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• • Catriona Pene@Catriona.Pene2

  

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    • • Anne Kenneally@anne.ken

      

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  Catriona Pene (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 11:33am (274 days ago)

  1. short - reponses limited to 144 characters ensures the learning is waffle free and easy to digest.

  2. sifted - twitter feeds allow me to choose who I want to hear and tailor my twitterstream to my needs / wants.

  3. anytime - even in the dead of night (and which teacher doesn't wake up with their best ideas then??) there is something to read, enjoy, share and think on.

• • Annemarie Hyde@mrshyde

  

  Annemarie Hyde (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 12:41pm (274 days ago)

  I like Catriona's comment so will add three different reasons:

  1. Immediate - I'm getting PD hot off the press rather than waiting for the publishing process, the mail, the principal to read it first...news too, often hits Twitter first

  2. I can interact with the writer even if pre Twitter they were an "untouchable". Love that I was able to correct TVOne news in an ad break, respond to experts in England...

  3. Anywhere, anytime...no more sitting in queues with nothing to do!

• • Nathaniel Louwrens@nlouwrens

  

  Nathaniel Louwrens (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 1:04pm (274 days ago)

  Everything said is so true so far (especially the PD in PJs part )

  1. #hashtags - get us to the point/theme of what we want to know/learn

  2. Don't have to listen to boring/irrelevant waffle/people (I hate to say that one, but unfortunately it has been very true in my experience)

  3. On-time - get answers/PD when I need it, not when others think it would be good to talk about it.

• • Annemarie Hyde@mrshyde

  

  Annemarie Hyde (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 1:35pm (274 days ago)

  As an aside, sign off your comment with your twitter name if you dare!

  I'm @mrs_hyde.

• • Hazel Owen@hazelowendmc

  

  Hazel Owen (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 1:49pm (274 days ago)

  Agree with all those below

  Also:

  • Sense of a community and willingness to share / celebrate - love it!! (especially re-tweet and @ mentions)
  • Keeps me current...
  • Global connections are awesome (Annemarie mentions this)
  • A 'filtered' (by who I choose to follow) conversation / links to resources - saves me oodles of time
  • Inspiration - there's always something relevant and interesting

  My Twitter name is @howen

• • Hazel Owen@hazelowendmc

  

  Hazel Owen (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 1:50pm (274 days ago)

  And, as any good student (doh) - I didn't read the instructions and have included 5 in my reply ;-) Interesting to see that the respondents so far have all use short replies a lá Twitter

• • Catriona Pene@Catriona.Pene2

  

  Catriona Pene (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 1:46pm (274 days ago)

  great idea Annemarie

   

  @CatrionaPene

• • Nathaniel Louwrens@nlouwrens

  

  Nathaniel Louwrens (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 2:15pm (274 days ago)

  I better add then that I am @nlouwrens

• • Tessa Gray@tessa.gray

  

  Tessa Gray (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 2:17pm (274 days ago)

  Great ideas here. I also loved this quote, "Why not take advantage of free professional development and networking?  Can't get to workshops/conferences? Then build a network in Twitter - its FREE? 

  I wonder if we can get this discussion flowing at the same time in Twitter? @tessagray

• • Annemarie Hyde@mrshyde

  

  Annemarie Hyde (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 2:33pm (274 days ago)

  This  discussion happens frequently in Twitter as people collect our thoughts for PD on Twitter!  But lets start a hashtag...#VLNtweeps

• • Ed Strafford@Ed.Strafford

  

  Ed Strafford (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 2:39pm (274 days ago)

  I love twitter, for many of the same reasons as others, for me it's primarily because i) I get exposed to a vast range of thinking and knowledge of events that I would otherwise struggle to access to ii) it allows me to build my prof networks iii) it means i do not need to bother with mainstream media - unless the mood takes me - it is pretty much my window on the world(s)  @ednz

• • Tania@Tania

  

  Tania (View all users posts) 21 Aug 2012 3:23pm (274 days ago)

  Global - learning, sharing and networking with the world

  'Just in Time' learning - when and where I want it in the comfort of my PJ's

  Opens my mind to the world outside of education - and not just by following the All Blacks

  @TarnzC

  Love the whole concept of enticing teachers into PD by using the PDinPJ's approach - there is a WHOLE WIDE WORLD awaiting.....

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