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#ClassroomMath #mtbos

I think I’m going to start reading ***math teacher blogs*** again. But so many of the ones I used to follow have become fallow —so I’ve deleted them and now I have almost none left. Maybe I’m one of the few left (and I know I’ve posted very little since the pandemic started).

Do you still read math teaching blogs?
Do you still write a math teacher blog?

I’m throwing together a very simple spreadsheet looking for blogs/people to follow! I’d love if you add yourself or anyone you read!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Wfulfw1wq17y8oNBDBLGv3EPh2L7OORFLMQLacWPZU/edit

Math Teacher Blogs that are semi-active or active in 2023

Sheet1 Blog address,Name of Author (if known) <a href="https://samjshah.com/">https://samjshah.com/</a>,Sameer Shah <a href="http://pershmail.substack.com/">pershmail.substack.com</a>,Michael Pershan <a href="https://fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/">https://fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/</a>,...

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Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

Tagging @mpershan @jreulbach since I know you two are still writing (see post above)

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

#ClassroomMath #MTBoS

One last and final boost to this!

Anyone out there a math teacher who has a blog they still currently write on (even sporadically)? If so, I’d be so grateful if you added your blog to this spreadsheet.

And if you read any math teacher blogs that you enjoy, again, I’d be so grateful if you added them to this spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Wfulfw1wq17y8oNBDBLGv3EPh2L7OORFLMQLacWPZU/edit

Math Teacher Blogs that are semi-active or active in 2023

Sheet1 Blog address,Name of Author (if known) <a href="https://samjshah.com/">https://samjshah.com/</a>,Sameer Shah <a href="http://pershmail.substack.com/">pershmail.substack.com</a>,Michael Pershan <a href="https://fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/">https://fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/</a>,...

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Colin the Mathmo Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah I'm not a maths teacher, but I have a blog that I write very sporadically that contains material that some teachers might find useful.

Should I be on the list?

Perhaps with strong caveats ...

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

@ColinTheMathmo for sure add it! And feel free to add the caveats. I’m using this to start reading blogs again — And at worst if someone posts things I’m finding hard to follow, I can always unsubscribe… (And so can anyone using the list!)

I’m excited to see all these new blogs!!!

Thank you!!!

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah @ColinTheMathmo
I follow several "mathematician" blogs (vs. math educators)

Jim Propp Mathematical Enchantments https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/

Dave Richeson @divbyzero https://divisbyzero.com/blog-division-by-zero/

@johncarlosbaez Azimuth https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/

@phonner writes often for Quanta, so his stuff is some math, some math ed
https://mrhonner.com/

Also, @aperiodical aperiodical.com leads me to some other non-math-ed folks.

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monthly writings in and around mathematics by James Propp

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

Here are some math ed folks I subscribe to that are outside of US:

Amie Albrecht @nomad_penguin
Wonder in Mathematics https://amiealbrecht.com/

David K Butler @DavidKButler https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/maths-learning/

Jo Morgan mathsjem on TW
https://www.resourceaholic.com/

John Rowe How I Teach Maths
https://mrrowe.com/

Craig Barton mrbartonmaths on TW http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/

Colin Foster https://blog.foster77.co.uk/

Miss Konstantine @giftedHKO https://mathshko.com/

Wonder in Mathematics

[verb] + [noun]: Wondering about and creating wonder

Wonder in Mathematics

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah AND one of my favorites is Paula Krieg's https://bookzoompa.wordpress.com/
Paula is a paper artist who is always looking for the math-y angle on things, so much of her blog is concerned with the intersection of paper arts with teaching math concepts.

She is currently doing a series on tangrams.

Playful Bookbinding and Paper Works

Chasing the Paper Rabbit

Playful Bookbinding and Paper Works

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

@KarenCampe Oooh Ill add these to the spreadsheet soon. But you are absolutely welcome to just throw anything on there that you think would be interesting to me (or other math teachers)!!!

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah There might be more, I have to look through my blog subscriptions. THANKS for organizing.

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah How did @benleis get overlooked?
He writes Math Off the Grid at https://blog.mathoffthegrid.com/

Math off the grid

Blog about my experiences running a math club.

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

@KarenCampe just added him! thanks!

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah Also Nat Banting and Christopher Danielson and Ben Orlin. They don't blog incredibly frequently, but I want to hear what they have to say when they say it.

