If you asked me 9 months ago about anything having to do with Twitter, I would not have much to say. I have to be honest when I say, not much has changed. I know that a # with a string of letters after it will result in something "trending" if there are many people that add the same letters after that #. I also know that if you want to "tweet" something to someone directly you could use the @ symbol followed by their twitter handle. Beyond that, I have some more exploring to do to see how useful Twitter can be.
It took me a long time to figure out how to make a list on my Twitter Page, but once I did, it was easy to add people and groups to that group. I am interested to see how I can use that list to help me learn about the education world. I created my list by searching for #education and I believe the top tweets with that hashtag came up and I followed them. Once I did that there were additional groups that were suggested to me to follow, and I sorted through those and followed the groups and people that seemed relevant to learning about education. After that, I searched #edchats and found another group of pages I could follow. Now, I can see that when I click on the list I created I could see all the tweets from those groups. This should be helpful when I want to go into my Twitter feed and sort out what is currently happening in education.
I look forward to visiting this list periodically to see what is trending in the world of education. I think I may get a better idea of what the Twitter world is all about. I know one of the great things about Twitter is that it is current. I know people like to follow breaking news on Twitter and you can see what people are talking about around the world by following what is trending. I think it is cool that you can sort out topics and see what is trending in the world of education. Instead of searching for specific hashtags, I can now look at my list and see what those in my Professional Learning Network are talking about regarding educational trends and innovations.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on how useful lists are on twitter. They definitely help you manage the twitterverse a lot better.
Your blog is very cute, by the way! I love how detailed and thoughtful your posts are.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteI'm going to admit, reading your blog post was the first time I realized I could have made a separate list for my Ed Tech PLN! When making my PLN, I just randomly followed 30 accounts/people related to Ed Tech, without sorting them into a separate list. Now, whenever I do check Twitter, my PLN is mixed in with random updates from the friends, politicians and celebrities I follow on Twitter. I wish I had known this before I made my own PLN. I think you're doing just fine with mastering Twitter. :)
I had no idea you could make a list on Twitter! I wish I had known this earlier-it seems so much more convenient and organized than the route I took! I definitely want to go back and organize the people I follow into lists because it just seems so logical. I was getting irritated because I use the same handle for my personal interests and our class. I would really like to sort my lists even further so I can choose the news and information based on topics like "Chicago specific," "technology," "ELA," "Math Experts," etc. This organized system will also make it much easier for me to use the resources found by our classmates. For example, if I end up in a class next year that is not departmentalized, I will definitely want to check out your list and the other "math people" from our cohort. Thanks for the tip!
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