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Math in the Media

While we’re at it, here’s another prompt we wanted to start off with: tracking mentions of math found in news and other media outside the classroom. As I referenced in an earlier post, this pandemic has thrust lots of statistics, charts, graphs, and calculations into the public eye. If you see any interesting articles, graphics, etc. related to math, go ahead and post a short description with a link and/or screenshot under the tag “Math in the Media.”

I’ll get the ball rolling with an interesting article I saw today on one result of the worldwide lockdowns that I hadn’t previously considered.

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Socially Distant Activities

Post author By Nat Markey
Post date April 4, 2020
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With so many people discovering new hobbies or rediscovering old ones in the midst of this pandemic, Sarah and I thought a great first prompt for this blog would be #sociallydistantactivities. Just make a quick post about any activity you or someone you know has taken up while stuck at home and throw on the “Socially Distant Activities” tag under the “Tags” menu.

Here’s an example of my own isolation-induced pursuit: the other day, inspired by boredom, nostalgia, and a log cabin-like house I passed on my run, I broke out my childhood Lincoln Logs and started building a village.Hopefully, with a couple more months of social distancing, I can craft a Lincoln Log metropolis, though I suspect I’ll run out of logs first.

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Extraordinary

The Williston faculty is extraordinary. Yesterday morning we joined together in our first virtual meeting of the year and it was full of energy, enthusiasm and hope. We are realistic about what we’re experiencing and what’s to come, but we haven’t changed an iota of who and what are (amazing) or our focus (our students).