Creating a PLN on Twitter

I had joined Twitter a while ago but with no particular purpose in mind it fizzled out quite quickly.  

This all changed after Ulearn 2012.  I discovered a whole Personal Learning Network (PLN) was waiting for me on the Twitter platform and I have been an avid tweeter ever since!

I have found it motivating and inspiring to see what other teachers and educators are discussing and sharing.  I have been able to share my learning with my fellow colleagues and tweeters which has been empowering personally and professionally.

I have found some very useful websites and apps through Twitter that I have used in my teaching or intend to use.  Some of my favourites include:

• 6 Apps That Teach Math Concepts http://pinterest.com/pin/255227503854102279/ 

• Latest blogpost: Piktochart - a cool infographic tool for the classroomhttp://digitoolsforschools.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/piktochart.html 
• Instagrok - http://www.instagrok.com/ - cool search engine for kids
• Aurasma - www.aurasma.com/
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUddR6TNEpY

Some great education tweeters to follow are:

edublogs ‏ @edublogs

Kevin Honeycutt ‏ @kevinhoneycutt

tes Primary ‏ @tesPrimary

Skype Classroom ‏ @SkypeClassroom

TeachersWithApps ‏ @TeachersApps

edutopia ‏  @edutopia

Edudemic ‏ @Edudemic

We Are Teachers ‏ @WeAreTeachers

Web Wise Kids ‏ @WebWiseKids

EDtalks NZ ‏ @edtalks

Stop Cyberbullying ‏ @nocyberbullies

MegaMindAcademy ‏ @MegaMindAcademy

Top Education Tweets ‏ @topedutweets

Scholastic Teachers ‏ @ScholasticTeach

If you are not using Twitter as part of your PLN, I highly recommend it.  Get tweeting, share and discuss your ideas, find inspiration, get motivated...