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Mike Deutsch

@mdeutschmtl.bsky.social

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Edu tinkerer and connector. Math & CS pedagogy. @mdeutschmtl here and elsewhere. Montréal.

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 25d

My specialty is taking the talk-heavy instructional routines that work so well in K-8 math and using them in K-8 computer science (where they are an absolute *revelation*). My #NCTM session is a hands-on tour of those. I love showing math teachers (often CS-adjacent) how well they work. 🤓

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Ayaan Kazerouni @ayaankazerouni.org · 6h

The CS department at Cal Poly is looking to hire tenure-track professors in two searches.

Come with work with us!

General position: jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...

Data Science (within the CS department): jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/55...

Cal Poly - Details - Assistant Professor - Computer Science and Software Engineering (AY 26/27)

jobs.calpoly.edu

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Someone just mentioned this to me, but in CS. Can track it down if helpful.

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Is this why I found my first NCTM so 💖-filling? Because the whole family tree is there at once, and they’re all just so good and easy to talk to? 🥹

Kim Montague @kimmontague.bsky.social · 2d

#mentors

Three women standing together speaking into a phone to record a podcast.

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

YESSS, gang… we will teacher-move until every teacher move in the book has been moved. #MathRoutine #mtbos

Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 @sneffleupagus.bsky.social · 2d

Just like before, I'm saying it on social media for accountability...

THE MATH ROUTINE COLLABORATIVE IS COMING BACK!!!

Mark your calendars for January 2026!

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

This was a terrific series of slides! So simple, but such good fodder for planning & discussion.

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

This is a great idea… but ok if we get some sleep first? 😅🥱 What a week!

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, right there with you. 😅 Two for me today: an animation that didn’t animate and a missing thank you. New personal best! ✨

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

And honestly, *every* one of these brilliant people is doing something I want to steal.
I mean borrow.
Definitely Borrow.

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

There are some people that are just fun to have in your session cuz they’re smart and thoughtful and active and up for being stretched. Thanks, @sneffleupagus.bsky.social 🤗

Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 @sneffleupagus.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so so so so happy to see @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social this morning. 😍 #NCTMATL25

Mike stands at a podium next to his presentation. Sensemaking routines for K-8 coding class.

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Hahaa, it’s not just me?! 🤣
Every time I was with Shelby your name came up. Stalking accepted, & back at ya! 😶‍🌫️

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 3d

Ah. Apparently the plan is:

- Get your talk accepted at the conf that’s the source of your ideas 💖
- Let 8 months go by
- Exhaust yourself in the happy, nerdy buzz of that conf
- Collapse in your hotel room
- Wake up at midnight
- THEN finalize your presentation for the final morning.

🫠

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 3d

[infomercial voice]
Has this ever happened to YOU?

Me: Oh! You do [my niche] too? Cool! I’d love to show you my take on it! Come to my session VERY EARLY ON THE LAST DAY of the conference. 🤗

Them: Um, can’t. Not sticking around.

Me: Oh. 😔

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

... and the chain of thought you were shown is just LLM self-chatter, right? Not made of any different stuff than the rest of it.

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

"... folks will give you their speculative guesses as to why ChatGPT 5 gave [an incorrect result]. But these are all made up rationalizations after the fact. ... No one can predict when or how AI will fail for a given prompt without running the prompt." 💖

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Declining to answer, out of respect for its boundaries. Refreshing. 🙃

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Not bad—a rather selective 2 for 2, ones whose authors/speakers I’d seen and liked. T-shirt from one, materials from the other. (Ok, I grabbed a few stickers too 😜)

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Haha, yesss 🤣

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

FedEx a few blocks east. Used it yesterday. Not open super late.

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Is there anything in the world so simultaneously exciting with promise and dreary with mediocrity as a tradeshow floor?
(Apropos of nothing…)

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa... 😅 a whole first day of #NCTMATL25 and I've got pages of notes, dozens of pics, plenty of handshakes and hugs and "awesome to see you"s and "your work is amazing"s ... but I haven't made a single bsky post? Have I lost my touch!? #not2018anymore #mtbos

Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely, clear column there -- and a welcome callback to the cogsci ideas I learned in 90s undergrad. Great pull quote: "Right now, it feels as if Big Tech is throwing general-purpose A.I. spaghetti at the wall and hoping that nothing truly terrible sticks."

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Cal Armstrong @calarmstrong.bsky.social · 5d

I read ~10,000 teacher prompts they made to #AI
At #NCTMatl25 Friday @ 1pm, come hear what I learned about how and why math teachers use #AI for their classes, and how that can improve your use.
#mathed #mtbos #onted

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Ann Elise Record @anneliserecord.bsky.social · 5d

So excited to be speaking at #NCTMATL25 in Atlanta! Thurs, Oct 16 | 9:45-11 with my friend Kim Rimbey. Our session, Subtraction is the Achilles Heel But Don’t Need to Be provides answers to help all children understand subtraction. #NCTM #MathEd #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat

Ann Elise wearing shirt that says Be like subtraction and make a difference.

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Annie Fetter @mfannie.bsky.social · 5d

Hey #NCTMATL25! Want to start your conference with some math thinking? Join me at 8 am Thursday (yes, in 8.34 hours) to explore dynamic quadrilaterals. Were you at #NCTMGameNight? My session’s in the same room.

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Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl.bsky.social · 5d

It is! Starting small, but with hopes of helping lots of folks make sense of code, together. ☺️