@ColinTGraham Hello everyone and welcome to today's #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:01:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76438290454159360 - #1

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two people. Don't forget the hashtag --> #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:02:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76438543366504449 - #2

@ColinTGraham If you must

mus go over 140 chars... put #mathchat somewhere near the
start! You may want to unprotect tweets for while, if you protect them...
Fri Jun 03 00:04:19 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76439028563574784
764390285635 - #3

@ColinTGraham Today's topic, seems to be popular by the voting..., is: "How do I

promote deep, creative and productive
product mathematical play?" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:05:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76439293723283456 - #4

@ColinTGraham So maybe we should start off with discussing what we mean by

"mathematical play"... any takers? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:06:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76439551744290817 - #5

@cybraryman1 RT @ColinTGraham: Today's topic:"How do I promote deep, creative and

an
productive mathematical play?" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:06:46 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76439644606185472 - #6

@delta_dc Shouldn't all math be creative and all learning playful? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:06:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76439677585985536
76439677585 - #7

@ColinTGraham @delta_dc Ah, "should" ... is it though? We probably all think it "should
be" whether it is or whether
er we put that first... Hmm. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:08:41 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76440130273030145 - #8

@ParrisFund @delta_dc It should be! I think the real question is, what methods/activites
do we use 2 ensure that it's creative, playful, & fun #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:10:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76440563095834624 - #9

@ColinTGraham For example, how does mathematical

mathematical play differ from other types of play,
if it does? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:10:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76440606980833280 - #10

@mrsd5107 I think play means giving the students a math concept to explore and then let
them come up with the questions. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:12:55 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441192765722624 - #11

@teachdig During the next 45 min will be joining #mathchat discussing "How do I promote
deep, creative and productive mathematical play?"
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Fri Jun 03 00:14:02 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441475524722689 - #13

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 OK, here's an area, go explore. Anyone else, got a
'definition' for play? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:14:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441516851208192 - #14

@teachdig @ColinTGraham That was my first question. Is it games or math related

investigation into idea Ss think are fun? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:14:47 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441664163549184 - #15

@mrsd5107 @ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 But explore with

with a purpose like in
science.#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:15:04 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441733642194944 - #16

@teachdig @mrsd5107 So then the #anyqs would fit into this idea. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:15:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441835442143232 - #17

@ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 So you see play as being directed in some way

then?#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:15:42 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441893134798848 - #18

@cybraryman1 Play is defined as behaviour that is freely chosen, personally directed and
intrinsically motivated. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:15:45 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441906242002944 - #19

@thegreatgar #mathchat #play conway's life ... changed me

Fri Jun 03 00:15:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76441924722114560 - #20

@NatBanting @delta_dc Is curriculum juxtaposed to creativity in mathematics?#mathchat

mathematics?
Fri Jun 03 00:16:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442123200765952 - #21

@ParrisFund @ColinTGraham u can use games/sports that kids play everyday, i.e bball,
soccer, etc & turn it into a math learning experience #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:16:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442151877226497 - #22

@mrsd5107 @ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 Play must be "Facilitated" not

directed.#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:16:45 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442156818120704 - #23

@ColinTGraham @teachdig Is fun always related to play, though? Play may always be
fun, but does
oes all fun come from play? Hmm... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:16:56 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442203433615360 - #24

@teachdig @ColinTGraham All fun does not necessarily come from play, but I think play
should have some element of fun. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:17:47 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442416885940224 - #25

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mrsd5107 With play, I have a goal in mind, but I want my students to find the
connections to reach the goal. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:17:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442441787506688 - #26

@cybraryman1 RT @mrsd5107: With play, I have a goal in mind, but I want my students
to find the connections to reach the goal. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:18:57 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442713158979584 - #27

@ColinTGraham I think, for me, the

the key phrase is "personal and intrinsic" as far as play
goes, as per Jerry's (@cybraryman1) definition... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:19:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442850451140608 - #28

@earlsamuelson @ColinTGraham mathematical play can have participants sketching

graphs to describe relationships of any type #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:19:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442931250212864 - #29

@NatBanting @mrsd5107 I agree wholeheartedly with this point. We choose topics for
play and have hypotheses on where it may go. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:19:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76442932445593600 - #30

@ColinTGraham @thegreatgar How does that relate to mathematical play? What type of
change are you talking about? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:20:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443072539541504 - #31

@NatBanting @ParrisFund @ColinTGraham Creating arbitrary mathematics can lead to

more ineffective exercises. Need authentic play #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:20:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443198909714433 - #32

@mrsd5107 When you introduce something new, ie manipulatives,

manipulatives, you must allow time
for undirected play...that is where the excitement starts. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:20:58 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443218551652352 - #33

@earlsamuelson RT @NatBanting @mrsd5107 I agree wholeheartedly with this point.