Sam Shah Jul 19, 2023

@KarenCampe haha I just closed the spreadsheet to work on other things! But feel free to add them in!

Karen Campe Jul 19, 2023

@samjshah
Another great source which isn't a blog but is a weekly newsletter sent out by Chris Smith in Scotland. He is aap03102 on TW and you can sign up by emailing that handle at gmail.
Problem of the week and other math-y things in your inbox on Fridays.
#ClassroomMath #MTBoS

Mike Pierce Jul 20, 2023

@samjshah You could include mine in there:

org.coloradomesa.edu/~mapierce2

Karen Campe Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah read my new one posted today!
"Shout Out for Squares!"
https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/shout-out-for-squares/

Shout Out for Squares!

Squares are among the first shapes children learn, and there is so much mathematical meaning to unpack in later years. Read on for my shout outs for the geometric, numerical, and algebraic wonders …

Reflections and Tangents

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@KarenCampe haha I actually did already!!! I should have tagged you too! Can you add blogs (including your own) to the spreadsheet??? You are like queen of the math teacher internet - on fb, Twitter, mathstodon, etc.!

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah hubs asked me this week if we are going to do Blaugust this year... Not sure I'm up for that but maybe a weekly challenge to reignite the community like you did with the virtual conference?

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok ooh want to plan something together? I love the idea of once a week. That feels manageable!

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah not sure... But with the renewed community here, it would be a decent time to try to get blogging back up as well

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok let me know if you are interested after you think on it then! I’m totally game since getting back to blogging is on my goals! ❤️

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah I think it's a great idea. My biggest concern is just time... I go back in 3 weeks, so not sure how much time I would have to help with planning. I would definitely participate though!

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok understood.

Is your thinking one blog post a week for all of august? And we have sample prompts to help people if they can’t think of what to blog about? I think I can easily pull that together - and we can post about it here with a hashtag? Any other thoughts before I pull something together?

It kinda reminds of me this except the goal of the project isn’t to start blogging but to get back to blogging. https://samjshah.com/2012/08/06/new-blogger-initiation-pledge-by-tuesday-august-14th/

New Blogger Initiation! Pledge by Tuesday, August 14th.

An Idea! For a few weeks now, I have had this idea bouncing around in my head. A new blogger initiation! All it involves is writing four blogposts. There will be no hazing of any kind, except for t…

Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah I had totally forgotten about the NBI!!!

I loved reading those blogs and writing a short summary!

But yes, I was thinking a post a week wouldn't feel overwhelming but that's literally as far as I had thought about it until you posted about a blog reader.

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok i forgot too until I started thinking—this sounds familiar!!! Shoot any random thoughts my way as they strike you.

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah would a theme of the week be easier than coming up with sample prompts? I've never done a theme but just thinking out loud

Sara Vaughn Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah I don't mean to butt in here, but I love the idea of the push to blog! I need that time to think out loud. I was also wondering about a slow chat for non-bloggers or anybody. Maybe a blog seems like too big of a commitment, but a slow chat is doable. Maybe you all hate chats. Having more characters here may make that appealing. I am going to blog though.

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@vaughn_trapped @samjshah it's not butting in when the convo is completely public! 😁😁 I think you bring up a valid point and for some people, responding to a prompt here might be less overwhelming. It's also a good way to build community as can be seen in the prompts Sam and Julie have posted

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @vaughn_trapped got it! do you see the chat as different from the prompts Julie and I are pushing out? I don’t do many slow chats so I don’t know much about them.

I was hoping to continue the prompts into august - and plan on getting them more mathy/teachy soon since we’re just now starting up community and wanted people to meet informally. So maybe that would work? Or are you imagining something different?

Sara Vaughn Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah I think your prompts really are slow chats. Maybe the only diff is a timeline structure, like the 2nd, 12th and 22nd of each month or each Sunday noon a new topic or question goes up. I think it's just really the name that's different. Maybe we can invent an entirely new word for this platform. BTW, I would never chat or respond to a prompt on FB.

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@vaughn_trapped i love a timeline structure. Right now it’s been random but I can be better about that!

DBeth Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah @druinok @vaughn_trapped I personally like the prompts here. Committing to writing a blog, even though I have one set up, feels intimidating to me. For some reason, writing something here in shorter form seems more approachable. Maybe because it feels like a conversation here, whereas a blog feels like me putting a bunch of energy trying to formalize something that I'm unsure anyone is going to read...or care to read.

