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Jonathan Bi on AI in education
Jonathan Bi's video about AI in education is well thought out (and equally thought provoking).

Nathan McLean
Mar 301 min read
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So you want to be a high school maths teacher
Yesterday I received an email confirming I am now officially proficient at teaching high school maths.

Nathan McLean
Jan 103 min read
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Is first year teaching a bit of a bludge?
Not too long ago I made the second video in my "bludge" series, where I put my (not weird at all) penchant for meticulously tracking my...

Nathan McLean
Jan 26, 20241 min read
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Seriously, what is math?
Recently I've been reflecting on a discussion about project-based learning and whether we should be attempting it in our classrooms ...

Nathan McLean
Mar 26, 20223 min read
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This is why we need great math teachers ...
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Nathan McLean
Nov 5, 20210 min read
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Tangential musings of a pre-service teacher
I recently had a moment of revelation where I discovered just how much I'd already learned about teaching since starting my MTeach.

Nathan McLean
Jul 22, 20211 min read
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Is heading back to uni a bit of a bludge?
Now that Semester 1 of my MTeach is finished, I thought I'd take a look at the data and see just how intense the workload was.

Nathan McLean
Jul 9, 20211 min read
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Why Maths Must Change
Here are my thoughts on the joint statement recently issued about the proposed changes to the Australian maths curriculum.

Nathan McLean
Apr 16, 20211 min read
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How much coronavirus is there in the world right now?
Do you believe that all of the world's coronavirus particles could fit into a single can of Coke?

Nathan McLean
Mar 18, 20211 min read
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Math is not the enemy
To be a good math teacher, do you need to have been a good math student? What other assumptions do we have about maths? Are they correct?

Nathan McLean
Mar 14, 20211 min read
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What will I make as a teacher?
I've just survived the first week of my Masters of Teaching program, and one of the key lessons was learning what I would make as a teacher.

Nathan McLean
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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100 questions ... Tick, boom!
Earlier this week I clocked over my 100th question since starting Tick, Boom!

Nathan McLean
Feb 5, 20211 min read
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Victory!
This week I officially enrolled in the Master of Teaching program at Sydney Uni, despite the bureaucratic death loop I was faced with.

Nathan McLean
Dec 5, 20204 min read
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Why I started Tick, Boom!
What made me want to work out the answers to other people's math problems for free? Read on to find out ...

Nathan McLean
Nov 12, 20202 min read
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