If you’ve been reading here, you’ll see that my tweets seem pretty disconnected,but if you begin following others, you will see conversations, information, news, music, and of course, a lot of noise mixed in.
And now, some of the experiences I’ve had with twitter:
While on a trip to the States, I was tweeting for my students. When I mentioned my visit to South Carolina, I got a tweet about the local culture of Gullah, which I naturally shared with my class.
A friend wished me a good time during my trip.
Others welcomed me back home (on twitter??)
I found a great link to a lesson plan about Susan Boyle just as I was contemplating what to do in the next lesson.
And I’ve found many a relevant link about other topics.
Graham Stanley and I negotiated his workshop at the last SIG day.
There was a discussion about the appropriacy of twitter for primary school, and a better tool for this purpose was mentioned (edmodo.com)
I have completed a survey for someone writing a paper, linked and thanked for through twitter.
Last night I went onto Twitter and learned that Farrah Fawcett had died only a couple hours before. Of course, she was an icon in my youth, not just because of Charlie’s Angles. Shortly after, it was on the news, but I’d heard it before!
and I JUST read that Micheal Jackson has also died. That makes 2 icons in 2 days. I don’t know exactly when he did, but I just saw the news on twitter.
So here are just a few ways. You have to get used to the noise, but you do get a feel for what’s going on in the world if you are prepared to listen.
New task if you are on twitter: On the right there is a box that says ‘Direct messages’. Click on it and send me a private message (illyac). Only I’ll be able to see it, so you can see there is room for privacy as well.
Oh, and here’s a song from one of my fellow twitterers – fresh off the press!
