I was
able to attend Twitter Math Camp 2017 through the financial support of MCTM and
the Karen Longhart Memorial Scholarship.
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| Montana Stars: Jennifer Brackney, Tony Riehl, and Kerry Gruizenga |
Twitter Math Camp is awesome
professional development that happens each July. This year’s conference was
held in Atlanta, Georgia, July 27th-30th. During this
three day meeting, 200 of the countries most innovative and passionate teachers
gather to share their best ideas with one another. Over the three days,
educators participate in an intensive 6 hour training in a topic of their
choice, as well as 1 hour sectionals, 30 minute sectionals, discussion groups,
10 minute “My Favorite” presentations as well as a whole group keynote
presentations each day that address broad topics in mathematics education.
There are also lots of social opportunities to get to know teachers from across
the country including TMC Trivia Night hosted by the Montana delegation.
The
difference between TMC and most PD offered is the ongoing learning and
conversations throughout the year through Twitter and the hashtags #TMC17,
#MTBos and #iteachmath and well as the relationships that are built during the
conference. This was the second TMC that I have attended and I hope to continue
to be able to attend each summer as I always come home with lots of new ideas
to try in my classroom. If you are interested in attending with me next year,
let me know - @jwbrackney on Twitter. TMC18 will be happening in Cleveland,
Ohio, July 19-22. Registration usually opens in February with presenters
getting first priority.
