Episode 2508: Dan Meyer - career thus far (math ed blogging, Desmos technology, Amplify)

About this episode

Dan Meyer discusses his career in mathematics education, including his experiences as a teacher, graduate student, and blogger.

Dan Meyer from Amplify discusses his career thus far in mathematics education, including his work as a teacher, as a graduate student and blogger at Stanford University, and with Desmos instructional technology. Dan's old dy/dan blog Set of Three-Act Math Tasks "Math class needs a makeover" TED talk List of episodes

People in this episode

Host: Samuel Otten

Guest: Dan Meyer

Topics covered

• mathematics education
• teaching
• blogging
• instructional technology
• Desmos
• Amplify

Keywords

• Dan Meyer
• Amplify
• Desmos
• math education
• blogging
• TED talk
• Stanford University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amplify, Stanford University

Products: Desmos

Books & works: Math class needs a makeover, Set of Three-Act Math Tasks

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