There’s a point at which twittering reaches critical experiential mass. For example, I follow a particular teacher on Twitter who always has fabulous teaching links. Every time I sit down at the computer (no twittering via cell phone for me right now, thank you) she has at least ten to fifteen posts. Any time I check and all day long.
Yesterday it suddenly hit me. This woman is twittering about teaching ALL DAY LONG. When does she actually teach? What about planning? Grading? What are her high school students doing while she twitters? I’ve taught high school kids and let me tell you, taking your eyes off them for five seconds is A Very Bad Idea.
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There’s a point at which twittering reaches critical experiential mass. For example, I follow a particular teacher on Twitter who always has fabulous teaching links. Every time I sit down at the computer (no twittering via cell phone for me right now, thank you) she has at least ten to fifteen posts. Any time I check and all day long.
Yesterday it suddenly hit me. This woman is twittering about teaching ALL DAY LONG. When does she actually teach? What about planning? Grading? What are her high school students doing while she twitters? I’ve taught high school kids and let me tell you, taking your eyes off them for five seconds is A Very Bad Idea.