Blog Entry #2-Part 2 Tweeting and Chatting

BLOG Entry#2-Part 2 Tweeting and Chatting

I have been working on my Twitter library.  It has been fun thinking through who I should add to my list. Being that I am not teaching any longer, I am looking to expand my list to include people that I might glean from in my professional areas, i.e. , musicians (even more specifically worship leaders), pastors, jazz artists.  I thought it an odd thing to look for “public speakers” at first. But I actually found some possibilities thanks to Scoop.It.  It’s just a little odd following people you know nothing about. I would rather “follow” them based upon a recommendation but since I’m kind of navigating this road on my own I will leave it to chance at first.  As I follow a little I’m sure I’ll begin to pick up on how legitimate someone is. Currently I am following the likes of Chris Tomlin, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Israel Houghton, Darlene Zschech, and Pastor Leo Giovinneti just to name a few. 

I participated in an educational twitter chat tonight.  That was a trip.  I went on to #musedchat this Monday evening at 5:00 (listed as 8:00pm EST).  I found this site on Cybraryman’s Catalogue of Educational Websites.  It was a trip. Honestly, a little difficult to figure out how to get on it at first. I had to “google” how to join an edchat.  After 20 minutes searching, reading, and navigating how to get setup, I was finally in.  The entries sometimes fly in so fast I had a hard time keeping up, especially with any one thought as one was answering a comment made by someone 8 entries earlier.  In this respect it is totally reminiscent of the chat rooms of the early days of the Internet.  As such I would say this format is taking a great step backwards. In any event, I did finally jump in. That was a little intimidating as well as I wasn’t certain I was writing to everyone at first or even if my entry would make it in.  It did and some responded.  There is a certain satisfaction in knowing you are able to contribute to this vast array of information and suggestions shooting by.  All in all I would say getting to the experience was once again time consuming but once I got on and got in it was quite enlightening and even fun.