You’ve been using Twitter for a few weeks now.
Questions:
A) To what extent is Twitter extending your Personal Learning Network. If so, how? If not, what might you need to change in order for it to be more useful as a part of your PLN?
I really haven't found Twitter to be a useful tool.  I don't think it is as powerful as a podcast, blog, or professional bulletin board.  In order for it to become a useful part of my PLN, I would probably need to seek out communication that is of interest to me and/or spend more time on Twitter.  Twitter is blocked from my school internet access during the work day.  I also do not have data access other than my personal computer.  I don't find it an efficient or productive use of my time to log on at home and scroll through twitter after twitter, most of them irrelevant.

B) Think about using Twitter as a teacher/educational leader. Others see some possibilities (review readings from Class 2 if needed). How might you use it as a teacher? How might you use it as an educational leader? What do you think is realistic for you? Is there something you would like to try?
I consider myself technologically savvy.  In addition to administrative assistant responsibilities, I teach Science and Technology to 3rd-5th graders.  I have not bought into the usefulness or power of Twitter.  I have asked my teenaged children to tell me how they use Twitter, and they are much more interested in connecting socially and academically through Facebook, blogs, and virtual communities.  Twitter, to the young people I've talked to, is not as interesting as it used to be.  I may use Twitter as a means of school communication, but only in addition to other technological venues (school web site, blog, Facebook, email, etc.).

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