We choose topics for play and have hypotheses on where it may go. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:21:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443326341054464 - #34

@ColinTGraham @ParrisFund Do you not see that as mathematicizing play rather than
playing within mathematics, though? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:21:24 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443327800688640 - #35

@PatrickatDS RT @mrsd5107: With play, I have a goal in mind, but I want my students to
find the connections
nections to reach the goal. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:22:17 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443550841192448 - #36

@ColinTGraham @earlsamuelson What are you defining as play here, Earl?#mathchat

Earl?
Fri Jun 03 00:22:27 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443592004075520
764435920040 - #37

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @NatBanting @earlsamuelson I have read a lot of your statements this week. we are on
the same page. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:22:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443633359912960 - #38

@thegreatgar @ColinTGraham #mathchat conway's life introducd me to a mathematical

play with rules that led me to learn how to program. math changed me
Fri Jun 03 00:22:44 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443666037747714 - #39

@ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 The "try and break it" approach which some people use
with software or apps, maybe? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:23:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443824477577216 - #40

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham @ParrisFund I think mathematizing is dangerous. Broccoli

and cheese. Take "boring math" smother it in cheese sauce. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:23:48 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76443933848256512 - #41

@earlsamuelson @ColinTGraham students can sketchsketch silly graphs and then describe
what they represent #mathchat Maybe that's not how you're defining play??
Fri Jun 03 00:25:01 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444236932849664 - #42

@mrsd5107 @ColinTGraham Yes... how else can you then learn the finer concepts
unless you have time to experience it with your senses. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:25:06 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444261897347072 - #43

@ColinTGraham @thegreatgar The discovery of a rule-based

rule based environment that produced
apparently random effects, or the fact that maths underlay it #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:25:19 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444314691043328 - #44

@NatBanting @cybraryman1 Then we must "play" math differently than say,

say baseball.
Ball has a set of rules we act in, doesn't math as well? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:25:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444350493626370 - #45

@ParrisFund @ColinTGraham Not really a bad thing,...showing how math, regardless of

how trivial or grand, is in inclusive in everything #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:25:36 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444386589814784 - #46

@earlsamuelson @NatBanting .......good to know someone is! #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:25:41 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444407078985729 - #47

@mathmurd RT @mathchat: In 30 mins #mathchat:: "How do I promote deep, creative

and productive mathematical play?"
y?" #gtchat #elemchat #kinderchat
Fri Jun 03 00:26:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444574041653248 - #48

@NatBanting @earlsamuelson I think that "personal graphs" are a great

gr tool to begin to
understand functions. Play comes from choice #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:26:36 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444637547593728 - #49

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @ColinTGraham @earlsamuelson Well I basically go along with the idea that play doesn't
have to have a purpose or final outcome... unlike a game. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:26:55 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444715918176256 - #50

@thegreatgar @ColinTGraham to me, the fact that such simple rules led to such complex
outcomes #mathchat which i sought to model on a Commodoe pet lol
Fri Jun 03 00:27:17 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444811124686848 - #51

@ColinTGraham @mathmurd #mathchat Is on now! Has been for 25 minutes ;-)

; #gtchat
#elemchat #kinderchat
Fri Jun 03 00:27:27 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76444850920239105 - #52

@kassiaowedekind Math
h play is the topic of tonight's #mathchat!
Fri Jun 03 00:28:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445001265053696 - #53

@ColinTGraham @thegreatgar Oh yes, I remember playing Star Trek on one of those

with character-based graphics! ;-) #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:28:13 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445045628207104 - #54

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham I think Play does have outcomes... just

ju many, and
individualized. It is not arbitrary. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:28:26 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445096849055744 - #55

@teachdig @NatBanting Interesting point. Most games have some sort of rules even
when kids make them up. #mathchat
#mathcha
Fri Jun 03 00:28:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445135814144001 - #56

@mrsd5107 Most "games" were "play" until rules were determined

determined to be needed. Isn't that
like math? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:28:36 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445142327894016 - #57

@earlsamuelson @ColinTGraham ok......I think sketching graphs of silly things can fit
that description #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:28:41 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445162917732352 - #58

@kassiaowedekind Math play was just the topic of a great #kinderchat too for all you
early childhood folks #mathchat #ece
Fri Jun 03 00:29:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445399040274432 - #59

@mathmurd RT @ColinTGraham: @mathmurd #mathchat Is on now! Has been for 25

minutes ;-) #gtchat #elemchat #kinderchat Thanks!
Fri Jun 03 00:29:40 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445407487594496 - #60

@ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 Yes that is exactly the point, but rules can have the "written
in concrete" feeling, should we encourage rule-breaking?
rule #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:29:48 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445443596361729 - #61

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mrsd5107 RT @ColinTGraham: I think, for me, the key phrase is "personal and
intrinsic" as far as play goes, as per (@cybraryman1) . #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:29:54 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445469169025025 - #62

@ParrisFund @NatBanting Very funny analogy LOL But you're not really 'mathematizing',
math is already there, you're just making it relevant #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:29:56 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445476072861698 - #63

