Twitter Chats

I participated in 2 Twitter Chats today.  I had some difficulty finding one at first, and I also struggled with not letting life get in the way of participating in the chats.  I can't imagine participating in one without a tool like Hootsuite or one of the other apps.  

The first chat I participated in was #Web20tools.  When I logged in to participate there was no moderator, and the only participants were from our class.  So, we did what all teachers do, and we improvised.  We had our own discussion about what Web 2.0 tools we like and use often in our classrooms.  I am so thankful that this was my first experience with Twitter chats because it moved at much slower pace.  However, I did find myself struggling to keep up with who was talking about what.

The second chat I participated in was super overwhelming because there was such a large number of participants.  Even though I am not a 1:1 teacher, I hope to be in the near future so I joined in for the #1to1techat.  Through most of the chat I found that I struggled to keep up.  If I stopped to post, I got farther and farther behind on what was going on.  At one point I have to give up and skip a whole chunk of posts.  However, while it was hard to keep up, that meant that there were so many more people sharing ideas.  I am looking forward to going back tonight and re-reading what I missed.  

Overall I enjoyed this experience.  It is a great way to expand your PLN, and chat in real time with others who share a common interest.  I found 5-10 new people that I am very excited to start following every day.