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Twitter is home to one of the most active [[online communities of mathematics educators]].
Intro, nature of the community, patterns of use
Intro, nature of the community, patterns of use



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Twitter is home to one of the most active online communities of mathematics educators.

Intro, nature of the community, patterns of use

Organization

Asynchronous following structure, chats, lists, ill-defined boundaries

The MathTwitterBlogoSphere

Origins, Explore MTBoS, TMC, presentations and promotional efforts

Use at Conferences

Twitter's real-time, chronological nature makes it ideal for following an ongoing event like an educational conference. [Say more, include reports/stats from prior conferences]

Twitter Hashtags

Hashtags (named for the use of the #, or "hash" symbol) are commonly used on Twitter to make it easier for users to find messages related to a specific theme, content, or event. They were first suggested by Chris Messina in 2007 and inspired by the use of channels on IRC networks. As hashtag use evolved, Twitter adopted them into the service by making them links that trigger a Twitter search, making it easier to follow a hashtag that signifies an ongoing conversation without the need to follow all the users contributing to that conversation. Users often use hashtags informally to express some context or feeling about their tweet without trying to label that tweet as part of a larger, ongoing conversation. For example, math teachers may use the hashtag "#nguyening" as a form of the hashtag "#winning" but associated with the Twitter-using math teacher Fawn Nguyen.

Chats

  • #SlowMathChat -
  • #MathChat -
  • #probchat prob=problems, not probability!
  • #iledchat
  • #colchat
  • #MSMathChat -
  • #ElemMathChat -
  • #Spedmath -
  • #Edchat
  • #Edtechchat
  • #CCSSchat - Common Core State Standards Chat
  • #educoach

Conferences and Events

  • #NCTMBoston
  • #ShadowCon
  • #TMC15
  • #PiDay

Other Uses

  • #educolor (educators of color)
  • #Stem
  • #mathsTLP
  • #tmwyk - Talking math with your kids <---Did I solve this one on my own?
  • #wcydwt
  • #INB
  • #dok
  • #SBG, #SBAR

Affordances and Constraints