Beyond the backchannel: tweeting patterns after two educational conferences

ABSTRACT

Mathematics teachers are using Twitter as a backchannel at conferences. Understanding whether teachers are using Twitter differently at traditional conferences like the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual as compared to new conference models like TwitterMathCamp (TMC) is important. Tweets surrounding the 2015 NCTM Annual and TMC2015 were collected and analyzed to determine the differences in tweeting behavior of the mathematics teachers. Our results showed teachers use Twitter in common ways, despite the attention placed on social media at new conferences.

KEYWORDS:

• Twitter
• conference backchannel
• professional learning

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.