Thank you for joining me this afternoon. I know you had some say in where you spent your time today, and I'm grateful that you decided to spend some time with me, even though the title of my presentation was cryptic.

Let me begin by telling you about how I first encountered the Marshmallow Challenge:

I was an English major in college, and I love to read. Until about 5 years ago I would have said I mostly read novels, but in recent years I've shifted so much of my reading to the internet. For about the last 5 years I've been a voracious blog reader, and near the end of last year, I started to use twitter as a way to find other content. My blog reading is a mix of personal and professional interests, while my twitter account is almost exclusivlely professional.

I read so much from so many sources that I can't be sure where I first heard of this activity, but I was instantly intrigued. At the time, I was teaching the course that is now called PACE. At the time it was called AAS, and there were K and L sections. I had some fun kids in my K class, and I was often looking for ways to change up the way I taught the material. I saw the marshmallow challenge as a great jumping off point for discussions about group dynamics and personality colors.

After I did this activity for a few semesters with my classes, I realized that it's a great vehicle for lots of discussions, and I hope that we can have a discussion today about how this activity can help us to think about our instructional practices.