Hey everyone,

This week I followed the #alg1chat that took place this weekend, and I have to say I learned a lot about some great tools teachers can use involving math. This week’s topic was the use of games in the classroom to motivate learning and was overall really good. There were many people throughout the U.S. asking questions, giving answers and opinions, and collaborating on what role games play in the class. Being a math major, I was particularly attracted to this chat, and I was really glad to learn about some great resources. One of the resources that I liked in particular was tweeted by David Wees (http://davidwees.com/content/teaching-probability - @davidwees), and was actually his personal education website.

What I really liked about his resource was that it was geared towards the material I was looking for and actually gave me some great ideas. Specifically, his tweet was to give a suggestion for a probability game that would get students engaged and motivated them to learn about probability. Throughout the chat, people asked whether others agreed or disagreed with the use of games to introduce a topic, and for the most part people felt that games helped their students a lot. I personally would agree that games do in fact get students involved and excited to learn (for the most part).

So, to sum up my experience with Twitter and PLN’s, I think they are a wonderful tool that all educators should consider and incorporate into their teachings. I have to say, I have learned about more tools and resources this semester than any other in school so far. By using twitter these past few weeks, I have gained useful knowledge that I know I will be able to use in the near future and will make me a more effective teacher. Attached below is my initial post on #alg1chat. Also, my twitter handle is @cardonajairo93 in case you cant make it out in the screen shot. I hope to see you all on this chat on Sundays 8-9 Eastern Time.

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