Blogging about Twitter

I will just come out and say it, “I have never been a fan of Twitter!” Well, now that that is out of the way, I will admit that I was a little surprised at some of the information that I was able to pick up from my Twitter page. I did not follow many actual people so I was spared from irrelevant posts such as, “cleaned the kitchen, now onto the bathroom!” This is what least attracted me to this networking site.

I was able to follow organizations such as NEA and US Department of Education. Following these organizations linked me to interesting articles and developing stories in education. Some were useful, while others were not. I was able to find out that teachers can eat free at Applebee’s on Tuesday May 18th. I was also updated on what the president was doing and saying about education. This is important to me as we enter a very critical period of time in education. I will have to give it a little more time to truly see if I pick up useful information from following these organizations.

On a personal level, I was able to follow ESPN.com. I have to admit this was pretty neat getting instant updates on what is going on in the sports world. As a sports fan, I felt pretty informed when it came to the latest and greatest in the sports world. The negative side to following ESPN is that it overwhelmed my Twitter home page. It seemed like every half of an hour there was a new post. This made it difficult to find some of the other people or organizations that I was following unless I actually clicked on their link.


I will give Twitter a coupled more weeks before I decide to abandon it. I hope to find a few more teaching related “tweeters” that provide useful resources and information. I do not know if this will persuade my feelings on Twitter. I think it is important to give a tool a little time before we discount its effectiveness. I do know that I will not use it as a personal tool, but do see that it may be beneficial professionally.