@teachdig If play doesn't have to have a purpose or final outcome then how do we best
bring it into class while still reaching standards. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:30:52 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445712954568704 - #64

@earlsamuelson @NatBanting sketching "personal graphs" allows for being creative

crea and
"accidentally" stumbling upon their purpose #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:31:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445759100293120 - #65

@NatBanting @ParrisFund Be careful though. making kids eat fractions(broccoli) by

covering it in a competition or game (cheese) is shallow #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:31:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445903501799425 - #66

@mrsd5107 I think too

o often the rules are taught first which then limits the freedom to play.
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:31:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445902654537729 - #67

@ColinTGraham @teachdig This is the main point of tonight's topic, I think, Dvora. We
recognize that play is important, but .... how to do it? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:31:54 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76445971327877120 - #68

@thegreatgar RT @thegreatgar: @ColinTGraham could there be a universe where our

mathematics is wrong ? how universal is it ??? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:32:05 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446016949325824 - #69

@NatBanting @earlsamuelson and I always have them present. In a artistic symposium

format. The graphs are quite beautiful #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:32:24 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446097928757248 - #70

@mrsd5107 RT @teachdig: If play doesnt have to have a purpose or final outcome then
how do we ....still reaching standards. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:33:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446260344799232 - #71

@mathmurd #mathchat i am a fan of tangents - play allows for directions deeper than first
thought. following the tangent to math reasoning is our joy
Fri Jun 03 00:33:13 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446304380784642 - #72

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham @teachdig How to do it? I say begin with play. Intro
leaves lots of room to explore. Thoughts? #mathchat
Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
Fri Jun 03 00:33:16 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446316858843136 - #73

@earlsamuelson RT @mrsd5107
mrsd5107 I think too often the rules are taught first which then
limits the freedom to play. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:33:27 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446362249605120 - #74

@ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 I tend to view "rules" as the fences around the ground...
depends on whether the kids play in the school yard, field...
field. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:33:29 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446370512371712 - #75

@nykat4 not happy that i am missing #mathchat because of writing reports. :(

Fri Jun 03 00:33:51 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446464049549312 - #76

@teachdig Where to begin the play? With a topic, with a photo, with an idea? Have Ss
bring some things in? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:34:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446588859449344 - #77

@NatBanting @mrsd5107
mrsd5107 @teachdig exactly, we need to play toward a goal. having an
end in sight doesn't mean we are restricting. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:34:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446596107214848 - #78

@mrsd5107 @ColinTGraham @mrsd5107 I think of rules as "guidelines" rather than

fences. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:34:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446605573758976 - #79

@ColinTGraham @thegreatgar Interesting question to ask... is our mathematics wrong?

What if it is? That's exactly what mathematicians do! #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:34:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446645298003968
7644 - #80

@kassiaowedekind @mathmurd Time for math play everyday is a must. Practice

persistance, learn how to be the
e kind of person who "figures things out" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:35:11 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446797769347072 - #81

@delta_dc I think play relates to engagement. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:35:14 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446808842305536 - #82

@mrsd5107 But I also believe in "beg forgiveness" over "ask permission" :-)
: #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:35:16 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446817822322688 - #83

@NatBanting @mathmurd LittleLittle wrinkles arise all the time. Embrace them, and challenge
the students with them. work for advanced kids? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:35:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446854782533633 - #84

@ColinTGraham @nykat4 Boo to reports! You can try and join in on Monday, if you can...
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:35:32 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76446885304479744 - #85

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mrsd5107 Agree! This
his leads to learning! RT @delta_dc: I think play relates to
engagement. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:36:18 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447080255721472 - #86

@teachdig @kassiaowedekind How do you teach that? My current Ss don't like to figure
out the most simple things. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:36:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447140276207617 - #87

@earlsamuelson …cont) determining

dete rules on their own #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:36:42 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447179891412992 - #88

@earlsamuelson #mathchat @mrsd5107 I always have students explore notions through

silly examples long before giving rules.....they usually
usua end up (cont…
Fri Jun 03 00:36:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447183297196032 - #89

@ColinTGraham Is it fair to say we all think

think play is an important, if not fundamental, part
of learning... when the play is personally chosen? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:37:05 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447273822859264 - #90

@NatBanting #mathchat || Are there easier topics to play with?

