I became a Twit on Nov 7, 2009. I resisted this new form of social networking for a good deal of time, but eventually succumbed. I had little activity in my new Twitterverse then, but decided around March of this year to engage once again. Since then, I have found it to be a large source of my professional learning.
I'm completely in love with Twitter for helping me learn new things and connect with others. I still don't have a lot of tweets, I'm not following an enormous amount of people, and a modest amount of folks follow me.
Twitter can be intimidating. Depending on who you follow, there may be more tweets than you can handle. However, I've found that spending 5 to 10 minutes looking at a few tweets a day can lead to new discoveries.
I've also found the #EdChat Tweet Chat enormously enjoyable and a profitable learning experience. The tag is used for education musings everyday, but on Tuesday there are two different hour-long live chats focusing on particular topics. Watching one of these is not unlike watching a popular IRC chatroom of days past. Post a thought and see who responds or retweets.
Go ahead. Meet new people, whether they be like or unlike yourself. Contribute to a larger community. Grow yourself as an educator.
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