Week 2 in the Twitter Challenge
Week 2 actually just ended, Week 3 just started, confused, me too!
Did the noob twit tweet more? Nah, I was too busy being stressed out, finishing that field study, report card marks no one cared about and starting a new research project with the wild ones! Who had time to tweet!
Oh, but what did I learn in the 3 days I did lurk around Twitter, you ask? Sharing time!
Who gave me Dean Shareski’s blog to follow? I owe you some fierce chocolate! Dean, you rock! Thank you from this teacher who taught art from grs 4-7, hosted an art show with a colleague, did Speech Arts – choric drama division for 5 years and ran teams in the local book battle. Ms. Rhee needs to come visit me.
There was more. Finishing that field study did not release my stress. I decided to spin into a professional funk. Matter-of-fact, I decided to have down right pity-party. I was going to spin down deep and revel in some self-indulgent, attention-getting funk. With my tea in hand I headed off to read blogs and to hell with teaching, technology and the rest of the world. I needed my Dan Meyer fix. What do I find on his blog – the rule of least power, then I remember Phil Macoun’s post about teacher power and jeez, there goes my funk, I’ve got a challenge! The glacier starts grinding. I look up Claire Thompson’s blog and she is discussing controlling the information students are given! Ok, you guys, thanks for blowing my funk out the window! I had such a good plan for that! BTW – these guys are all on Twitter, well not sure about Phil.
Had a great small group research lesson today, I let go of the teacher power, the info control and worked on the rule of least power concept. Great time, except, in true me style – I don’t have enough info for these kids to do the research they want! HA! Murphy’s cloud has found me yet again! (Point is, you realize, I had enough info until I let go of the control of it!)
Next wonderful learning experience from Twitter came from none other than the amazing Sue Waters of Edubloggers. Notice the images in my last post. Yep, thanks millions, Sue! That just opened up a whole new world of blogging. Discovered that teachers down under are just as reluctant to embrace technology as those up top!
And lastly to bookminder who post a pic of North Van that made me remember how much I LOVE visiting Vancouver, and realize how much more I like this. (Sue, you so rule!)
I guess I’ll stick around for another week and see what it brings and revisit that tweet challenge.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 am
Love the pic! Great action shot. Have you Twit Pic’d it? Me, I’m into kayaking, and winters without 3 feet of snow, LOL. This is a wonderful blog. I have been twittering for about a month now and am slowly finding ways to not feel overwhelmed by it. Fortunately I have a real-time mentor whom I can turn to for help and inspiration in small doses when I need it.
I’d suggest the next photo challenge be wildlife but I know you’d beat my skunk in the backyard photo hands down.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Actually I believe from where I’m sitting we are not down under but at the top and you are down
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Regarding uptake of ICT with educators I try to focus on two concepts so that it doesn’t upset me. Firstly the concept of Roger’s innovation adoption curve. And secondly what we are talking about is change management which causes different emotions in people — some are very resistance to change and their instant response will always be why do we have to change regardless of what you are asking them to do.
Glad your images are now working. My secret ingredient is SnagIT which was worth every cent I paid.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
@ Leslie – Don’t know how to use Twit Pics – still a ‘twit’!
No mentor, I seem to be the only Web 2.0 geek in my university/school crowd. As for the skunk, well, maybe I’d beat you with the one of our mutt wearing baby booties on the river! That still cracks me up!
@Sue, thanks again for the assistance. Resistance to change seems to be very common. I have to remember to be patient as I am the type who jumps in with two feet and looks later. Feet have be burnt more than once!
But did get my mother on Facebook! Now she’s a Facebook snoop!
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
@Cindy (blogjunkie), you’ve done a great job of illustrating the ‘just in time’ nature of learning on Twitter! Thanks for sharing; I checked out Phil Macoun’s post, bounced around and read some of his other stuff and now am a subscriber
@Sue, I hadn’t seen Roger’s innovation adoption curve before–it is somehow comforting to know why people aren’t changing as fast as I would like them to
BTW your link to ‘change management’ sent me to a 401 page.