Twittering

I've been exploring Twitter this year and am becoming more receptive to what it can do for me.  Since my district has blocked Facebook and other social networking sites where I had planned on working with students after-hours, I can see that Twitter might be an alternative to this dilemma.  Since most students have cell phones (or micro personal PCs), they have access to Twitter.  I can see them Tweeting questions and receiving answers from peers or me while they work on the topic at hand.  I can also see using it to send out reminders for things and posing "homework" questions once they leave the school building.

I've been following several people on Twitter, including but not limited to: Ian Jukes, Kathy Schrock, Cyndi Danner Kuhn, Jeff Utech and Alec Couros.  I find it refresing to read their opinions and what they are finding out on the 'Net. 

I did a search for #biology and found some useful sites for my return to the classroom next year.  I picked up several of the tweets and am now following them.