I am blown away by all the opportunities that seem to be opening up for our school and my own personal learning since I have started opening up and learn using Twitter. I have had opportunities to connect and learn from other educators from around the world, start a collaborative blog with school administrators (which has been absolutely amazing), and have constant invites for our students to join other students in the classroom. I am blown away by how much I have connected with others.
Talking with one of my teachers today, I tried to explain why Twitter has been so beneficial to my learning. I told her that it was not about the tool, but it was simply am easy medium to connect with other people. I also told her that it is hard to understand the actual benefits of Twitter until you are fully immersed into using it. The beginning stage was a little slow but I decided to add what I could, and just gain information from other tweets. As I have developed my own PLN, I have shared more information and have made some solid relationships with others that will not only be rewarding professionally, but personally as well.
Here is where I need your help as it is hard to fully explain the benefit on my own. If you were trying to get another educator to see the benefits of using Twitter, what would you highlight? What has been the impact on your learning and growth as an educator? I can only imagine someone who has been using it for several years since I have only been using it for about 6 months.
If you were to “sell” Twitter to my staff, what would you tell them? I would really love your help.
