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@joe_edtech
Why use Twitter? If you don't necessarily see value in Twitter as a social communication tool, surely every educational professional can see the value of Twitter for Professional Development purposes - especially when it comes to Ed Tech and technology integration.
In an earlier post, I suggested that even if you never send a single Tweet, there is a lot to learn by following innovative thinkers on Twitter. Today's post is going to focus on getting involved in the conversation by following Twitter chats. For instance, #iledchat is a Twitter chat run by a few Illinois educators every Monday night from 9-10 PM. One recent discussion focused on "assessment."
To follow a chat, you simply need to go to Twitter and search for the chat #hashtag (in this case, #iledchat):
Then you'll see a list of Tweets sent with that HashTag. For the #iledchat, at 9PM on Monday, a moderator will send a tweet introducing him or herself and the topic. Then they'll pose questions to the participating community.
Questions will be labeled "Q1" and "Q2" and so on. Anyone following the chat can respond. This is what it looked like when people were responding to "Q2" during the assessment discussion - notice their Tweets start with "A2" and end with "#iledchat."
Don't worry about reading every Tweet, almost every Twitter Chat will post an archive of questions and answers at the end:
If you'd like to try it, here are a list of some of the most popular education related chats: bit.ly/officialchatlist (compiled by @thomascmurray , @cevans5095 and @cybraryman1).
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How do you stay current and provide yourself with personal professional development?
This is great!
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