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@DamionBeth @druinok @vaughn_trapped great!!! Helpful!!!

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@DamionBeth @samjshah @vaughn_trapped I think there are benefits to both. I agree that a chat format is less intimidating, but it also feels less permanent and maybe generates conversation in the moment. A blog post feels like a fuller reflection that can be revisited and shared later. I think both of them have their place as a part of professional growth.

DBeth Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah @vaughn_trapped Good point about the permanency of a blog. Even though I haven't written one in a few years, I will still go back from time to time and see what I wrote to see where my mindset was at that time. It is a nice avenue to use to go back and reflect. I just personally feel like I'm not a writer or journaler, so it's out of my comfort zone and takes more time and energy for me.
I find conversations suit me better, so that's probably why I gravitate more to this format. I can get input from others, reflect in the moment, and respond. A blog, for me, feels like I'm just talking to myself in space.

Tommaths (he/him)Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah I don't post exclusively on maths teaching, but most of what I post has some relation to maths education, at least tangentially. Not sure if this, erm, 'counts' for your purposes?

https://tommaths.blogspot.com/

◼️ Tom⇒maths

Maths educator with many and varied interests. Guitarist, writer, reader, human being. Interested in freelance opportunities, or just a chat.

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@TeaKayB sure! Add it in!

Tommaths (he/him)Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah done, thank you!

Elishevacarl Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah Sarah carter, lots of great games and reading: https://mathequalslove.net/blog/

Blog | Math = Love

This two-page set of notes has students compare two methods of finding the distance between two points on the coordinate plane: the pythagorean theorem and the distance formula. It is designed for Pre-Calculus students who have seen both methods taught in previous courses. In my many years of teaching pre-calculus, I have found that students …

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druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah Just dusted off The Old Reader to see what's out there... Thanks for trying to reinvigorate our community!

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok it was depressing when I saw all those amazing blogs and resources were DEAD and I had to delete them. I started with @k8nowak and continued from there.

But now I’m excited to have fewer and the Dawn of a new era.

Haha I clearly am delusional. I can’t tell if this is one last hopeful gasp for this community I’m losing or a hopeful beginning to create something new and exciting. I guess only time will tell!

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah @k8nowak Exactly - I can't delete Kate's blog.. it was one of the first I followed!

Raymond Johnson Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah @k8nowak My blog isn't very active, but at least I've added a few posts in the past year from when I was at #NCTM in LA.

https://blog.mathed.net/

In my RSS reader, I see posts in the past 30 days from @jreulbach, @ablinstein, John Golden, and Dave Gale, but it's generally pretty quiet. It feels like we might have as math #mathed podcasters as steady bloggers at this point.

MathEd.net

MathEd.net is a blog about mathematics education. Other topics include ed policy, open access to research, tech, and education in Colorado.

Sam Shah Jul 15, 2023

@raymondjohnson @druinok @k8nowak @jreulbach @ablinstein ooohh great! I just added it

Kate Nowak Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah 🥲

Notphlogiston Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah @k8nowak my blog still exists, but hasn’t been updated in a looong time (partially due to district restrictions) :-/

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah did you post this on Twitter as well?

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@druinok @samjshah i didn’t! I don’t really go on Twitter. I did randomly go on yesterday for one last plea for others to join.

If you’re still on Twitter will you post it there???

druinok Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah done!

David K Butler (Uni of Adel)Jul 14, 2023

@samjshah I don’t know if I count, but my blog is here and I do about six a year. https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/maths-learning/

Making Your Own Sense

Making Your Own Sense

Sam Shah Jul 14, 2023

@DavidKButler @samjshah definitely! Please add it in!

Geoff Jul 15, 2023

@samjshah I am hopeful that once I complete my dissertation I'll have the motivation to blog more. I've a few posts rattling around in my head I'd like to get out there. I think my last post was on april

Sam Shah Jul 15, 2023

@geoffkrall yessss! I hope you added your name and blog address to the spreadsheet. That way if it do get back to it, I’ll get to see what you write!!!!

Marissa G Jul 15, 2023

@samjshah maybe if I add myself to the list I will be more motivated to post this year. 🙂 Thanks for making this happen!

Sam Shah Jul 15, 2023