So a person in my network emails me and asks what I’ve turned her into…I just shared the Classroom 2.0 Ning site and she can’t stop! I know, I know! It is truly addicting…this collecting of ideas, knowledge and other bits of information. My AHA moment came when it occurred to me that this is what happens to our students OUTSIDE of school…then they come to school and it must often be agonizing to sit and listen to us drone on and one about seemingly irrelevant stuff. (Yes, WE know it is relevant.) Which is why it’s even more important to find ways to engage them.
My other AHA moment is that Twitter finally, finally clicked for me! Intuitively I knew it had to be good because millions of people are using it but I just couldn’t wrap my brain around it. Now I’m excited about building my PLN. It was helpful to find Twitter4Teachers, as it was confusing trying to figure out how to get started with meaningful interactions. Now you can start with this list and build out from there. Best of all, I’m starting to feel what our kids must feel when they connect with other people…it’s electric.
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