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good description of new to twitter and math people to follow

"Okay, I may have done the math wrong. But whatever the number is, it's a bunch of very cool and useful Twitter feeds. Grab a couple or three of them and expand your Personal Learning Network."

This is a list of teachers, coaches, and educators involved in the Math Twitter Blogosphere. The MTBOS is an extremely active and rich community of individuals looking to improve and refine their own math instruction. This document contains an excellent collection of blogs and twitter handles worth sharing with your math teachers.

"Twitter has offered me an intellectual community I otherwise lack. It cuts the distance, both geographic and hierarchical. Not only can I talk with people in other places, but I can engage with people in different career stages as well. A sharp insight posted on Twitter is read, and RT'd (retweeted), with less regard for the tweeter's resume (or gender or race) than it might be if uttered at, say, a networking event. Social media is a hedge against the white-shoe, old-boys' networks of publishing. It is a democratizing force in the literary world."

For adding twitter feeds to a blog, this is the place to do it. Ignore all the WP plugins. h/t to Jim Groom

Comprehensive list of Twitter ed chats and times.

Not the best article but some interesting ideas/research to explore.

links to 75 different twitter forms- some interesting ideas 

"This game is HARD. It took me at least 10 minutes before I even made it past the first pair of pipes. And it's not just me who finds the game difficult. Other folks have taken to Twitter to complain about Flappy Bird. They say the game is so difficult, that the physics must be WRONG." This is a really interesting application of logger pro. And just downright fun.

"My hope is that I'm providing a starting point, not an end point, with each post. I never know for sure if what sparks my own curiosity will kindle a similar fire with readers, but if it does, I want readers to be able to pursue the subject beyond the confines of my short posts and tweets. The history-pics accounts give no impression of even knowing this web of legitimate, varied historical content exists. Given their huge follower counts, this is a missed opportunity-for their readers, and for the historians and archivists who would thrill to larger audiences for their work." This is why I love "The Vault," and why anyone interested in history should explore its contents every once in a while. I've found great starting points for lessons here. And thinking about it, I know there's a lesson somewhere in this article too. I just don't know exactly what it is yet.

h/t Dan Meyer via Twitter

This is a Google Custom Search Engine for the "Math Twitter Blogosphere." Basically, this tool will search numerous blogs from math teachers, coaches, and other other educators from around the world. Type in your content and check out the ideas that appear.

"Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought."

"Add "Would You Rather?" to your bookmarks. Phrasing math problems in terms of "Would You Rather" is simple and brilliant. I love this framework for three reasons:" Interesting framework for solving math problems. This post links to a resource of "Would you rather" problems that could be useful in a variety of different math courses.

"When we sit down to try thinking up new ideas, it doesn't feel like we're connecting things. It feels like a strain-like you're trying to create something out of nothing. But the truth is, ideas really do come from connections." Intereresting article that can be applied to the way teachers plan AND the experiences that students have in the classroom.