I use a lot of Apple technology in my curriculum development + I like the people in Apple’s education group + My doctoral interests include communities of practice online = I applied for membership to the ADE program.
They required a video, which I’m posting because a) it’s a 90-second summary of my curriculum adaptation process and b) I introduce Apple to you folks somewhere around the 1:15 mark. I have plenty more remarks – most grateful! – about what the education blogosphere has done for me as a person, as a teacher, and as a worker, but I can summarize 90% of them by reminding you that last week a reader e-mailed a tip about a product which I turned into a WCYDWT math activity which caught the eye of the brand manager of that product who eventually supplied all of us with the company’s internal data on that product.
I don’t really understand that, but I love it.
ADE Application Video – Dan Meyer from Dan Meyer on Vimeo.
2011 Mar 01: I’m in.
2011 Aug 27: If this is something you’d like to show around, let me link up a download for you [hi, lo].
41 Comments
John B.
February 8, 2011 - 9:02 am -Good luck! If you’re not an ADE, then something’s gone awry at Apple!
RudeDude
February 8, 2011 - 9:50 am -If Apple were to listen to public opinion, I would vote. Excellent 90 second summary!
Scott Elias
February 8, 2011 - 10:59 am -Nice work, Dan. Best of luck to you!
David
February 8, 2011 - 10:59 am -Great application video Dan. I like how you’ve summed up your teaching style and how the technology helps you accomplish your goals.
Mathew
February 8, 2011 - 11:45 am -Great job on the video and good luck with your application. I think you did a good job of distilling your methodology into 90 seconds and explaining the tech tools as secondary to your curricular needs.
Canye
February 8, 2011 - 11:58 am -Wish all the best Dan. .Good luck with your ideas and hardwork! Don’t forget to pray:)
Phil
February 8, 2011 - 12:38 pm -Good clean video, Dan. Best wishes and keep up the good work.
Alex
February 8, 2011 - 4:42 pm -I hope you make it to the ADE program, you deserve it.
Cathy
February 8, 2011 - 7:30 pm -Great summary of what you do. As an added bonus it is another example we can share with teachers to demonstrate how to take textbook problems and make them more engaging. Appreciate the explanation of how you used technology to make this happen. Good luck with your application!
Alex Eckert
February 8, 2011 - 7:34 pm -Phenomenal buddy, and thanks for including us. No one deserves it more…keep us posted!
Nathan Cashion
February 8, 2011 - 8:50 pm -Very impressive. Absolutely love what you’re doing with your curriculum and the effort you put forth to use technology in appropriate ways.
Yarone Goren
February 8, 2011 - 10:37 pm -Dan,
Great video.
TIP: You should improve your mic setup. I assume you have a simple mic or a headset/mic combo. I can hear lots of pops and not-so-good audio distortions when you talk.
Buy a Shure vocal microphone and an AudioBuddy pre-amp. The voice quality will be vastly improved. About $150 total.
Peter
February 9, 2011 - 12:04 am -I hope for some strange reason Apple goes stupid and rejects you. And then Google snaps you up instead.
barefootmeg
February 9, 2011 - 7:03 am -I haven’t taught math in over a decade and I’ve got to admit that the technology you’re using here makes me drool. I love how you can take a real world shot, bring it into the classroom, and slow it down to talk about it. And the applets… that’s where the drool really kicks in. *stops to wipe the corners of mouth*
Back in the day we had overhead projectors that gave you headaches to use, mimeograph machines that left you smelling like chemicals, and textbooks that were very clear on the fact that the real world and math rarely if ever intersected (unless there was a north bound train heading for a south bound train…).
I love seeing the stuff you come up with, even if I no longer have the opportunity to use it in a classroom. Well done.
Kathleen
February 9, 2011 - 7:17 am -I hope you get in. Your work is awesome.
Rick Scheibner
February 9, 2011 - 7:49 am -Awesome! Looking forward to what comes of all of this. The sky’s the limit for you.
Chris Smith
February 9, 2011 - 10:37 am -Brilliant…as ever.
Telannia
February 9, 2011 - 10:40 am -As everyone already stated, you are definitely going to get in. I have always wanted to be an Apple Distinguished Educator. They get a lot of perks. Unfortunately, this year, I don’t have the time to apply for things. Between math department chair, yearbook sponsor, technology development co-leader, national board process and a few other things I remember only when someone tells me, I have very little time to apply for some of my goals. ADE, google certification, Texas instrument instructor and smart educator are on my list. And yes just in case anyone is wondering, I do know how to say no just some things didn’t work out like I thought. Working on changing that now!
Caren
February 9, 2011 - 11:02 am -Dan,
Good Luck! If they don’t take you, I don’t know WHAT they are looking for. Hope you get it!
Wendy
February 9, 2011 - 12:44 pm -Good luck Dan…from what I’ve seen, ditto to the commentary above. Apple would be lucky to have you.
I’ve only found you recently but your blog and posts have truly been inspirational. I was a teacher for 12 years, left, and am headed back to the classroom in the fall. I look forward to reading more and just wanted to say thanks for being an inspiration to educators.
Lastly, this was passed along to me from our Assistant Superintendent today…if you haven’t already seen it, thought you might enjoy, although I’m not sure that’s the right word.
Laura
February 9, 2011 - 7:44 pm -You are it.
Randy
February 10, 2011 - 3:28 pm -I continue to be impressed with your work Dan. Good luck.
Jen Des
February 11, 2011 - 2:19 pm -Good luck, Dan!!! If I could choose the winner – you’d be the one!!!
ClimeGuy
February 12, 2011 - 8:00 am -If you should lose, I would love to see your competition. I look for your kind of stuff all the time and rarely find anything even remotely resembling it. So if Apple (aka Lakers) don’t sign you there’s always the Heat.
Chris Betcher
February 12, 2011 - 4:38 pm -Awesome video Dan, really fabulous. You should be a shoo-in for ADE.
Moreover, I wish I was in your maths class!
Hecto
February 12, 2011 - 5:39 pm -That is a wicked maths lesson. Great creativity and work ethic on your behalf. Lucky students!
Mel Gibb
February 12, 2011 - 7:36 pm -You are exactly what I would think an ADE would be! Good luck with the application.
Tony
February 15, 2011 - 1:34 pm -Hi Dan – I really liked your video for the application. Do you have a tutorial anywhere on the process for undertaking the basketball mapping recording?
Dan Meyer
February 15, 2011 - 1:41 pm -Sure, Tony, right here.
clew
February 16, 2011 - 3:44 pm -Great video. Great lesson. Hope you gain membership – you deserve it!
cheers
Christian Long
February 16, 2011 - 4:34 pm -Well worth the 5+ year wait to see this vid produced, Dan.
If ADE has its game together, they’ll just leapfrog you into the ‘adjunct faculty lounge’ and call it a day. Clearly you represent the best of what ADE stands for regardless of the application process, but it certainly does seem as if they’d be well served to bring you into the mix.
M. Walker
February 16, 2011 - 5:40 pm -Apple should rename their Distinguished Educator program the Dan Meyer program! Well done!
Chris Lehmann
February 20, 2011 - 10:31 am -Late to the party here… but yeah.
Spot-freaking-on.
90 seconds to change the world.
Josh Bootz
February 28, 2011 - 9:52 pm -Excellent! nail on the head.
TAS
March 1, 2011 - 3:56 pm -Both the lesson and video are very well done. Did you get accepted into the ADE program for 2011?
Dan Meyer
March 1, 2011 - 4:53 pm -I’m in.