Most of what I learn these days I learn via Twitter - not because of what is in the 140 characters themselves but mostly because of the articles and other content found in the links provided. If someone ever says to you "You can't teach or learn something in 140 characters," they are dead wrong. …
Separating the Personal from the Professional
I almost stopped following two well-known professional educators today on Twitter. Why? Because of their frequent rants in recent days about personal dissatisfaction with their country's political election results. Certainly they are entitled to their opinion and can tweet about it all they wish. I don't question that. But I do question the wisdom of …
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Worth Retweeting (week ending 4/23/2011)
Of the few thousand tweets I read and countless links I followed for the week ending April 23, 2011, here are the 67 I found worth retweeting. Grab your favorite beverage, get cozy and follow these links for some interesting and worthwhile reading. And if you're inclined to thank me for all the time I …
Book Review: “Social Learning Handbook” by Jane Hart
With the use of social media in learning by learning professionals still relatively young, there are only a handful of books written on the subject. To be honest, several of them overlap somewhat in the content provided, leaving me to ask after reading the third one in the span of a month "Do I really …
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Worth retweeting (week ending 4/16/2011)
Much of what I learn via Twitter comes from following the links supplied by trusted sources. Each week on Next Practices I will post a summary of all that I have retweeted from others (plus maybe a few of my own) from the previous week. Some are links. Some are insights. These plus all of …
