In the past times year, Twitter has expire ane of my favourite things. I'm non embarrassed to acknowledge that I expect at Twitter when I wake upward inwards the morn together with earlier I expire to bed at night, together with many times throughout the day. Why? It's partly because I don't desire to immature adult woman whatever ideas that could brand me a improve maths teacher. My career is of import to me together with I'm eager to learn. It's besides because at that topographic point are some people on Twitter who I consider to move friends, fifty-fifty though I may receive got entirely met them ane time or twice. I value their opinions together with I appreciate their support.
Twitter is a bright house for teachers. It's such a shame that at that topographic point are huge numbers of teachers who receive got non even together with then discovered it. I dear Twitter for the collaboration, the banter, the support, the inspiration together with the camaraderie.
So who to nominate? I dear everyone on Twitter. Even the people that tin ship away sometimes move a chip rude, or grumpy, or aggressive, or arrogant. Any instructor who shares teaching ideas is a superstar to me. Here's a alternative of my favourites maths tweeters, inwards no detail order:
1. @solvemymaths
Ed is a teacher, a instructor trainer, a PhD student, a puzzle writer, a resources maker together with a blogger. He is creative (have you lot seen his Maths Mr Men?!), innovative, techy, resourceful, clever together with really funny. Maths teachers on Twitter volition move forever grateful for his bright #mathsTLP idea. His puzzles are splendid - a challenge for maths teachers together with students alike - together with his blog is a must-read.
2. @tessmaths
Julia is lovely. Twitter tin ship away move a cliquey place, sometimes unkind together with confrontational, just Julia is form together with friendly to everyone. She has loads of sense inwards maths educational activity together with is a regular presenter at maths conferences together with events. Julia has lots of creative ideas, is ever upward for a lively give-and-take together with is total of enthusiasm.
3. @srcav
Cav writes ane of my favourite maths Long Live Stem together with Leaf). I dear it when Cav together with the bright Colin Beveridge disagree (see Colin's post service The Mathematical Pirate together with the Formula Triangle) - they both challenge my thinking, which is just what I need.
4. @MrReddyMaths
Bruno Reddy is total of enthusiasm together with positivity. He has clear ideas most what maths educational activity should expect similar together with is on a crusade to convince us all of the benefits of mastery. His post about designing a mastery curriculum has been a cracking help to many. Bruno is a knowledgeable together with insightful tweeter together with blogger. He is besides the creator of the fantastic Times Table Rock Stars, which my students absolutely love!
5. @aap03102
Chris Smith is the entirely someone listed hither who I haven't had the pleasance of coming together inwards person. He lives inwards sunny Scotland, together with then it may move a spell until nosotros meet. Chris is a pop speaker at conferences - I'd dear to attend ane of his workshops. Chris produces an outstanding weekly newsletter which is ever packed total of puzzles, jokes, mathematical trivia together with teaching ideas. It's good worth subscribing to. Chris tweets extracts from his newsletter together with besides lots of interesting mathematical bits together with pieces.
Finally, here's the materials I've been told to stick at the terminate of this post. Now, a drinking glass of vino awaits...
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#TwitteratiChallenge?
In the spirit of social-media-educator friendships, this summertime it is fourth dimension to recognise your most supportive colleagues inwards a unproblematic blogpost shout-out. Whatever your reason, these 5 educators should move your 5 go-to people inwards times of challenge together with critique, or for verification together with support.
Rules:
There are entirely three rules.
- You cannot knowingly include someone you lot operate amongst inwards existent life.
- You cannot listing somebody that has already been named if you lot are already made aware of them beingness listed on #TwitteratiChallenge
- You volition postulate to re-create together with glue the championship of this blogpost together with (the Rules together with What To Do) data into your ain weblog post.
There are 5 to-dos you lot must purpose if you lot would similar to nominate your ain listing of colleagues.
- Within seven days of beingness nominated past times somebody else, you lot postulate to position colleagues that you lot rely regularly go-to for back upward together with challenge. They receive got instantly been challenged together with must human activity every bit participants of the #TwitteratiChallenge.
- If you’ve been nominated, you lot must write your ain #TwitteratiChallenge blogpost inside seven days. If you lot practise non receive got your ain blog, try@StaffRm.
- The educator nominated, that agency you lot reading this must either: a) tape a video of themselves (using Periscope?) inwards continuous footage together with denote their credence of the challenge, followed past times a pouring of your (chosen) potable over a drinking glass of ice.
- Then, the potable is to move lifted amongst a ‘cheers’ earlier the player nominates their 5 other educators to participate inwards the challenge.
- The educator that is instantly (newly) nominated, has seven days to compose their ain #TwitteratiChallenge blogpost together with position who their top-5 go-to educators are.
