Mathematics educators on Twitter
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 play on the hashtag "#winning" but named for 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