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Alex Romero
@tilefarmer.bsky.social
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Artist, Teacher, Co-Founder of Tile Farm —come by our booth at NCTM! https://tilefarm.com
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Jun 25
I arguably spent too much time this morning trying to make a hat tile bucket of popcorn in Tile Farm Studio.

#iTeachMath #tessellation #tileFarm #hatTile
A bucket op popcorn where the popcorn kernels are based off of the hat tile aperiodic tiling.
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 12h
I wonder what fraction of the area of the circles is overlapping!
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 12h
Feel free to come by the tile farm booth to build something or solve a puzzle!
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 12h
Great meeting you too! Come by the tile farm booth at some point to figure out the cryptogram on my shirt!
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 19h
@tilefarmer.bsky.social it was so wonderful meeting you IRL! You are an amazing person!
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 1d
My dad is doing some serious math on his complimentary NCSM post it notes he got at the conference. He went through the whole pack, here are some highlights:

#NCSM2025 #NCTM2025 #iTeachMath
Post it notes with math equations written on them
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 1d
If you are in Atlanta for NCTM come by the Tile Farm booth! We are debuting our new math talk activity “Tile Talk” which is free and includes a really fun activity called CryptoTiles. Here is a simple kindergarten level CryptoTiles puzzle that says “Atlanta”.

#NCTM #NCTM2025
A cryptographic font where the number of dots in a column corresponds to the letter in the alphabet.
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 4d
Just arrived in Atlanta with these new shoes that I designed using Tile Farm studio. The tessellation on them is related to the truncated squares Archimedean tiling. If you come by the Tile Farm booth at @nctm.org this week I’ll show you how I made them!

#NCTM #NCSM2025 #iTeachMath #Tessellation
Pair of shoes with a swirling tessellation pattern.
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Melynee Naegele @mnmmath.bsky.social · 10d
🎨✨ Math meets art!
Join us for #ElemMathChat
📅 Thurs, 10/9
🕗 8pm CST | 9pm EST
👩‍🏫 Host: Dee Crescitelli
@dcrescitelli.bsky.social
Topic: Math in Art (Beautiful Math)
Let’s talk patterns, symmetry, and the beauty of math in creativity.
#MathEd #ITeachMath #MTBoS #ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 14d
I had a kid who would confront me every day as I was leaving to confiscate my markers in my pockets, sure enough, they were always there
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · 28d
I will participate but with a delay, have to pick someone up at the airport then, but fact fluency is my thing these days.
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 11
I’ll be giving a 5 minute warmup talk for this event tomorrow talking about “subtractagons”. Hope to see you there!
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Dr. Martin Skrodzki @msmathcomp.bsky.social · Sep 11
The #illustratingMath Seminar Online returns for the fall tomorrow: Friday, September 12th, 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern / 5 pm Europe. Nancy Scherich will speak about "Using dance videos to explain knot theory."🕺💃Spoilers here: gallery.bridgesmathart.org/exhibitions/.... See you online tomorrow!
An event poster with the title "USING DANCE VIDEOS TO EXPLAIN KNOT THEORY." The poster features two images: a large one of two dancers and a smaller, circular photo of a presenter named Nancy Scherich. Details about the event's abstract, date, time, and presenters are also included, along with a QR code and a Zoom link: https://virginia.zoom.us/j/97786599157?pwd=jr0dvbolVZ6zrHZhjOSeE2aFvbl6Ix.1
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A8 I think classrooms where math belonged to everyone would be less focused on comparison and more focused on growth. They would feel more like an art or music class where the joy is more in doing the craft rather than worrying about who is doing it best.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A7 I wish there were more metrics we tracked than just standardized tests. If we view meaningful math as a human right, we would also be measuring joy, excitement, growth, and if students every used math in ways to build things, or to solve problems that were meaningful to them.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A6 I think open ended math talks like “Notice & Wonder” are a great way affirm math as a human right for all students, especially those who have been historically marginalized or excluded. Allowing students to bring their own words and experiences to math is inviting and empowering.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A5 I think there are ways to make math exciting and rich at every level. A big fault in a lot of classrooms/curricula is to leave the exciting things in math until after somebody has mastered something. Letting all students have exciting math experiences promotes a sense of belonging.

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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A4 If math is a human right, it is educators’ responsibility to find a way to connect with and reach all students at an appropriate level. It is definitely sad to see any population of students left behind in any subject.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A3 I would define meaningful mathematics as using math confidently to describe something, build something, or solve a problem. I would also say experiencing joy while doing or experiencing math is very meaningful too.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A2 The phrase “math as a human right” make me initially think of having a baseline knowledge that allows you to navigate the world fluently understanding math you encounter. But also experiencing the joy of using math to solve even small problems and witnessing the beauty of math.

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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A1 I value my students having fun, and feeling a sense of accomplishment and growth. I think my students with disabilities value the same things, but also I think being heard and catered to and not left behind.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Sep 5
A0 Excited to be here! I am from NM originally but in Los Angeles now, I am a teacher, artist, and co-founder of the math education app Tile Farm, and have gone for some great bike rides this week.

#ElemMathChat
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Aug 22
Your task aside (text only) I think this is a really fun activity when using the images that combines visual estimation and some arithmetic/problem solving. And if students create their own it is super fun
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Aug 8
Ya I saw it as 3 links too
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Jul 28
This is the most elegant proof that pi is equal to three
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Jul 28
This is what they were meant for all along. Sierpennyskis
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Alex Romero @tilefarmer.bsky.social · Jul 28
I know some artist like this, but for me, in 99% of the art I make, I make lots of both “that doesn’t work like I thought it would” and “I have a new idea” discoveries along the way.
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