math+social+objects

=Social Math Objects=

Examples of math social objects
A slide show you are welcome to use for your sites and blogs:

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Definitions of social objects in general
The term "social object" comes from social network design theories and practices.

By Jyri Engeström: "The object as the reason people connect with each particular other and not someone else." media type="custom" key="4092285" By [|Hugh MacLeod]: "Social Networks are built around Social Objects, not vice versa. The latter act as "nodes."

By [|Martin Weller]: "Content only matters to the extent that it acts as a social object. This means that your content has to be good //social content// - this is not necessarily the same as what we usually think of as good academic content. For instance, content that may be imperfect is often good for encouraging others to participate, or content that is contentious may be better at stimulating debate. The very hard lesson for academics here is that the educational value is not in the content itself but the social interaction it begets.

**Example of a social, collaborative project**
By Ihor Charischak One of the best math/science collaborative projects on the planet! Students from around the world team up to recreate Eratosthenes's remarkably accurate measurement 2200 hundred years ago of the circumference of the earth using only sticks, shadows and a zest for experimenting! Watch a [|6:33 minute Youtube video] of Carl Sagan telling the story of how Eratosthenes did it. For details on how to involve your students visit the project's [|website] - //posted 2/18/10//

July 15, 2009 notes
Slightly edited (comments about other topics removed) part of the Twitter event on July 15, 2009. Complete transcript here. media type="custom" key="4115537"

July 8, 2009 notes
Slightly edited (comments not directly related to social math object removed) part of the chat during July 8, 2009 "Where is Math 2.0?" event. [|Complete transcript here].

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