Imagine that your fellow teacher tells you that they have a resource that can help you 24/7, is at the touch of your fingertips, and will help you become a better teacher. Would you use it?
Of course.
I am still new to the Twitter universe. In fact, it was one of the things I avoided. I didn't need to constantly know what celebrities were doing every minute of the day.
That was before I went to a conference in Toronto where I learned about building my Personal Learning Network. After creating a free account, I started "following" other educators in the room. Then I found a network of teachers that dealt specifically with my interests (technology in education). After connecting with a few key educators, I gained a huge wealth of knowledge (Did you see my Choose Your Own Adventure blog post??-Twitter find).
There are tons of tutorials to help you learn how to use twitter. The sooner you network yourself, the more valuable you will find this tool for education (yes I said tool).
Here's a few people to start following to get you started.
- web20classroom Steven W. Anderson
- rmbyrne http://freetech4teachers.com
- kylepace
