My first tweet was:
"Excited about joining the conversation in Twitterland :)"
That was two months ago and since then I have written a grand total of 3 tweets. I have a biography which I think has made people follow me. I have tried to seek out lots of interesting people to follow too. However, I must admit that I feel a bit like the new kid at Book Club... I'm so worried about saying something boring or stupid to the masses that I haven't said anything at all! I think I will use it mainly to follow publishers and other librarians to see what's occuring in Libraryland.
Recently, I have been working with a group of A level Geography students. Like most A Level students, they need to quote up to date events in their exams. Therefore, I suggested using an RSS reader to which the teacher replied "WHAT??". Luckily, this wasn't in alarm, but she had no idea what an RSS reader was! I managed to acquire a lesson with the class in the library to give a demo and sign them up. I showed them Netvibes and Google reader to give them a choice. Most prefered to use Netvibes as they could customize it easily and they liked the tab function which they used to create a different page for each subject. Loads of links to volcano alerts etc later, students each had created their own individual Netvibes page. Bearing in mind that none of the students knew what the RSS symbol meant when they started, I felt this was a step in the right direction!
Pushnote... well, I'm not sure how I would use this online tool. I like the concept and think it could be a useful way of sharing resources but I would prefer it if you could created a public profile and share that. (If you can, and I haven't worked out how to do this yet then sorry!). Would be brilliant if students could rate resources given to them by their teacher and they could have the opportunity to justify their opinion. I would love to hear how other people have used it, especially in a school setting.
