Comments on: Tweeting http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/ Being a good girl in my SMIELT class Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:32:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Patricia Glogowski http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-29 Patricia Glogowski Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:47:35 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-29 There are potentials to Twitter, but I agree there are some problems with it. As you say, "Watched the timeline for a while, mostly pretty mundane conversations..." I am not really interested in what people had for breakfast or who they are drinking beer at the moment. I think the best solution is, as Illya stated above, to find like-minded people and, my suggestion, to stay focused: I twitter about my teaching and professional development and not about the coffee I am drinking at the moment... Also, I wouldn't jump onto using it with your students yet; I think we are still exploring the possibilities here; I haven't heard about any pedagogically sound examples of using Twitter with students. There are potentials to Twitter, but I agree there are some problems with it. As you say, “Watched the timeline for a while, mostly pretty mundane conversations…” I am not really interested in what people had for breakfast or who they are drinking beer at the moment. I think the best solution is, as Illya stated above, to find like-minded people and, my suggestion, to stay focused: I twitter about my teaching and professional development and not about the coffee I am drinking at the moment…

Also, I wouldn’t jump onto using it with your students yet; I think we are still exploring the possibilities here; I haven’t heard about any pedagogically sound examples of using Twitter with students.

]]> By: anne http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-28 anne Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:39:24 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-28 sorry, am i getting this right - if you're on twitter anyone can see anything you write and you can#t use closed groups? sorry, am i getting this right – if you’re on twitter anyone can see anything you write and you can#t use closed groups?

]]> By: anne http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-27 anne Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:12:09 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-27 how can you keep up the dual identity bit? if you're a professional like i am in adult education/training, you're out there marketing your real name and your real self with real contact details. i wouldn't know how to protect a *personal-private* from a *personal-trainer* identity except by simply not putting private things out under my public and real name.. how can you keep up the dual identity bit? if you’re a professional like i am in adult education/training, you’re out there marketing your real name and your real self with real contact details. i wouldn’t know how to protect a *personal-private* from a *personal-trainer* identity except by simply not putting private things out under my public and real name..

]]> By: Lucy http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-26 Lucy Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-26 The dual identity sounds like a good idea. Scary that they put you on a dating site! The dual identity sounds like a good idea. Scary that they put you on a dating site!

]]> By: illyasoet http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-25 illyasoet Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:43:05 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-25 This is all pioneer work we're doing! I'm also trying to grasp the usefulness of twitter, and with success. IF you are in a network, you can let people know that you need help, comments (like in BlogED08 http://twitter.com/BlogEd08 and also inform your network of what's going on. I suggest looking at who is on the list of people you are following . Invite friends and family to twitter too. I'm looking forward to your evaluation of this tool once you've used it a bit. This is all pioneer work we’re doing! I’m also trying to grasp the usefulness of twitter, and with success. IF you are in a network, you can let people know that you need help, comments (like in BlogED08 http://twitter.com/BlogEd08
and also inform your network of what’s going on.

I suggest looking at who is on the list of people you are following . Invite friends and family to twitter too. I’m looking forward to your evaluation of this tool once you’ve used it a bit.

]]> By: susant http://mellersh.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/tweeting/#comment-24 susant Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:00:52 +0000 http://mellersh.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-24 Hi Lucy, censor, keep 2 identities one for professional and one for personal. Don't put your photo on the personal - students could find it. Also protect your twitter updates. I write this after discovering that some of my info ie: username, photo and posts had been hijacked and fed into a dating site - Hi Lucy, censor, keep 2 identities one for professional and one for personal. Don’t put your photo on the personal – students could find it. Also protect your twitter updates.

I write this after discovering that some of my info ie: username, photo and posts had been hijacked and fed into a dating site -

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