Today we speak with our good friend and colleague David Petro. David is the Math Coordinator for the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board in Windsor Ontario Canada, the current OAME President, and Ontario’s resident math lessons curator. David has been  actively sharing resources on his website and on twitter for years. 

We chat with David about resource sharing, online learning, what his favorite activities are, and how you can get started with them! 

You’ll Learn: 

1. How reflection can help educators and students consolidate learning. 
2. Are there merits to homework? How should we structure homework to be meaningful. 
3. How to find math resources for your classroom. 
4. How to use twitter to maximize your professional learning 

Resources: 

Ontariomath.blogspot.com

http://ontariomath.blogspot.com/p/podcasts.html

OAMETalks Podcast

Twitter: @davidpetro314

Datasets: http://found-data.blogspot.com/ 

Engaging-math.blogspot.ca

Datasets: founddata.blogspot.ca

 

Listen in: https://makemathmoments.com/episode47

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