Jonah, one of my students, asked me yesterday: “why do you love twitter so much?” He’s taking journalism and asked for a quick interview. But of course, how could I express what I love so much about twitter without a quick demonstration? So I tweeted out the following:
My student @JonahNielsen is writing an article re: Twitter=transformational tool for tchrs. Pls help him by sharing your story #pln
— Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 31, 2015
And then George Couros tweeted out:
Links for Jonah? RT @buddyxo: @gcouros My student @JonahNielsen is writing an article re: Twitter=transformational tool for tchrs. Pls help — George Couros (@gcouros) March 31, 2015
Which received an awesome response from Mr. O’Brien:
@buddyxo @JonahNielsen check out #EAsnowPD Here’s my @Storify What have I learned from Twitter? https://t.co/lvchp2Ezww good luck!
— Mr. O’Brien (@kobenglish14) March 31, 2015
And then George Couros responded himself:
.@buddyxo @JonahNielsen For me, Twitter has opened up my eyes to so many ideas and opportunities in learning that I had no idea existed. — George Couros (@gcouros) March 31, 2015
And so did Eric Sheninger:
@JonahNielsen As a principal Twitter exposed me to array of new strategies, that I then shared with my staff @buddyxo
— Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) March 31, 2015
@buddyxo I guess that is another way to look at it :) @JonahNielsen
— Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) March 31, 2015
Blew Jonah away, in an incredibly good way! But, as if that wasn’t demonstration enough, later in the day…
…A colleague asked me if I had any experience using Bootstrap. I didn’t, so I turned to twitter:
Does anyone have direct experience using @Bootstrapworld with HS students? cc @jcorippo @ShawnCRubin @AlanTenreiro #mathchat #coding — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) March 31, 2015
Within 10 minutes, I had a connection:
@buddyxo @Bootstrapworld @jcorippo @ShawnCRubin @AlanTenreiro talk to @EdCamposJr – he’s the BootStrap go-to.
— Johnny GO-GO (@Jstevens009) March 31, 2015
@Jstevens009 @buddyxo @Bootstrapworld @ShawnCRubin @AlanTenreiro @EdCamposJr What he said. :) — jcorippo (@jcorippo) March 31, 2015
2 minutes later:
@buddyxo @Bootstrapworld @jcorippo @ShawnCRubin @AlanTenreiro hey Stacey, I’ve taught Bootstrap 1 to HS Ss for 2 semesters now. Ask away.
— EdCamposJr (@EdCamposJr) March 31, 2015
Wow, right?!
So, why do I love twitter? I think the above sums things up pretty well… don’t you? What constantly amazes me is the incredible generosity of the educators I connect with on twitter. Where else can you ask a question and have 10 people jumping to point you towards helpful resources, share experiences, and offer a helping hand?
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