So, we held our little costume contest. There were 31 entries(!) and all 2012 participants are pictured below. Based on discussion at the #globalmath costume party, I learned we’ve been doing this since 2009. History: 2011, 2010, 2009

First Place

@jreulbach  as @mgolding .

Julie receives a hanging organizer from the Container Store. These babies were all the rage at Twitter Math Camp this summer. I love mine because I hang it near the door and fill it with handouts. “Did I miss anything?” is a question I refuse to answer. I just point at the organizer.

container store swag

Second Place

Tie!

@j_lanier  as @natbanting 

and

@mrpicc112  as @approx_normal

Justin and Timon will have to fight it out over graph paper composition books and Command Strip adhesive poster strips.

Several math teachers swear by the graph paper comp books for their Interactive Notebooks, saying it helps kids organize their problem solving (not to mention, it provides a handy Cartesian plane all the time).

The poster hangers are about the only method I know to hang posters in a room with cinderblock construction. Colleagues of mine swear by the glue gun but regret it in May when taking things down. These suckers work.

graph paper comp books command strips for posters

Honorable Mentions

@chrishunter36  as @mrpicc112

@mythagon  as @fawnpnguyen

@approx_normal  as @chrishunter36

@wahedahbug  as @lustomatical

The Participants

@k8nowak as @mr_stadel
@marybourassa  as @approx_normal
@dandersod as @Mythagon
@algebrainiac1 as @wahedahbug
@absvalteaching as @approx_normal
@mr_stadel as @mr_vaudrey
@maxmathforum   as @MrHonner
@calcdave as @bowmanimal
@cheesemonkeysf   as  @mpershan
@mgolding as @mrpicc112
@druinok  as @samjshah
@jacehan  as @park_star
@hfxmark  as @ddmeyer
@fourkatie as @cheesemonkeysf
@samjshah  as @druinok
@fouss as @druinok
@lmhenry9 as @mathbratt
@rdkpickle as @j_lanier
@pamjwilson   as @mgolding
@mathbratt as @mathtastrophe
@chris_harrow   as @roughlynormal
@btwnthenumbers as @woutgeo
@park_star as @crstn85  
@zidaya as @MrHonner