I have been using Twitter for a couple of months now, really trying to decide what it is all about and if it is worth the hype. I have discovered a couple of things. One, and this was a total surprise!, it is an ego boost. The first time some "real" followed me (by that I mean not someone trying to sell something, a lifestyle coach or robot) I thought OMG, this person chose to follow me! I mean several people chose to follow me after I started following them but this person went first! Okay, not a huge deal but still it was a bit of a boost!
Another thing is that you definitely need something to manage your "tweets", I use tweet deck, I also tried Twitbin but I don't like the way it makes my browser screen smaller. (it opens up on the side of your browser). Tweet deck pops up a message that you have a tweet or a direct message or a reply. So far I like that best.
I find that I have learned about people who I was not familiar with. I have also found a lot of new resources.
All of that said, I do find it difficult to go through and a lot of times I just don't want to read through the status updates in order to get to something more interesting. Also, I follow quite a few blogs through Google Reader, it is hard to keep up with that, this is just one thing more that takes time.
I do like the idea of creating a PLN (Personal Learning Network) with lots of resources to help me. I am also learning to let it go sometimes, I just don't have time to read everything so I am learning selective reading habits. Also, I am very easily distracted, (one of those adults who found out later in life that I have ADD, explained so much!!!) so it is sometimes overwhelming, but I am learning how to filter better.
I read a couple of months ago that I had to give it at least a month and I had to get enough people to follow. I am now getting to the point where I follow enough people and have given it serious use for a month. I have to admit, the jury is still out!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
pagetweet.com - spread your message!
I am seriously exploring Twitter, trying to figure out if it is as valuable as so many people feel it is. It has been a couple of weeks and I am only now getting a handle on how this might work for a teacher. I have looked at some apps to keep up with tweets, read a number of articles on how to best use Twitter and how to build a community (will provide links in the links blog). I am beginning to see where it might be useful, I am not sold but not seeing it as a totally dumb thing now. (yes I did in the beginning!) If you are interested there are some good places to find the info you need. I would recommend you explore these options and some of the others I posted in the Technology Links blog, read what people have to say, develop a group to follow and then give it a month or two. It is taking awhile for me to really get into it but it actually could prove to be useful.
This next article is at the crux of the matter, we are using these tools to learn more, and develop skills.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
pagetweet.com - spread your message!
Love this, lets you shorten URL for twitter.
This next article is at the crux of the matter, we are using these tools to learn more, and develop skills.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Educational Blogs You Should Be Investigating | Making Teachers Nerdy
Every teacher should have a few blogs they are following, here is a list of good ones.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Great Links for Educators
I have spent several years book marking sites using various tools. I started with Backflip, used that for quite awhile, then changed to Delicious and then to Diigo which I am currently using. I loved each one of them and still do. I have tried a few others also but none I liked as much as these three. However, there is so much out there and I am saving so many sites that sometimes I find something I really think is great and I lose it. Yes I have lists and I am trying to tag carefully but I still cannot always find what I want and I often forget about something really great so don't even know to go looking for it. I started sending some links to my blog when I really wanted to remember them but realized that was not quite what I wanted, now I have a blog all set up just for links. Now this may get to be a problem too, there are so many good resources and tools out there on the Wild Wild Web. But it is a small way to deal with a big problem! Any way that said here is a link to that blog.
Great Links for Technology Educators
Great Links for Technology Educators
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
PDFVue Beta : Edit, Annotate, and Share PDFs for Free
Friday, February 27, 2009
Magnetic Poetry
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
This is a fun way for kids to write, there are a lot of options here to allow kids to write a variety of poems and stories.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Okay, this is really dumb but I had a website that I did not want to get lost in the wealth of websites I post on Diigo every day. So I was looking for a way to mark it especially so I could find it quickly. Low and behold I discover (never looked before) that I could post it to my blog as I book marked it in Diigo. I feel like an idiot, I am supposed to be the really tech literate one! Anyway I have posted two here. I think I will start a new blog for these sites so it doesn't get mixed up here but it was very cool. I now have two posts of these websites that I really want to keep in mind! Will wonders never cease here on the web. I keep trying to stay up only to find there are so many sites I have never seen and certainly don't have time to visit. It is amazing.
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