"Do you twitter?" This is a common question I get from folks when I tell them I write a blog. It's usually followed with a series of explanations like, "I don't because I don't have interesting things to say. And I don't need to hear about somebody's ham sandwich that they have for lunch."
But what I have found is that Twitter can be an interesting networking and or research tool. If you believe that the human element is sometimes the largest asset a business has, then you can think of Twitter as an electronic method of tapping into asset. I saw an example of this during a workshop for Information Literacy and Web 2.0 tools, put on by November Learning. The presenter "tweeted" a question to his "followers" that a participant had asked. Within 20 minuntes he had an answer to the question. It was a research question and the "followers" provided a series of interesting sites to follow-up with. An interesting demonstration for the scope of the tool.
After that I was hooked and signed up. It was too cool to not be. I monitor my feed via a thrid party application on my laptop, (which was a free download recommended by the presenter of the workshop). Signing up was easy, knowing what to do next was a bit perplexing. I began by following folks who I wanted to know stuff about; as a B. S. Individualized Studies for Secondary Education in Social Studies, I had wanted to know more about adding technology when teaching History. Hopefully in doing so it will make learning old stuff new and exciting. I was able to hook-up and follow different folks who are doing this very same thing. It is like having professional development opportunities delivered to right to my very own laptop.
If you are interested take a look at this article,"Getting the Most Out of Twitter." It gives beginners a good way to start building your followers as well as your following.
If you sign-up, let me know by sending me a tweet lngagnon2009.
But what I have found is that Twitter can be an interesting networking and or research tool. If you believe that the human element is sometimes the largest asset a business has, then you can think of Twitter as an electronic method of tapping into asset. I saw an example of this during a workshop for Information Literacy and Web 2.0 tools, put on by November Learning. The presenter "tweeted" a question to his "followers" that a participant had asked. Within 20 minuntes he had an answer to the question. It was a research question and the "followers" provided a series of interesting sites to follow-up with. An interesting demonstration for the scope of the tool.
After that I was hooked and signed up. It was too cool to not be. I monitor my feed via a thrid party application on my laptop, (which was a free download recommended by the presenter of the workshop). Signing up was easy, knowing what to do next was a bit perplexing. I began by following folks who I wanted to know stuff about; as a B. S. Individualized Studies for Secondary Education in Social Studies, I had wanted to know more about adding technology when teaching History. Hopefully in doing so it will make learning old stuff new and exciting. I was able to hook-up and follow different folks who are doing this very same thing. It is like having professional development opportunities delivered to right to my very own laptop.
If you are interested take a look at this article,"Getting the Most Out of Twitter." It gives beginners a good way to start building your followers as well as your following.
If you sign-up, let me know by sending me a tweet lngagnon2009.
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