Twitter gives us the ability to give “quick reminders”. Also an EXTREMELY GREAT listening device for Professional Development. Updates can be received via the web, phone apps, text messaging.
“As soon as the lunch bell rings at his elementary school in Medford, Oregon, teacher David Cosand takes a few minutes to scan his mobile phone screen for messages that have accumulated throughout the morning in hisTwitter account. In a few well-chosen words, the people Cosand follows via this free online service share their latest news, resources, questions, and (sometimes) trivia about education, technology, anCosand became a Twitterer about a year ago, and he now considers Twitter one of his best sources of real-time professional development. “I’m able to get information and find opportunities I wouldn’t have been able to gather on my own,” he says.” – from this Article by Suzie Boss
A teacher using Twitter to extend her classroom:
“It’s not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure”