tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890273492537786901.post1466814577913984559..comments2022-12-12T06:42:02.108+00:00Comments on Allies in eLearning: Twitter for education - for beginners!AliceKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14433459085270993760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890273492537786901.post-53105968734346941202009-09-19T11:15:22.931+01:002009-09-19T11:15:22.931+01:00Alice
This is an incredibly helpful Blog, thanks....Alice<br /><br />This is an incredibly helpful Blog, thanks.<br /><br />In my line of work, I focus on helping people and organisations adapt to and thrive on changing situations. I have found that the most powerful advocates and enablers of change are those individuals who begin with a critical, or even cynical, attitude to the change. If those individuals can be convinced of the relevance of a change to their own life, they can become converts to an idea, and are often better placed to win over others than the pioneers who launched off with the new direction in the first place.<br /><br />Your explanation of how you have become more comfortable with using Twitter, and how you are integrating Twitter into your own view of the world has encouraged me to keep going with my (still rather pathetic) attempts to get to grips with this medium. <br /><br />Those who seem to grab the Twitter headlines are often public (or would-be) public figures who are promoting their own interest groups or Personal Brand. As you say, however, their must be great examples of those who use Twitter for educational purposes, and the H8xx participants who have become converted must be prime exemplars.<br /><br />For me, the major obstacle that I have to overcome in my own mind is how to filter out the 'noise' from these social media; I only have so much of my life available for reading steams of consciousness that don't connect to my own interests. <br /><br />The piece of the emergence of web 2.0 with which I struggle most is the lack of editorial judgment that comes along with the freedom of the web. I guess what we all have to learn is how to become editors of content and input ourselves. But if we only ever read contributions from trusted and respected sources, will we ever be provoked to consider genuinely new points of view? Very tricky, but I am sure that social media can help. I just have to work out how they can work for me.<br /><br />Once again, thanks for sharing your insights. Your summaries are particularly useful as action aids.<br /><br />MadeleineMadeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475121772908065123noreply@blogger.com