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@everton137
Yes, me. Not every week, but most weeks, I write a mini-thread about Maths - #MathsMonday - because I've seen enough #disinformation #misinformation on #Wikipedia to know the only true way to spread the word is to have a place where no-one else can back out your literal textbook quotes (notably the Wiki Maths pages in question never cite any actual textbooks 🙄 ). Here's an index thread of everything I have posted so far... https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/110968910722113903

everton137

@everton137@social.vivaldi.net · 3 days ago

Are there any teachers using #Mastodon or other #Fediverse tools, such as blogs, for educational purposes?

I started working as a software developer in 2006 to build a social networking platform for one of the largest universities in Brazil. One of the main goals was to share knowledge via blogs and discussion forums, and I think there were quite a few positive use cases.

While doing research in physics, I moderated an online forum on Orkut* with more than 15 thousand members, together with some other physicists. Even professors began engaging in the discussions, which were sometimes at a high level, and they helped students who wanted to pursue an academic career or become teachers. I found the experience quite positive, mainly for students - it was forbidden asking for doing their homework.

This could be a good use case for non-addictive social media and set a good example for its use in education. This is in contrast to Big Tech social media, which is harming our youth.

* Orkut was a social network of Google, quite popular in Brazil in the early 2000s.

#Education #Physics #Brazil #Blogs #BigTech #SocialMedia #Youth

💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱

@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social · 3 days ago

💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱

@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social · 5 months ago

@ricmac
I'm pro-facts, and anti-AI because I'm also a #Mathematics #teacher and #AI is horribly bad at doing Maths (can't reason). Students (or anyone at all) should NOT be using AI to learn Maths (or do their homework)! I just posted today about how AI is bad at tutoring. I run 2 (intermittent) series here, #MathsMonday and #FactFriday

Related: Programmers are also horribly bad at Maths, as evident by almost every e #calculator in existence gives wrong answers. See https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111164851485070719

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