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March 26, 2008
Personal Learning Networks and You
I just finished reading an excellent article by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach reflecting on her own use of the network for learning and on how teachers can become more involved. Her latest blog posting is entitled So Much to Say-- So Little Time.
She says a lot of what I've been experiencing as I continue my use of Twitter. Right now, I have switched to using Twitbin, which is "an extension for firefox that brings the power of twitter right in your browser." It works by keeping a constant stream of tweets running down the left side of my browser. 
This constant companion now provides me with lots of links, including Sheryl's blog, as well as entrée to lots of additional twitterers as the folks I'm following converse with the folks they are following. (still with me??)
Her post goes on to talk about collaboration and how her personal learning network enables that. In fact, I see that all day long in my twitter stream. Will Richardson will tweet about some question and the answers come rolling in. David Warlickannounces that he's doing a presentation and will all his twitter followers please say hello and the audience responds. Are they collaborating or harvesting the twitterverse? Conversely, I, with my 35 followers, ask a question and get one old friend responding to see if I've gotten any responses. ;-)
I'm enjoying the whole thing and am certainly getting a lot out of this. However, I'm sure it looks different for everyone in the twitterverse. Right now, I'm wondering if this kind of networking tool can work for classroom teachers. And, how do we use the tools so that the everyone has access to good information through their participation. Or is being there enough?
Posted by Pat on March 26, 2008 4:53 PM
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I am going to add you in Twitter. Thanks for stopping by my blog. We will figure this all out together.
Posted by: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach on March 26, 2008 5:27 PM
