tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post2329547839038343481..comments2023-10-29T15:23:09.194+01:00Comments on You Learn Something New Every Day: The Two-Day Total Twitter Immersion: Using Twitter for Social LearningGillian Martin Mehershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551238107247852991noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-66437430851359519852011-05-23T06:39:00.752+02:002011-05-23T06:39:00.752+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Ranganathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548512651977136900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-3425503547482536622009-12-31T23:24:20.823+01:002009-12-31T23:24:20.823+01:00Ditto Twitters to you!
Your explanation of the v...Ditto Twitters to you! <br /><br />Your explanation of the value of Twitter is a solid one. Twitter has deep opportunity and, therefore, requires some deep immersion to "get it." <br /><br />I appreciate your well-written post.private schools in Gwinnett Countyhttp://www.cornerstonecougars.org/cca-life.aspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-54845928433596918502009-12-09T11:03:01.409+01:002009-12-09T11:03:01.409+01:00I'll send you an invite to Google Wave as soon...I'll send you an invite to Google Wave as soon as I get an email address from you. I'm following you on Twitter, so you can always send a DM to @frabud there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849530808483659075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-58221123415923987912009-12-08T23:22:36.801+01:002009-12-08T23:22:36.801+01:00Wow, excellent comments, thanks so much! I see tha...Wow, excellent comments, thanks so much! I see that there is quite alot of shared experience around adopting Twitter and putting it to good use. <br /><br />Cliff, my experience at Educa Online at least was that people were incredibly polite with their Tweets, not always positive, but very respectful, I felt the community in them, and at least I felt that it would not be ok to flame someone and I didn't notice others doing that. As people got to know each other through Twitter, there seemed to be more respect demonstrated. I will check out your book chapter, thanks for adding that link.<br /><br />Tricia, in one session where we were using Backnoise.com one participant asked a panelist who was not speaking what it was like to look at an audience on their phones and laptops (that was Jane Hart I believe), and she wrote back that she didn't notice as she was on hers too! (or something like that). Even I have much more tolerance now with people using their equipment in sessions.<br /><br />Eric, thanks for the Posterous tip,I will check that out. I also get very fidgetly, although in the session where we were also using Backnoise, it took me 10 minutes to tune into the speakers. I wished they would have given us 10 min just to play with the technology before starting, then I could have concentrated more.<br /><br />Frank, that was indeed me! And I would be delighted to receive your wave invitation, thank you so much. I was a bit frustrated by the invitation thing, no one I know has received one, so thanks in advance for this opportunity and for your kind comments!Gillian Martin Mehershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551238107247852991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-91152401835097646502009-12-08T19:57:36.667+01:002009-12-08T19:57:36.667+01:00Using Twitter has saved me from tuning out at conf...Using Twitter has saved me from tuning out at conferences. I also like using other fun tools like emailing blog posts to Posterous.<br /><br />I don't know if it's ADD or ADHD or too much MTV or maybe just blame Marilyn Manson, but I get bored and fidgety and even start to blurt out like I have Tourette's at conferences. That is, until Twitter and my HTC smart phone got together and occupied my thumbs.<br /><br />I guess I still blurt out. But I like conferences a lot more now.Eric Matashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593957076278715151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-42560501699240038292009-12-08T19:02:13.945+01:002009-12-08T19:02:13.945+01:00This is a great post. I didn't come to Twitter...This is a great post. I didn't come to Twitter-land willingly either (I was tasked with the responsibility to develop an e-learning course on how to use Twitter). I didn't get at first, then one day, voila! As you put it, "I wasn't learning alone anymore". <br /><br />My company doesn't have the money to send me to conferences, but I use Twitter and follow hashtags...it's almost like I'm there!<br /><br />My question would be from the presenters viewpoint - how distracting is it to present/facilitate to a bunch of people looking down at their phones instead of making eye-contact? Just curious.Triciahttp://flavors.me/TriciaRansomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-67198714071289052662009-12-08T17:16:25.257+01:002009-12-08T17:16:25.257+01:00Great post, Gillian! There's been a lot of co...Great post, Gillian! There's been a lot of coverage lately about the "dark side" of the Twitter backchannel at conferences, as presenters and audiences sometimes come into conflict. But as you describe, there are plenty of benefits as well!<br /><br />If you're interested in an in-depth exploration of the topic, I just came out with a new book titled <i>The Backchannel: How Audiences are Using Twitter and Social Media and Changing Presentations Forever</i> - you can download a sample chapter at http://www.backchannelbook.comCliff Atkinsonhttp://www.backchannelbook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35538676.post-82566781892772480312009-12-08T11:52:14.377+01:002009-12-08T11:52:14.377+01:00I couldn't agree more, Gillian. Attending conf...I couldn't agree more, Gillian. Attending conferences was my "way in" to the world of Twitter as well. I also spent time at Online Educa posting stuff on Yammer to my colleagues back home at the workplace. That increased the value of me going to Berlin alot.<br /><br />On another note, there is a possibility Google Wave might compete with Twitter as a similar tool in the not-so-distant future. I'm not sure, Gillian, if it ws you that tweeted about invites for the Wave beta, but if it was, I do have an invite for you if you'd like it.<br /><br />Back on topic; this was a very good post and a very good example on the value of Twitter. Could be my story too :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849530808483659075noreply@blogger.com