So I know Twitter is the rage right now - only 140 characters, people? - but I haven't really gotten the driving urge to get into it. However, part of me (part of the professional part and part of the personal part, in a bizarre Venn diagram of psyche) feels like I owe it to the blogosphere (twittersphere?) to do so. I guess, in a way, tweeting is a little like mini-blogging.
- As I build my list of Followers and Followed, let me know what your profile is. I'll be going through my blogroll and following any of those folks.
- Check out the new Twitter badge on the right side of techieteacher.
- Because I'll probably forget to check my own Twitter page regularly, I'm going to subscribe via RSS on my Google Reader account. Hopefully that'll get me using it more.
Anyone have any tips on what has made your Tweeting easier or more useful? Or more addictive?
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Wow, blocking... there's a mistake. We have a very open philosophy (no blocking) which pushes the educational conversation into classrooms, schools, and homes where it belongs. Not having access for teachers and students to the variety of tools and services on the net is a huge disservice.
Tips: I find twitter to be useful but tricky - need to be careful who you follow - can get rather noisy with irrelevance. Need to treat it like a radio station - tune in when you can, take a listen, respond to interesting people and tweets, share your links, posts, and ideas, etc.
I completely agree, Brian. I'm always getting questions from teachers and students about why this site or that site is blocked. I'm trying to find a better approach than "that's how the county does it," but no luck so far. I do tend to look the other way sometimes when students find ways to circumvent some blocked sites (for example, how to get into Google Images through the back door).
I like your analogy of a radio station. Have to wait and see how much I tune in to it. :)
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