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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| January 31, 2011, 11:56 PM
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Disclaimer: I think that Will Richardson is legit
I attended professional development training where Will Richardson spoke recently. I was swept off my feet by his technology talk. He is that cool guy in college that knows all of the obscure but quality bands and when they're playing in town. And he's cool about sharing the information with you. All the while you sit and think, "How does this guy find this stuff!?"
Twitter4teachers—choose your area of expertise and begin learning. You can even add yourself in the mix for free by joining pbworks.com on the twitter4teachers page. I’m in there under “Professional Development People.”
Twibes.com—this website is a clearinghouse for different Twitter groups. Click on your preferred topic of interest (mine is the education group).
Please note I am not assuming that you will look at this and understand it within five minutes. It takes some time to learn. It's worth learning. You will be excited at the amount of professional learning that you will have at your fingertips—much of it is free. (For some of you, this post is elementary.)
You will need to do sorting and editing of who you follow. It's okay to un-follow people; it's not a break-up. As I get into Twitter I change who I follow and un-follow.
TodaysMeet—Do your students have the internet during class? Catch their thoughts! TodaysMeet is for the backchannel in the classroom. The website explains "Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback... [to] address audience needs."
See what I mean? Will and his information are legit.
Originally posted by Jill at AAE.
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