The Beginning of my Twitter Addiction

I was always very skeptical of using Twitter. I always hear about Lindsay Lohans newest tweets and what Miley Cyrus said on twitter. So I always just assumed it was just another way for celebrities to talk about their lives to their fans. However, after I attended the TCEA conference in Austin this year, I gained a whole new perspective. At the conference they had live feeds of tweets about the conference continually streaming on television screens throughout the conference. Every presenter that I watched mentioned something about twittter. So, I began thinking maybe there is more to it than just celeb gossip and if Lindsay Lohan can figure it out then so can I!!! I started up a twitter account around February of this year and decided to follow a few of the edtech names I had been hearing so much. One being Will Richardson the author of our Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts book. Some of my other favorite tweeters are:

http://twitter.com/Brian_ThomasTCI

http://twitter.com/web20classroom

http://twitter.com/NMHS_Principal

http://twitter.com/mjgormans

http://twitter.com/ktenkely

http://twitter.com/tammyworcester

http://twitter.com/Jasna_A

As I followed these people I started to make connections to other edtech-ers with great ideas and pretty soon I was hooked. Now I look forward to reading through all of the tweets every night because inevitably I learn about some great new website or blog post every time!