My TwitterSchool
Wednesday, October 3, 2007In response to Steve Dembo's great post on learning from Twitter, Will Richardson's post on the School as Node, and David Warlick's posting of those he follows on Twitter:
I've suppressed my commentary for the comments - one place (like my TwitterSchool) where actual conversation can take place - as long as we're willing to listen.
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I know, I know. I may have committed edublogger blasphemy.
A little over a week ago, I commented to an interesting post that Will Richardson had made on his blog. The post was about networks - and how the network is more powerful than the node. While I agree that there is great power in networks, I was very troubled by Will's (and other's) limited use of the Twitter network.
It just seems to me that if you're going to preach the Twitter Gospel, then you should be willing to listen to your Twitter disciples. To do otherwise is hypocrisy - or simply admission to the ranks of those "infinite typing [Twitter] monkeys": ever tweeting, but never listening.
For what it's worth,
D
darren,
Hilarious concept, but even better premise. Twitter has become an invaluable link to learning for myself and others. Being present in the conversations of others gives us access to the processes that the conversants are experiencing. Personally, this is where real learning takes place.
Although sometimes too shy to comment, I absorb a great deal of information as a member of the student body in Twitter School. Maybe one day there will be a back chat for twitter and learners like me. :)
@patrick - I'm with you. Twitter is invaluable to me, too. I love the human aspect of it. You actually get to know the people you work with - far better than through blogs.
@christine - A Twitter back-channel! That's an interesting idea because Twitter is it's own back-channel. On behalf of my TwitterSchool, I invite you to tweet whenever you feel like it. : )
It's Stephen. With a 'ph'. Thanks