? I vote estimation and
probability!
Fri Jun 03 00:37:09 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447290449084416 - #91

@Eduware_Inc Almost all creativity involves purposeful play." ~Abraham Maslow

American psychologist 1908-1970
1970 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:37:09 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447293800325120 - #92

@ParrisFund Gr8 point! "rules" sounds very restrictive RT @mrsd5107: @ColinTGraham

I think of rules as "guidelines" rather than fences. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:37:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447297898151936 - #93

@teachdig @earlsamuelson Can you share an example? #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:37:11 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447302507700224 - #94

@mathmurd RT @kassiaowedekind: persistance is key - fail is not a 4 letter

word ,#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:37:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447347273515008 - #95

@mrsd5107 People who want to succeed in every aspect of their life must
mu learn
persistence. Why not give kids a head start? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:38:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447596192862208 - #96

@Eduware_Inc Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning." ~Fred
Rogers American television personality 1928-2003
1928 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:38:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447688337534976 - #97

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @NatBanting @teachdig I wouldnt claim student always play first, but see this example of
mine. http://bit.ly/ieNDr4 #mathchat Probability works great
Fri Jun 03 00:38:50 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447717584416769 - #98

@mrsd5107 RT @eduware_inc: Almost all creativity involves purposeful play." ~Abraham

Maslow American psychologist 1908-1970
1908 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447770906591233 - #99

@teachdig @ColinTGraham I think that I probably don't do enough in my classroom.

Hoping to add lots more next yr as I go SBG. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:20 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447842453032960 - #100

@lookforsun RT @mrsd5107: RT @eduware_inc:

@eduware_inc: Almost all creativity involves
purposeful play." ~Abraham Maslow American psychologist 1908-1970
1908 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:20 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447843283501056 - #101

@delta_dc Agreed! @ColinTGraham: 'Fair to say play is an important, if not fundamental,

part of learning when the play's personally
pe chosen?' #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:40 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447925135347712 - #102

@earlsamuelson @teachdig When introducing linear relations, I graph, with their help,
my 50 km trip to school that morning #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76447961848102912 - #103

@NatBanting @ParrisFund guidelines... do we break the rules? yes... what

w about a graph
with hor-axis
axis of time. Students go "back in time" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:39:58 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448002604146689 - #104

@ColinTGraham I know @jamestanton sees play as one of the 5 elements of what he

calls "Math Genius Thinking" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:40:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448108191563776 - #105

@SmBMSUBronco RT @Eduware_Inc: Almost Almost all creativity involves purposeful play."

~Abraham Maslow American psychologist 1908-1970
1908 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:40:26 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448117427408897 - #106

@mrsd5107 RT @ColinTGraham: I know @jamestanton sees play as one of the 5

elements of what he calls "Math Genius Thinking" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:40:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448233123094528 - #107

@earlsamuelson @teachdig several segments having different slopes representing my

speed through different zones.....leads to domain and range #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:41:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448291944005632 - #108

@mathmurd #mathchat access to play easy in kinder - what challenges for older classes -
what do you do?
Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
Fri Jun 03 00:41:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448364559990784 - #109

@teachdig @NatBanting Thanks for sharing this. I think some areas are def easier than
others 4 math play. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:41:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448484814897153 - #110

@Eduware_Inc "Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the
father." ~Roger
oger von Oech Contemporary America creativity guru #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:42:11 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448557204377600 - #111

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham I find number facts to be playful. p=prime. can pxp=p?

p+p=p? what is p/p? great when you talk about factors. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:42:14 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448573293723648 - #112

@FlyontheCWall RT @mathmurd:
@mathmurd: RT @kassiaowedekind: persistance is key - fail is not
a 4 letter word , #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:42:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448607645077504 - #113

@ColinTGraham Do you think mathematical play is more about playing on an intellectual

level, rather than, say, splashing each other with water? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:42:34 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448654986186752 - #114

@earlsamuelson @teachdig slopes of each line segment on trip represent speeds in

those domains- average speed is slope from start to finish point #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:42:42 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448690084134912 - #115

@kassiaowedekind @mathmurd Older kids can get a lot of inspiration from engineering
eng
that involves math and science. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448775190749185 - #116

@padgets #mathchat hey everybody sorry I am so late last day of school!

Fri Jun 03 00:43:05 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448785093509120
764487 - #117

@FlyontheCWall ;-)) RT @mrsd5107: RT @ColinTGraham: I know @jamestanton sees

play as 1 of the 5 elements of what he calls "Math Genius Thinking" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448816320086016 - #118

@philhart @ColinTGraham Yes, unquestionably. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:43:17 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448835186069504 - #119

@Eduware_Inc @earlsamuelson "People tend to forget that play is serious." ~David

Hockney Contemporary British painter #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:29 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448884662075393 - #120

@mrsd5107 With 5th Graders, we explore the 100 chart to "discover" the "Sieve of
Eratosthenes". #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448921383206912 - #121

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @earlsamuelson @teachdig then it's their turn to work in groups or individually to
represent relationships of their choice #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:45 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448952865665024 - #122

@ColinTGraham @padgets Hi Sharon, playing hookey eh? ;-)

; #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:43:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448971538706432 - #123

@kassiaowedekind Material engineering (designing and testing stickiest glue), civil

engineering (bridge building challenges). #mathchat. Very playful.
Fri Jun 03 00:43:51 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76448977075183616 - #124

@delta_dc MT @mathmurd: #mathchat access to play easy in K. What challenges for

older classes? << only a challenge from rules we impose.
Fri Jun 03 00:44:16 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449082532577280 - #125

