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Proving the Educational Value of Twitter: One Post at a Time
The other day I was editing a page in my PB Wiki and I wanted to wrap text around an image. I played with it for a few minutes before I gave up and asked for help from my PLN. Now, I could have probably gone to the PB Works site or I could have Googled my question, but why? I sent my request for help out on Twitter and within a matter of minutes three fellow educators (@jgates513, @cheryltice, and @kyteacher) came to my rescue.
I started thinking about all of the things I have learned on Twitter over the last year and I sent out the following Tweet:
Someone should start a wiki where we go each day to list 1 thing we learned from our pln. Don’t look at me. I’m just saying it’d be cool.
A few minutes later @kyteacher and @a_dowling volunteered to set up a wiki for this purpose. (Thanks so much Angela and Angie!) The function of this wiki is two-fold. First, it will give all educators a place to reflect on one or more things that they have learned throughout the day. It is yet another place to share what we are learning from our PLN. The second function of this wiki is to serve as a place where we can showcase examples of learning.
I hope that you will contribute something to this wiki on a regular basis. It is for all of us to use and share. If enough people start contributing and sharing this wiki, it has the potential to become a very powerful tool. To get there all of us must contribute just a little bit. Remember that the power of the PLN comes from us working together.
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June 24th, 2009 at 12:51 p
Now I feel bad because I haven’t had time to post what I have learned for a couple of days! A lot of what I have learned in the past couple of days is just learning more about Twitter. I can say that the value for me has been getting acquainted with fellow educators on Twitter, getting a ton of new ideas and becoming part of a PLN. Thank You Beth! See you in DC for Starbucks! And your poster session of course!
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