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By: Blogotwitterversphere « Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere

Blogotwitterversphere « Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:02:04 +0000

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By: John Scammell

John Scammell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:27:23 +0000

I am in the same boat as Renee. I, too, am enjoying reading your blogs and the links you tweet, but you have blocked me on Twitter. I don’t tweet much (I’m old – almost 40) myself, but if you could add me back, I’d really appreciate it. I am a high school math consultant in Alberta, Canada, and I have really enjoyed exploring the links to other sites that you provide. Perhaps I should have chosen a less suspicious sounding name on Twitter. I go by thescamdog, and if you could let me follow you again, I’d appreciate it.

By: samjshah

samjshah — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:47:36 +0000

Epp! Renee, don’t be sad. I was deleting all the companies and spambots that were following me and I probably blocked you by accident. I think I unblocked you, but let me know if you aren’t.

By: Renée Ashton

Renée Ashton — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:12:49 +0000

I’m sad. I’ve been reading your blog for the last two months and have loved your postings and I guess I should have commented on something way before now. I’m also a younger calculus teacher, trying daily to inspire my students. I joined Twitter just because you’ve talked about it multiple times and you blocked me from following you. I hope you allow me to follow you again soon.

By: How BlogBuddies became Friends « Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:33:10 +0000

[...] became Friends 2009 November 12 by samjshah I’m not gonna rehash my “why twitter” post, but I have to say that twitter has added something new to my life, something I [...]

By: samjshah

samjshah — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:08:45 +0000

@colleenk: Here here! I must say that I don’t feel like teachers at my school are apathetic. (I do teach at a fancy independent school in NYC.) But we all are so busy together that when we hang out, it isn’t to really delve into lessons. I mean, we ask each other advice when planning, but we never really do the rest. I mean, working in any school, you mainly want your colleagues to vent to and to hang back with and have a bit of normalcy. So we don’t have a culture of obsessing over lessons. And I’m happy about that. Hence why I love the online peeps! And why you do too!

@Sarah: definitely expand on it. This was me just throwing some stuff out there! (And thanks.)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:17:06 +0000

Sam, you beat me. I hadn’t figured out what my post trying to explain the blog/twitter community was going to be, and then I read it here. I may try to expand on a few, but really, you summed it up.

By: colleenk

colleenk — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:10:42 +0000

I can really identify with reason number 8. In my teaching environment, I’ve been surrounded by people who have little interest in their work as teachers. And, unfortunately, this rampant apathy was beginning to have a negative effect on me. Finding people online who are as passionate and, in some cases, even more passionate than I am has been energizing for me. I can have conversations here that are impossible to have at school. I can share ideas for activities and projects and get enthusiastic responses in return; something that almost never happens during my work day. Blogs and Twitter are a daily, hopeful reminder that there really are like-minded people in the world and that I’m not alone in my thoughts and actions.