Twitter chat is a one of a kind experience! It was exciting to enter this type of digital conversation. I felt closely connected to people whom I have never met before. I have never been much of a "tweeter". Although, I started my twitter teaching account to get more ideas about curriculum and connecting with other teachers and educators world wide. In order to engage in a twitter chat I needed to find a hashtag from the Educational Twitter Forum and follow along. I searched the hashtag #nctechat on twitter and I was in! For educators, it is so important that we are able to have these conversations about best practices. I was a little nervous to answer the first question on the chat forum. Once I did, I immediately starting getting notifications of "likes", "follows", and "retweets". In fact, on one of my tweets and even got 20 likes and 3 retweets. For a "non-tweeter" this was pretty exciting! I talked to many different grade-level teachers about reading curriculums, summer reading programs, and what books to read that we could potentially carry over into our classrooms. I also had a twitter exchange with another teacher about how she incorporates poetry centers into her classroom. I would like to try #edtechchat because I am currently going to school to get my Masters of Arts and Educational Technology. I grew my Professional Learning Network by 8 followers this day. I am now able to extend my own knowledge within a community that is just one tweet away. In this article about Teacher's self-initiated learning through Professional Learning Networks, online communication offers opportunities for teachers to socialize, professionally collaborate, and access information online by locating and sharing resources. I would recommend any teacher try twitter for their professional development! References:
Tour, E. (2017) Teachers’ self-initiated professional learning through personal learning networks. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26(2), 179-192, DOI:10.1080/1475939X.2016.1196236.
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