@mrsd5107 RT @kassiaowedekind: @mathmurd Older kids can get a lot of inspiration

from engineering
g that involves math and science. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:44:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449161985261568 - #126

@NatBanting @earlsamuelson @teachdig When they don't make sense, discussion as to

why is extremely rich. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:44:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449197007704064 - #127

@k_timms I love integrting children's picture books into math lessons - then let them play
with concepts #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:44:46 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449209892610049 - #128

@teachdig @earlsamuelson Thanks for sharing. Interesting way to work. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:44:52 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449233443635200
76449 - #129

@ColinTGraham @mathmurd I'd say that the play comes from being free to investigate...
I've had success manyy times with paper dart contests... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449298589560833 - #130

@earlsamuelson @Eduware_Inc serious as opposed to my choice of "silly" in describing

the scenarios they choose? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449310262296576 - #131

@mathmurd RT @k_timms: I love integrting children's picture books

books into math lessons -
then let them play with concepts #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:16 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449337017774081 - #132

@ParrisFund RT @NatBanting: I find number facts to be playful. p=prime. can pxp=p?

p+p=p? what is p/p? great when you talk about factors. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:29 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449388263784449 - #133

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mrsd5107 Agree!RT !RT @k_timms: I love integrting childrens picture books into math
lessons - then let them play with concepts #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449404340551681 - #134

@NatBanting @delta_dc @mathmurd I find it very difficult to "play" with algebra. Rules
bog me down... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:45:40 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449434300465152 - #135

@earlsamuelson …cont) extremely rich. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:45:58 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449512901722112 - #136

@earlsamuelson #mathchat Agree! Discussion is critical RT @NatBanting

@earlsamuelson @teachdig When they don't make sense, discussion as to why is (cont…
Fri Jun 03 00:45:59 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449515837734912 - #137

@padgets @ColinTGraham @teachdig

@teachdig yep stayed late to get grades done teacher work
day tomorrow then SUMMER SCHOOL! glutton for punishment #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449550012911618 - #138

@ColinTGraham @thegreatgar The idea of a universal mathematics is used by SETI...

assumes that all intelligent life has the concept of prime no. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449569025695744 - #139

@mathmurd @NatBanting @delta_dc you would love kinder - we do algebra all the time!
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:14 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449576617385984
764 - #140

@Eduware_Inc Science Olypiad is great Fun! Teaches teamwork and

persistance#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449609219706881 - #141

@NatBanting @kassiaowedekind Sometimes time consuming. teachers generally find

that they dont cover enough for their time. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449644137283584
764496441372835 - #142

@mrsd5107 @NatBanting @delta_dc @mathmurd Algebra play..."How Many

Handshakes" to create a formula. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:46:39 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449681835692032 - #143

@teachdig @NatBanting That is always a tricky thing. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:46:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449743991095296 - #144

@FlyontheCWall RT @k_timms: I love integrting children's picture books into math

lessons - then let them play with concepts #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:47:04 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449786697482240 - #145

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @delta_dc @NatBanting @mathmurd
@mathmurd "Rules" or State Standards? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:47:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449890133221376 - #146

@teachdig @padgets Since my yr here does not end till July 8th nothing like summer
school for me. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:47:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449890703654912 - #147

@k_timms @mrsd5107 just found a book in my library called pefect square that @lingy13
@
is using at grade 4 to teach area vs. perimeter #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:47:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76449928859222017 - #148

@padgets @teachdig #mathchat wow long year for you I get done June 24th it is for ELL
students
Fri Jun 03 00:48:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450115828719616 - #149

@ColinTGraham I use paper a lot: origami, tangrams, darts, weaving, cuts,

c pop-up
cards...Oh & Lego (even surly 13yos loosen up a bit with that!) #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:48:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450118370459648 - #150

@earlsamuelson …cont) means I'm not traveling, negative slope means I'm heading back
home #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:48:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450179477291008 - #151

@earlsamuelson #mathchat @teachdig it works to establish understanding of slope,

domain, range, average velocity, etc. Horizontal line segment (cont…
Fri Jun 03 00:48:38 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450183096967168 - #152

@davidwees What MathPickle.com as a way to inject some fun into math problem
solving? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:48:57 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450260196655104 - #153

@FlyontheCWall my fav right now is "the greedy triangle"!!! #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:49:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450286331375616 - #154

@teachdig @padgets Mexico city has a 200 day year but of course grades are due 3
weeks before the end. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:26 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450384922689536 - #155

@NatBanting @delta_dc @mathmurd mainly the procedure to solve once you abstract
abst it.
Standards dont help though #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450390194925568 - #156

@ColinTGraham @philhart How would you promote a more intellectual kind of play in
lessons? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450392053002240 - #157

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mathmurd @ColinTGraham love the lego - tonnes of math reasoning in that - i expect
bionicle would add angle conversation to it as well #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:29 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450397602054144 - #158

@Saskateach RT @cybraryman1: Play is defined as behaviour that is freely chosen,

personally directed and intrinsically motivated. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450419609579520 - #159

