Teacher Identity Video

Here we have an example of a university math professor. University math? Sounds boring. Not with this professor. Matthew Weathers captures his students attention periodically throughout the year by playing a bit of a prank on them. He has been organizing and performing these video escapades for a few years now. The performances can get a little drawn out but what I like about this one in particular is that he relates the math content to the joke. His students were learning about complex numbers so the lesson was taught simultaneously by the real professor and the imaginary professor.

I appreciate professor Weathers as a teacher because he cares about his students and his content area, he is can laugh at himself, he puts ample time into planning lessons, and he uses creative methods to incorporate humor and content into his instruction.

Check out some of his other videos on his YouTube channel, MDWeathers.