Twitter for Professional development--how do you keep it all straight?
At the FETC conference today twitter was listed as the number one professional development for teachers. I would like how people organize their personal learning. I find me a creating a network, giving up because it seems too overwhelming. For those of you with an established personal learning network, is there a site you use to to aggregate all of your information? How do you keep it all straight?
Tags: development, professional, twitter
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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on
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I use Google.
I have a Gmail account I use only for work-related things. I then have my iGoogle homepage set up to pull in all my RSS feeds, Twitter feed, news headlines, email, etc.
Between the RSS and Twitter feeds I get pretty much all the updates from things like Classroom 2.0, Tech & Learning, etc.
Basically I've tried to set Google as my aggregator for all my outside sites. It's working pretty well, I'm pretty happy with it right now.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Yearout on
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I use an iGoogle page to pull in RSS feeds, and then just try and follow my Twitter stream as best I can.
I think it is important to remember that you WON'T keep up with it all. It is a fast flowing river of information, and you are grabbing a cupful at a time. I try and keep my list of who I follow fairly focused, and I then trust that if something is hugely important, it will show up across the board enough to get my attention.
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Place on
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I agree iGoogle is a great source. I do have it linked to my personal e-mail but it's one that I use for professional things. That way when I give it out I am sure that nothing bad will happen with any of the stuff I send. I do not have a professional twitter account. I'm still not sold on that idea yet. Perhaps one day I will, but as for right now it's still a social thing. I'm moving towards it, but it's going to take a while.
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Permalink Reply by Donna Murdoch on
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Agree with Jeff - you just have to realize you won't keep up with it all. Using Google Reader and establishing a good stream of news, as well as following twitter (and participating in #edchat if you can) is probably the most you can do on a regular basis. When you have extra time, there are lots of other places to go. Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Usman on
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igoogle is the way, in this day and age you want news to come to you on the one page, not you finding the many news/updates from various websites
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Permalink Reply by Scott Merrick on
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I'm not sure that "keeping it straight" is not what got us into this fine pickle, Brandi. I find that I get a load done just checking in when I can, like early a.m. before I work out, then sporadically during the day. Facebook is blocked so I do that from home, but the best thing twitter has done for me is teach me that I can't keep up with everything. I liken it to a river of information and am pleased to learn something, usually a valuable something, every time I dip a toe into it.
Learning is messy, at least mine is, and I'd submit that it's a pretty good way to go about the effort!
Have fun,
Scott
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Permalink Reply by Faith Shabat on
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How do you create RSS streams on IGoogle page? When I can't keep up with my Twitter tweets, I check a few specific lists and specific hashtags. I also love to periodically check through the forums on this and Educator's PLN ning. I've gotten so many helpful tips from both places.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Lindholm on
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Set up your Google Reader account with feeds. Set up your i-Google page. Then add the Google Reader gadget to your i-Google page and you're set to go. Don't forget to tweak the settings on the gadget to make it as big as possible, use the balloon option, etc... Very slick.
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Thanx Chris,
I'll try it right now. This is exciting!
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