@radhikananda RT @mathmurd: RT @kassiaowedekind: persistance is key - fail is not a

4 letter word , #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:49:41 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450448256671744 - #160

@Eduware_Inc Card games for reasoning and probability #mathchat Any one for poker?
Bridge?
Fri Jun 03 00:49:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450456217452544 - #161

@delta_dc Sorry #mathchat gotta run to watch a sunset with @literacygurl - I need play,
too! Enjoy!
Fri Jun 03 00:49:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450498366013440 - #162

@stkalcevich RT @k_timms: I love integrting children's picture books into math lessons -
then let them play with concepts #mathchat
#mathc
Fri Jun 03 00:49:58 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450519811506176 - #163

@mrsd5107 @k_timms @lingy13 Great website for related math picture

books..http://bit.ly/mtGUub #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:50:09 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450563977510912 - #164

@ColinTGraham @delta_dc You too Dave! #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:50:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450575700602881 - #165

@NatBanting @Eduware_Inc Backgammon is awesome for probability with 2 dice.

#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:50:31 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450654519955457 - #166

@mathmurd RT @davidwees: What MathPickle.com as a way to inject some fun into

math problem solving? #mathchat I do like math pickle
Fri Jun 03 00:50:35 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450672442224640 - #167

@earlsamuelson @teachdig the more silly the better.......that's how I define play-maybe
play
my definition isn't correct...... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:50:45 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450715572240385 - #168

@FlyontheCWall @mrsd5107 @k_timms have u seen "Sir Cumference and the Dragon
of Pi" ? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:51:13 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450831020474368 - #169

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @philhart @ColinTGraham Tough one: some kids are just more inclined that way. The
best anybody can
n do is to build an encouraging atmosphere. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:51:14 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76450836967997441 - #170

@NatBanting #mathchat I always look for a way to introduce a topic with intrigue.
Personality helps as well.
Fri Jun 03 00:52:21 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451119303372800 - #171

@ColinTGraham Obviously, or is it obvious?, games have a role in play.

pl Where does
creative play come in, though? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:52:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451155244363776 - #172

@k_timms RT @mrsd5107: @k_timms @lingy13 Great website for related math picture
books..http://bit.ly/mtGUub #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:52:51 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451241571524609 - #173

@NatBanting @Eduware_Inc Let me know when you do, we will go to

vegas....haha#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:53:01 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451287021002752 - #174

@mrsd5107 @FlyontheCWall @k_timms Yes, used all the "Sir Cumference" books this
year with 5th graders. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:53:02 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451289957015552 - #175

@FlyontheCWall @flyonthecwall have u seen "Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi" or
"The Greedy Triangle" #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:53:09 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451319384260608 - #176

@ColinTGraham @mathmurd I use Lego Digital Designer with teens, because some of
them see physical bricks as "kids toys"... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:53:27 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451396156796928 - #177

@padgets @mrsd5107 #mathchat will have to check those books out!

Fri Jun 03 00:53:57 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451520106864640 - #178

@teachdig @ColinTGraham I think creative play gets more difficult at higher levels of
math #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:53:59 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451529116229632 - #179

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham it is tough for Ss to be creative in lectures. Break out, let

them run with topics. Even sporadically throughout #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:54:02 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451541518794752 - #180

@ColinTGraham @philhart Do you think more direction or guidance would help those
kids that don't seem to be going deep enough? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:54:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451687476379648 - #181

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @cybraryman1 My Math Games & Puzzles page: http://tinyurl.com/44225p4#mathchat
http://tinyurl.com/44225p4
Fri Jun 03 00:55:09 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451822923022336 - #182

@mrsd5107 Real world math play makes the learning meaningful and creative. Our 3rd
grade runs Mini Society with their own currency. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:55:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451824793698304 - #183

@k_timms @teachdig creative play gets more difficult when teachers feel rushed to cover
curriculum instead of going deep into understanding #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:55:19 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451863020572673 - #184

@ColinTGraham @NatBanting I've done it with: "How many ways can you...?"#mathchat
you...?"
Fri Jun 03 00:55:23 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76451879256723456 - #185

@mathmurd RT @NatBanting: @ColinTGraham i tough for Ss to be creative in lectures.

Break out, let them run with topics. Even sporadically #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:55:54 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452011473776641 - #186

@davidwees Try www.mathpickle.com Seems you need the www on the one.#mathchat
one.
Fri Jun 03 00:56:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452065282506752 - #187

@padgets #mathchat I love Mangahigh

Fri Jun 03 00:56:24 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452135063138304 - #188

@ColinTGraham Mixed age, yes! RT @mathmurd:... every time a teen comes into the
kinder class, they eventually end up playing - buddy class? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:56:26 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452145238511616 - #189

@philhart @ColinTGraham Yes, Yes, dependent to 2 things: the kid's own inclinations, and the
teacher's/facilitator's skills. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:56:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452175659806721 - #190

@NatBanting @ColinTGraham Myself as well. there is a lack of play tools at my school.

