I decided to participate in a math twitter chat. I never tried a twitter chat before, so I was not sure what it was all about. I tried several different math chats to just try and see what the chats were about, and if it was something that interested me. I never really tried to talk about mathematics before it was always computing problems in class not really taking about interesting things to do with math in the classroom or different ways to solve problems.
When in the chats I came across a blog that someone had shared. It was about teaching math in the classroom. It introduced different ways that mathematics can be taught in different topics being covered. When you open the blog you will see different topics and ways of teaching that topic. This could be very helpful in my teaching career because it can introduce different ways to cover a topic so everyone can understand it. After looking through the blog I realized that Problem-based learning in a key aspect to teaching mathematics in the classroom.
Even though a twitter chat is not the first thing I would gravitate towards I actually ended up enjoying it. I learned some new facts and ideas about teaching math. I came across a great blog that I probably would have never found if I was not apart of the twitter chat in the first place. I think I might join some more interesting twitter chats in the future, especially when I am a future educator.
