If you want the truth, I still do not know the value of learning twitter. I understand that we can connect to other education bloggers and find information that might be useful to teachers. However, why am I paying tuition to learn how to use it? Yet, I am keeping an open mind about writing on twitter, or tweeting on twitter, because it has done one good thing. It has forced me to become a concise, to the point, writer. I cannot explain my thoughts in detail, for I am only alloted 140 characters.
On the other hand, though I never had an interest to create or listen to podcasts, I was less angry about learning how to use it. Podcasts are beneficial for students who have missed class or did not write down the homework assignments. I never thought about using podcasts as a tool to help students outside of the classroom, and learning about it was valuable.
Oh, Twitter, am I your only fan? (Oh, wait, that's facebook. lol) I think the value in Twitter lies in how you build your network. If you follow people that have nothing to contribute, you don't get anything out of it. If you follow seasoned vets like paulawhite or shellterrell, you will see all the resources that they post that can potentially make teaching much easier or engaging. I'm glad that you are giving it a chance still. It's a good place to learn to become succinct. ;)
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