There are a lot of people who have written great posts about why you should be on Twitter ( Laura Walker
Jason Renshaw to name two).
This is not one of them.
Well, not really.
I just wanted to take a moment to post some screen shots from this weekend. I was working on writing a paper for my graduate class on learning theories where I was asked to imagine what education might look like in the future. My plan was to narrate a day in the life of a typical high school student in 2020 and I wanted an idea of what a 2020 math class might look like. I’m an English teacher. I needed help.
So I posted this
And here was my first reply:
And then…
(keep in mind, replies that I’ve taken pictures of in chunks read from the bottom to the top)
It gets better
I know it’s a bit confusing to read those chunks from the bottom to the top but you get the idea right? My professional learning network on Twitter makes me a better teacher. Connectivism at work.
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