I am not sure that Twitter is for me! What I mean by this is that I cannot make myself keep up with twitter regularly. I cannot find things to tweet (other than the fact that I won Roll Up the Rim this morning! Yay!).
What I do like about Twitter though is that I have found a lot of math teachers to follow and they post really interesting things sometimes. For example Dan Meyer posts really fun real life math problems. My favorite was this post!
I also like Twitter when I am coaching Special Olympics because SOM has a very active Twitter account and they often tweet out results and pictures from provincials and national games in real time.
Even though I don't think that I will keep up with Twitter in my personal life, I would still like to use it in the classroom. I've said this before but I love that it allows students to connect with experts outside of the classroom. It also teaches students to be brief with a maximum of 140 characters. Sometimes in math you get explanations that are paragraphs but don't really say anything. I think it would be cool to have students explain concepts in a twitter format. Brief but concise!
Woo roll up win! I like your idea on explaining math concepts in twitter form, never thought of using it for something like that. It would be a great way to get rid of students rambling on and helps them get straight to the point.
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