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Posted on July 17th, 2012
I’ve spent a week using Twitter as part of the digifoot12 MOOC I’m participating in. I can see how teachers can find twitter a useful tool as part of their PD. One gem I’ve walked away from this last is coming across Keith Devlin’s Mathematical Thinking MOOC he is planning for the fall. I’ve already emailed my Principal, Guidance Director and Department Chair about how I’m thinking of having my precalculus course participate in it, provided the content is appropriate for them.
Where do I need to go now to leverage Twitter into a tool that I use in a regular basis as part of my professional growth? I need to research what hash tags my fellow math teachers are posting to. I’ve found plenty of teachers and some discussions about mathematics but nothing so far (aside from Keith Devlin) that is intriguing.
One Twitter tool that proven to be useful is tweet deck. I like the interface and the way it can be customized.
I’ll keep looking and researching connections for the rest of the summer. I’ll see what comes of it.