Why Twitter

Wow, so on my last post I discussed PLNs (Personal Learning Networks). Although there are many different tools that can be used to connect to different networks, I have found Twitter to be quite fascinating. I was a bit skeptical at first, as I thought of Twitter as a platform for a younger audience. I possibly got this idea from my teenage kids that laugh at us adults that use Facebook. Anyhow, I have explored Twitter and have begun following many of my favorite groups that keep me up to date with strategies and politics on education. I like that I can instantly retweet something or I can view something and share the link externally via text message or email with my coworkers that are not on Twitter. Although my goal is to get them to sign up! 😉 

So you might be asking yourself, who should I follow on Twitter? Here are a few of my favorites, so far:

• Kasey Bell @ShakeUpLearning has great resource and lots of Google ideas/strategies to help you in the classroom.
• EduTopia @edutopia has great informational articles on ideas for what collaboration strategies and new teaching methods, things that work in education, etc.
• OER Commons @OERCommons ‏share great open educational resources, is very trendy and up to date.
• Common Sense Ed @CommonSenseEd is platform that discuss digital learning and leadership for educators. They share wonderful articles on digital citizenship with links to lesson plans and videos.
• AFT (American Federation of Teachers) @AFTunion shares current events on education and has interesting articles on teaching practices. I also like that some of their chats are conducted in Spanish.
• Education Week @educationweek is basically a newspaper for educators. 

For a complete list of other groups that you may want to connect with, check out my Twitter page @aarenas_alicia.