Needs to be basic.thats not always bad #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:56:57 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452273244487680 - #191

@philhart @ColinTGraham Yes, dependent on 2 things: the kid's own inclinations, and
the teacher's/facilitator's skills. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:57:00 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452289921036288
7645 - #192

@teachdig @k_timms totally true. period bells are the enemy of play in any class I think.
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:57:06 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452312150847488 - #193

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @Eduware_Inc Excuse me but I can't help a plug for www.mathmotorway.com. It's free
and fun multiplayer. K-6 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:57:19 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452367167520768
7645236716752076 - #194

@padgets #mathchat hate bells conditions kids to well

Fri Jun 03 00:57:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452391054090240 - #195

@mathmurd @philhart @ColinTGraham are great teachers

teachers not also brilliant
performers ? : ) #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:57:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452412994494464 - #196

@ColinTGraham Ah @philhart raises an interesting point... do we play enough ourselves

during our teaching? What kind of model are we? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:57:36 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452437208203264 - #197

@mathmurd RT @ColinTGraham: Ah @philhart

@philhart interesting point... do we play enough
ourselves during our teaching? What kind of model are we? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:58:05 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452559744798720 - #198

@k_timms @ColinTGraham my old school had built in buddy math time where grade
6/7's played with K/1 buddies - amazing results! #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:58:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452568473141248 - #199

@philhart @mathmurd @ColinTGraham I think so. #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 00:58:17 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452610323910658 - #200

@NatBanting @k_timms The students need to know the play will bridge periods and days.
the are trained to shut off at belltime. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:58:19 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452620608356352 - #201

@k_timms RT @mathmurd:
@mathmurd: @philhart @ColinTGraham are great teachers not also
brilliant performers ? : ) #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:58:28 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452657417564160 - #202

@NatBanting @k_timms @ColinTGraham Even 9-12

9 12 may work. for those of us in
collegiates. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:58:54 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452764330369024 - #203

@Saskateach Play also comes from creating

creating an atmosphere where ss feel safe,
comfortable and engaged. Teachers can create that. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:59:03 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452802284630016 - #204

@mrsd5107 RT @Saskateach: Play also comes from creating an atmosphere where ss

feel safe, comfortable and engaged. Teachers can create that. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:59:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452930521280512 - #205

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @padgets @Eduware_Inc #mathchat mathmotorway on my diigo!!!
Fri Jun 03 00:59:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452929653055491 - #206

@ColinTGraham OK, last few minutes... already! Any final thoughts on promoting deeper,
more productive or creative mathematical play? #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:59:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452944391843840 - #207

@philhart @ColinTGraham (@mathmurd) When I am teaching maths, I sure DO play: it

works with those inclined that way. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 00:59:40 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76452959243866112 - #208

@mathmurd #mathchat every chat talks about the time it takes - if every year k, 1, 2 . . .
takes the time, goes deeper, we will meet standards, . .
Fri Jun 03 01:00:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453082929700864 - #209

@k_timms @NatBanting find time for short periods of play - I used to introduce every new
concepts with short play time using manipulatives #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:00:16 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453108363956224 - #210

@mathmurd #mathchat . . . because we will be creating thinkers not regurgitators

Fri Jun 03 01:00:22 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453137120100352 - #211

@Eduware_Inc "We didn't do anything dad, we just played with blocks." ~My favorite
quote from a little girl who went from "F" to "A". #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:00:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453169370116098 - #212

@ColinTGraham @NatBanting @k_timms A gap of about 4 or 5 years often seems to

work in terms of 'peer' interactions ... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:01:00 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453292900745217 - #213

@Saskateach @ColinTGraham I came late but my last thought would be time. We need
to give students time to get into the math and explore. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:01:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453322516725760 - #214

@mathmurd RT @NatBanting:
tBanting: @k_timms students need to know the play will bridge
periods and days. the are trained to shut off at belltime. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:01:08 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453326434205696
76453326434 - #215

@padgets #mathchat Having chatting this summer?

Fri Jun 03 01:01:29 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453418205585410 - #216

@ColinTGraham Maybe the message we need to get across

across is that play is OK, not just
during 'playtime'... #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:02:10 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453588406251520 - #217

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @k_timms I believe teachers need to model having fun with math so kids can folllow - you
need to love it (or at least pretend to) #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:02:20 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453631079096320 - #218

@Saskateach All to often we try to put time limits on math and get through so much. Kids
don't have time to play just time to get it done. :-(
: #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:02:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453670027395072
7645367002739507 - #219

@teachdig @ColinTGraham Ask students for input on how they might like to play.
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:02:43 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453724511412224 - #220

@philhart @NatBanting
nting @mathmurd My students are *astonished* when I tell them that
we know answers to only a small fraction of math problems #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:02:59 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453795084775424
7645379 - #221

