A colleague of mine referred to Twitter once as the "lazy man's research." I thought this was kind of funny, but it is a great way to get some research done that has been filtered by users that you know are good sources of information. I learned that I can find good sources by following reliable and reputable educators. I learned that Twitter is a great tool for large groups of people to chat. I recommended it to a colleague who had a friend teaching in Korea and he wanted their students to connect. This would be the perfect tool for that. I also like how you can select things to read at a later time by creating a collection of tweets. It's like making a Twitter "to do" list.
Who was the most interesting person or persons that you followed? Why? Be specific and provide examples.
Jeff Herb is one of the Tweeters that I read regularly. I like his tweets because they link to a variety of sources and media. He not only tweets, but blogs, creates podcasts and screencasts. One of the things I like is that he creates a lot of tutorials on things that I often find the need to learn. One recent post was about getting started in the Google classroom. I was excited when this came out recently and have been interested in learning how to use it.
I'll definitely continue using Twitter. I like how it is a great resource to find good articles on education topics. I like how specific it is. The educational topic chats were fantastic, I thought. I don't know that I"ll spend a lot of time on those, but I like how they are archived and I can go back and look at them. I think this is a great way to get in touch with some really well-known people without feeling like you're bothering or stalking them. : ) I also hope to pilot a class in the future that would cut out the textbook. If all students created a PLN on Twitter, they could have really good sources and I'd also be able to use Twitter to put together a good reading list.
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