/2021/01/06…
Francis sent me an email, saying that Christopher...
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Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
Here I am math tweeting on vacation but I can’t stop thinking about this…can a number theorist answer this for me? I hear people complain about how 2 is the only even prime and messes things up at times. 1/
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
Joseph Gilston, president and owner of the Elias Sports Bureau, wrote a piece detailing how sports stats have evolved, Elias' central role through these changes, and what's next for the company. Give it a read here! esb.com/blog/evolution-sport…
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
A puzzle posed by my wife Barbara: two people climb a staircase and then climb an escalator. One person rests a minute on the staircase and the other rests a minute on the escalator, but otherwise they climb stairs at the same rate. Who is faster or are they equally fast?
Jennifer Michaelis retweeted
The Sum of Squares, with a geometric proof 🧱🧱🧱
bit.ly/2XosrKO (by Mathematical Etudes)
#math #science #iteachmath #mtbos #visualization #elearning #geometry