Twitter as a tool to learn mathematics: what potential and what issues for the teacher and for the researcher?
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Although the use of social media is an integral part of our social life, the main function of this tool does not seem to be learning. Taking the particular example of Twitter, however, there are initiatives, still uncommon, to learn differently. This practitioner article has two parts. As a first step, we look at the potential of Twitter from the perspective of professional development (Larsen, 2016, Larsen & Liljedahl, 2017), for both the teacher and the researcher, to learn, network, argue then develop digital skills (essential for the 21st century). In a second step, we share our teaching and research experience to identify the potential and challenges of Twitter to learn math in high school. It will include opportunities to do mathematics differently and push the boundaries of the class, which is of interest to both the teacher and the researcher.
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