tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post5948367955072840619..comments2024-02-09T07:57:45.221-05:00Comments on Leading Motivated Learners: Point of PontificationTonySinanishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00624064743310267544noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-10871023963741626122014-12-13T07:14:32.883-05:002014-12-13T07:14:32.883-05:00Hi Tony! I have noticed the same. It makes me want...Hi Tony! I have noticed the same. It makes me want to engage more. I try to find someone on every chat to talk to or interact with, with varying degrees of success. Let's do it together!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750378012247589815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-15084866532569600982014-12-09T16:07:46.765-05:002014-12-09T16:07:46.765-05:00I use Twitter to make me think and ask questions. ...I use Twitter to make me think and ask questions. When I am done with a Twitter chat, I hope to have a handful of questions that I want to investigate. I also use the star and retweet to be sure good tweets are easier to find!Glennwillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948423317004959087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-36243067657911583082014-12-08T11:25:39.016-05:002014-12-08T11:25:39.016-05:00I've always tried to keep my Twitter experienc...I've always tried to keep my Twitter experience a little uncomfortable (at least one side of it) and continually change who I follow and the topics I follow. Twitter is a space where interdisciplinary comes to cross-pollinate, and this takes constant dabbling on the fringes of my interests and my familiarity, and thus constant refinement. PLNs are nice, but there's always the danger of them expanding to dominate the whole network, turning it into a community - which is fine in itself, but not really why I use Twitter, nor is it the best use of the medium as I see it. Glen Cochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071000984277595665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-86069871239031342962014-12-07T23:03:32.722-05:002014-12-07T23:03:32.722-05:00Reflecting on the interactions on Twitter is a hea...Reflecting on the interactions on Twitter is a healthy thing to do, but Twitter is not the sole tool for collaboration. My best relationships with my best collegial sources are relationships with people who I have layered connections with. In addition to twitter contacts, I read their blogs/books, interact on Skype or Google Hangouts, talk on the phone, or converse face to face at any opportunity. I have found that the best people to trust most are those who have a portfolio of education philosophy. Twitter promotes pithy statements that sometimes sound profound, but the real education thought leaders have a history of education philosophy that goes way beyond 140 characters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-48715780848159356112014-12-07T16:38:33.410-05:002014-12-07T16:38:33.410-05:00Tony, I get where you are coming from. I find that...Tony, I get where you are coming from. I find that the people I enjoy the most on twitter and feel like I've gotten to know them beyond the 140 character limit are those who have blogs or those with whom I'm in a Voxer group. I think having a focus to use twitter as a way to get better at what we do will keep it a place where action (and not just words) can result from the learning. Thanks for sharing.Jennifer Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192594604974180825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-87260791042386360672014-12-07T14:05:18.100-05:002014-12-07T14:05:18.100-05:00I agree with you on both points and the operative ...I agree with you on both points and the operative word being ENGAGE... be open to engaging in an exchange even with someone who may be pontificating! TonySinanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00624064743310267544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45969838602256425.post-67480798635873690972014-12-07T14:00:55.105-05:002014-12-07T14:00:55.105-05:00The best conversations around anything on Twitter ...The best conversations around anything on Twitter happen when we are talking to those who we have ongoing relationships with. There is a level of trust and often playfulness that allows us to explore our own ideas without worrying too much about writing something poorly or it being taken in the wrong way. This, of course, makes it very difficult to find new people that we should be engaging with. At some point we just need to throw stuff out and see who engages and alternately need to try to engage with others who may be pontificating.Wm Chamberlainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692221214846665588noreply@blogger.com