What I have learned on Twitter today. Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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What are we going to learn today? This question is the question that I ask students daily. The more I use the web microblogging tool Twitter, it is the question I ask myself ask before logging in. I have found that Twitter can be a great tool for professional learning. To prove this, I have started this page to track what I have leaned on Twitter to prove to myself and others that it is worth the time. So here we go:

Twitter Empowered Teacher:

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
@mbarrow RT @esafety_officer Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know - How many did you know?? http://tinyurl.com/ccxvuv (I'll be honest I didn't know many)
@danfrench Where Obama is Getting Education “Wrong” http://bit.ly/n1pJM @dwarlickJust posted "Where Obama is Getting Education 'Wrong'" on 2¢ Worth... http://bit.ly/H6g67 (Good thoughts by David Warlick about the future of education. It’s new questions that will define our future. Today, we need graduates who can invent answers to the “new questions.”
@ShellTerrell Thanks @Epstein27! Your link looks very useful for quotes try this link http://bit.ly/3KfsHR (@burcuakyol) (You have to love a good source for motivation quotes.)
@marierush RT @russeltarr: Create drag-and-drop activities in Flash with no experience: http://tinyurl.com/ll74hm #historyteacher RT @kellyhines (I was looking for a flash type tool to create projects. This may be it, I will need some time to explore and work with this tool.)
@jennyluca New post: What is a Ning?- ELH presentation http://bit.ly/4COAxR Now to bed! (I have a .ning for middle school. Looking forward to developing this tool to promote social learning.)