Thing 18

Being an effective communicator is an essential element to becoming a successful educator. Social networking sites like Twitter provide opportunities for people to connect and communicate.  Individuals can share ideas, events, and express their emotions. Social networking has the potential to be an extremely powerful resource for educators seeking to foster communication and additional interest involving academic activities with students, parents, and colleagues. For this activity I set up the following Twitter account   Zero4Operator. I chose to utilize an alias connected to my 23 things, rather than use my real name. While setting up my Twitter account I selected several educational sites to follow.  Teachers. Net and Special Education are two examples. My experience searching with hashtags was a little disappointing. Due to the high number of search results I spent a lot of time sifting through information that was not always relevant to what I was looking for. Perhaps I only require additional exposure and practice using Twitter. Overall, my experience was positive and I look forward to becoming a proficient “Tweeter.”