The first thing that I learned from Twitter was that I was WAY out
of the loop of technology. I had no idea of all the different professional learning
communities that are out there on Twitter. I did not know all the different benefits
that Twitter had to offer such as direct messaging, chats and hashtag to keep
you connected with common topics. I was very glad to learn about TweetDeck because
with how fast people tweet, I would have missed so many great ideas if I tried
to follow everything using the layout of Twitter. I also thought it was very
cool the way you could collaborate with people all over the country in a matter
of minutes and I thought about how beneficial this was to me but especially for
a person in a smaller school district who really doesn't have anyone to plan
with.
The most interesting people (more specifically a group)
that I followed were
the people who posted items
on #edchat. I found a number of articles, poster and ideas that I have
retweeted or printed off to share during one of my professional learning communities
at school.
I think I will use Twitter more as professionally tool then
personal. I am the type of person who likes to keep my personal and
professionally stuff separated. I use Facebook as a personal tool to
communicate with friends.
