Today we bring on our old friend Alex Overwijk from Ottawa Ontario who shares his teaching journey and transformation from a pretty typical high school math teacher to an engaging activity based thinking classroom advocate! 

In our discussion we learn the answers to how to engage your students with activity based learning, why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so important, why you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom, how to draw senior students in to your lesson when the concepts are abstract, and why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.

You’ll Learn: 

• How to engage your students with activity based learning. 
• Why finding a teaching partner who is willing to make change with you is so important
• Why you should be “all in” on a Thinking Classroom. 
• How to draw senior students into your lesson when the concepts are abstract. 
• Why we should assess and evaluate with more than single unit tests.

Resources: 

World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion

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Episode 35 – Visible Learning: An Interview with John Hattie

Episode 30 - The Most Effective PD You’re Not Doing

SlamDunkMath.com

Twitter https://twitter.com/alexoverwijk

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