@NatBanting @k_timms I dont think we can pretend. Teachers have to enjoy

mathematical challenge. dont only learn
l topics for your students. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:03:17 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453869076496385 - #222

@ColinTGraham @teachdig Or just say: "Go play!" #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 01:03:18 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453873082056704 - #223

@k_timms @ColinTGraham play is not only OK, but HOW we naturally

naturally learn. If you learn
without enjoyment, it won't stick. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:03:42 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76453975263678464 - #224

@ColinTGraham Well that's it for today! Thanks for playing with me ;-)
; #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:03:55 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454027474374656 - #225

@NatBanting #mathchat || Thanks for another interesting discussion. It has been

be great.
Keep up the great work everyone.
Fri Jun 03 01:04:00 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454048060018688 - #226

@teachdig @ColinTGraham Might have to try that. :) #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 01:04:30 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454177143918592 - #228

@padgets #mathchat thanks for letting me lurk and learn :0) take
take care and tweet you next
time :0)
Fri Jun 03 01:04:37 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454205354819584 - #230

@k_timms tomorrow in class

cl - please just try some aspect of play in math - see what
happens #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:04:48 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454251399888896 - #231

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @mathmurd #mathchat thanks for the topic - one near and dear to me - love to see the
word spread - choir - start singing!
Fri Jun 03 01:04:52 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454268617494528 - #232

@teachdig @ColinTGraham Thanks

Thank for your fab moderating! #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:04:59 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454297205882881 - #233

@ParrisFund Great #mathchat,

#mathchat great ideas & great thinkers! #GoPlay
#GoPla
Fri Jun 03 01:05:01 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454307045720064 - #234

@mathhombre Great experience tonight with a new game for linear equations. Brought
up all kinds of questions and choices. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:05:27 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454415661412352 - #235

@Eduware_Inc “They may forget what you said but they will never forget how you made
them feel.” ~Anonymous #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:05:40 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454468551581696 - #236

@ColinTGraham @padgets We're here all year, rain or shine, Sharon! No summer break
for #mathchat!
Fri Jun 03 01:05:45 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454491368587265 - #237

@k_timms thanks everyone for getting me thinking about math again - I don't teach it
regularly anymore but sure miss it. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:05:51 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454514005250048 - #238

@mathmurd RT @teachdig: @ColinTGraham Thanks for your fab moderating! #mathchat

Fri Jun 03 01:05:53 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454523618598912 - #239

@ParrisFund RT @k_timms: @ColinTGraham play is not only OK, but HOW we naturally
learn. If you learn with out enjoyment, it won't stick. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:06:00 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454550780903424 - #240

@mathhombre Play can generate so many more experiences from which to generalize
than a specific data request or HW set. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:06:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454602253414400 - #241

@Saskateach RT @Eduware_Inc: “They may forget what you said but they will never
forget how you made them feel.” ~Anonymous #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:06:14 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454611539599360 - #242

@ColinTGraham And if you didn't get enough play today, come back for the topic re-visit
re
on Monday. Follow @mathchat for notifications. #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:06:46 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454745111396352
764547 - #243

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?
 @sdroyer RT @padgets: #mathchat I love
ove Mangahigh. So do my students
Fri Jun 03 01:06:49 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454759774683136 - #244

@jmalphy RT @Eduware_Inc: “They may forget what you said but they will never forget
how you made them feel.” ~Anonymous #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:07:12 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454854066831360 - #245

@mrsd5107 Thanks to all who "played" tonight! Really got me thinking! Great moderator
@ColinTGraham #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:07:33 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76454943384547328 - #246

@ColinTGraham And d listen to the #mathmaths live 50th episode spectacular 11 am EDT
4 BST Saturday http://bit.ly/lhqTVV It's a 'biggie'! #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:08:01 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76455060896358400 - #247

@ColinTGraham Archive should be online in 30 minutes or so... see you all next time!
#mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:09:08 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76455342241886209 - #248

@educatorshelper RT @k_timms: I love integrting children's picture books into math

lessons - then let them play with concepts #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:11:41 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76455984016535552 - #249

@samandjt RT @davidwees: Try www.mathpickle.com Seems you need the www on the
one. #mathchat Me: Very Cool. Gonna try it w my kiddos
Fri Jun 03 01:15:07 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76456845916643328 - #250

@coatsea @mrsd5107 @k_timms #mathchat just saw your post about math picture
books Love Grandfather Tang's Story and then online tangram puzzles
Fri Jun 03 01:22:15 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76458640856461313 - #253

@M_Sontag RT @cybraryman1 My Math Games & Puzzles

page:http://tinyurl.com/44225p4 #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:24:25 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76459186959024128 - #254

@nykat4 @ColinTGraham that's great- no reports in the summer! I'll be checking in

wherever I am! #mathchat
Fri Jun 03 01:24:54 +0000 2011 - tweet id 76459307914362880 - #256

Friday, 3rd June 2011 How do I promote deep, productive and creative mathematical play?