To Tweet or not to Tweet #thatisthequestion
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| Twitter Logo: twitter-bird-white-on-blue By Steve Garfield 2013 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) |
“Q&A is on? Can’t wait to jump in on the discussion #QandA”.
“Better let my followers know”.
These are sayings that were once meaningless to me not that
long ago.
Like many millennials I have seen the uprising of social media
platforms such as Twitter and personally never really saw the appeal. My
preconception of Twitter was that it was just a marketing tool for big
businesses, or for getting involved in mediocre television broadcasting discussions,
but why would I need that when I can just use Facebook?
Not to mention being
constrained to a 140-character limit.
However since being introduced to it from a career-enhancing point-of-view, I have been able to see the power of the short, concise messages you are
able to broadcast. Through the hashtag system you are not only able to
broadcast your opinion or question to your followers, but by using an
associated hashtag you can simultaneously amplify the message across the globe ("10
Reasons Teachers should give Twitter a go", n.d.).
The idea behind the hashtag system is that Twitter becomes like a 'global staffroom' ("10 Reasons Teachers should give Twitter a go", n.d.). Thus by contributing to the ‘global staffroom’ you are essentially expanding your professional network across borders and therefore opening the door for a magnitude of different possibilities. Seeing the ideas of other teachers before me on Twitter has unleashed a ‘child-like excitement’ within and I am itching to give it a go.
Another point to add is that for current teachers who are running out of ideas or are
tiring, Twitter can be the spark to resuscitate the rush of excitement and
energy desired (Miller, 2017).
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| Social Media Remote by Animated Heaven 2014 Public Domain Mark 1.0 |
After reading and using Twitter I can say from first hand
experience that the potential benefits to my future career have been eye-opening
and I now know how to connect to those who are like-minded and bounce potential
ideas off this world wide community. #comm140 #acuedu_p
Garfield, S (2013) Twitter Logo: twitter-bird-white-on-blue. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/8507143767
Heaven, A (2014) Social Media Remote. Retrieved from
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Miller, E. (2017). Teachers on Twitter: why you should join
and how to get started. the Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2017, from https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/apr/20/teachers-on-twitter-why-join-get-started-social-media
10 Reasons Teachers should give Twitter a go. (2017).
Creative Education Blog. Retrieved 7 September 2017, from http://www.creativeeducation.co.uk/blog/10-reasons-to-tweet/
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteI have had a read of your blog on Twitter and it was very fascinating. I really enjoyed how you captivated me by three engaging tweets. I thought it was very clever and well thought out. Rhetorical questions were great and werent overused. It gave me a chance to pause and take in the things you were discussing. Especially in particular the fact facebook had a 140 character count limit? How interesting. Whilst the layout and view of your blog looks highly professional a background photo or some animations could be used to enhance your blog that little bit more. Great job on your first blog, i look forward in reading some of your other blogs.
Rachelle