I have tried to keep a bit of a theme to my purpose on Twitter each week. The past 3 weeks have really been spent curating my feed, so this week I wanted to actually spend my time on my feed and see what stood out to me as I scrolled. I also did some unfollowing of accounts that I had originally followed but were not quite what I was looking for in the end.
My big focus this week was finding tangible things and activities that I could use in my classroom this upcoming school year. At first, I had my eyes set specifically on technology and tools that I could use. However, I started realizing that there was much more than that. I was also reminded the technology is whatever tool is needed to accomplish a goal, such as the graphing templates in page projectors. I am still working on figuring out which hashtags consistency will give me activities relevant to my classroom.
I have been trying to spend more time on my teacher Twitter, but I felt like I did not know what I was looking for and that I wasn't really seeing what I needed in my feed. I decided to think about what I needed out of Twitter as an educator and did some research to help curate my feed to make it most beneficial to me. To do this, I did some Googling to find suggestions for accounts to follow. I knew you could search hashtags, but I learned that you can also follow topics similar to how you follow accounts. I was amazed at how welcoming the math education community is on Twitter, welcoming me and giving me suggestions on people and hashtags to follow.
Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) is a former math teacher who has always curated a ton of resources for math teachers. He also works for Desmos (@desmos), which is a very valuable math classroom tool. I have always casually followed him on my personal twitter but have never been very active about engaging or seeking out additional resources or people to follow through him. With Challenge #1, one of the first things I did was go to his page and follow him through my professional Twitter. I more deliberately scrolled through is feed to see what kind of conversations were happening that he facilitated or was a part of. One of my favorite finds from this was The Math Teacher Lounge (@MTLShow). I think my favorite find that I retweeted was an article that he shared about The False Construct of Readiness in Math:
Update: He liked my retweet! I kind of feel like I just got noticed by a (math) celebrity.
Week 4 Summary:
I have tried to keep a bit of a theme to my purpose on Twitter each week. The past 3 weeks have really been spent curating my feed, so this week I wanted to actually spend my time on my feed and see what stood out to me as I scrolled. I also did some unfollowing of accounts that I had originally followed but were not quite what I was looking for in the end.
My 5 Finds:
Week 3 Summary -
My big focus this week was finding tangible things and activities that I could use in my classroom this upcoming school year. At first, I had my eyes set specifically on technology and tools that I could use. However, I started realizing that there was much more than that. I was also reminded the technology is whatever tool is needed to accomplish a goal, such as the graphing templates in page projectors. I am still working on figuring out which hashtags consistency will give me activities relevant to my classroom.
My 5 Finds:
Week 2 Summary:
I have been trying to spend more time on my teacher Twitter, but I felt like I did not know what I was looking for and that I wasn't really seeing what I needed in my feed. I decided to think about what I needed out of Twitter as an educator and did some research to help curate my feed to make it most beneficial to me. To do this, I did some Googling to find suggestions for accounts to follow. I knew you could search hashtags, but I learned that you can also follow topics similar to how you follow accounts. I was amazed at how welcoming the math education community is on Twitter, welcoming me and giving me suggestions on people and hashtags to follow.
My 5 Finds - Week 2:
Week 1 Summary:
Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) is a former math teacher who has always curated a ton of resources for math teachers. He also works for Desmos (@desmos), which is a very valuable math classroom tool. I have always casually followed him on my personal twitter but have never been very active about engaging or seeking out additional resources or people to follow through him. With Challenge #1, one of the first things I did was go to his page and follow him through my professional Twitter. I more deliberately scrolled through is feed to see what kind of conversations were happening that he facilitated or was a part of. One of my favorite finds from this was The Math Teacher Lounge (@MTLShow). I think my favorite find that I retweeted was an article that he shared about The False Construct of Readiness in Math:
Update: He liked my retweet! I kind of feel like I just got noticed by a (math) celebrity.
My 5 Finds - Week 1: