Aug 21st, 2007 by Cathy Nelson
Today Bob Sprankle (guest blogger on Wes Fryer’s Moving at the Speed of Creativity) wrote about his 30 days of Twitter and how he gets it 
and is a transformed person because of it. Bob, I’m right there with ya!! I have decided that Twitter can be really informative and downright fun!! I have used it to preview blog posts–some of the folks I follow post a URL to twitter long before it hits my aggregator–its almost like getting a sneak peak. I got to see Will Richardson dance! I get tipped off to fabulous global projects, like Chris Craft’s “Life ‘Round Here” digital storytelling project. I can get sports updates from golf, baseball, football, soccer, racing, and just about anything else. It’s a cross b/w professional conversations and gabbing on the phone about anything. I’m totally hooked on Twitter. If you like Twitter, follow me at “Cathyjo.” I only hope some of my contributions are as meaty as the pros I’m following.
I agree with you Cathy, Twitter is great. Thanks for adding me to your contacts, which brought me right here to your blog (now properly RSS-ed).
I’d like to share with you a couple of links:
- a wiki I created to “collect” valuable uses Twitter (there are so many!). I was inspired by so much chatcasting experience, thus the name:
http://twitter-casts.wikispaces.com
-I believe the idea is to thoroughly think about tools before letting enthusiasm manage our classroom practice, so I wrote this post about Twitter:
http://eltnotes.blogspot.com/2007/04/this-twittering-life.html
Thank you again and nice meeting you -virtually!
[...] Techno Tuesday’s Cathy Nelson reports that Twitter is a library stuffed with information and resources which helped her preview blog posts, get advanced tips on upcoming blog posts and topics, tips to global projects, sports updates, and more. She describes it as a “cross between professional conversations and gabbing on the phone about anything.” Not long after, she credits Twitter friends as helping to save her from a nasty allergic reaction after a school remodel. Nothing like virtual life saving.
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