{"id":2319,"date":"2016-10-01T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/blogonmathblogs\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2016-10-01T10:27:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T15:27:03","slug":"the-mathematical-tweet-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/blogonmathblogs\/2016\/10\/01\/the-mathematical-tweet-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mathematical Tweet Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was a twitter skeptic for a very long time. And now my love affair with twitter is so deep, it’s hard to even remember what my reservations were in the first place. I first joined in 2013, compelled by my hard-tweeting cohort of the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship<\/a>. And what I discovered was the most pleasant online community of mathematicians and educators chatting all day about…well, math and education! <\/p>\n

I get some of my best lesson plan ideas from Twitter, I learn about new math research papers, I get links to every possible math blog in the universe, and perhaps most relevant to you, I get all of my ideas for this blog. So I wanted to take this week to tell you about some of my favorite math tweeters and hashtags.<\/p>\n

So first things first, a few hashtags to get you on your way. <\/p>\n

This week the MAA hosted the #loveyourmath<\/a> challenge. Tweeters posted on a different topic each day of the week, including, favorite math puzzles<\/a>, proudest math moments<\/a>, and mathematical arts and crafts<\/a>. I didn’t find the challenge itself particularly inspiring, but if you’re new to the medium, it’s a good introduction to the mathematical twittersphere. <\/p>\n

When I’m looking for fun problems and puzzles, I love to peruse the tweets on #mathchat<\/a>. It tends to skew more towards K-12 teachers, but there are fantastic videos and links to technology and lesson ideas<\/a> that I would never otherwise find. <\/p>\n

Now on to people. At the very least, you can follow the big mathematical societies. I frequently check in with the AMS<\/a>, the MAA<\/a> and the AWM<\/a> to see what they’ve found on the internet in a given week. <\/p>\n

If you’ll forgive the blatant log rolling, my co-blogger Evelyn Lamb<\/a> maintains a highly entertaining twitter account. She also wrote about her favorite mathy ladies on twitter<\/a> for her blog at Scientific American several years about. <\/p>\n

Mathematicians and tweeters John Allen Paulos<\/a> and Marcus du Sautoy<\/a> were listed among Science Magazine’s top 50 science stars of twitter<\/a>. Other top mathematicians who tweet are Steven Strogatz<\/a>, Laura Albert McLay<\/a>, Matt Parker<\/a> and Hannah Fry<\/a>, to name just a few. <\/p>\n

Some of my favorite math tweets over the years have also come from the collective hive mind behind The Aperiodical<\/a>: Christian Perfect<\/a>, Peter Rowlett<\/a>, and Katie Steckles<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Finally, there are accounts that are dedicated to spitting out intermitted math facts just when you need them most. Like Algebra Fact<\/a>, Prime Numbers<\/a> and the not exactly mathematical but still fun in a mathy sort of way, Wolfram|Alpha Can’t<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So here are just a few ideas to get your started. Happy tweeting! <\/p>\n

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