Reflection: The Power of Twitter
20th April 2017
Today was a really showed the power of Twitter and how great it can be for networking and professional development.
After waking up this morning I was lying in bed scrolling through Twitter. I came across a post about #ohedchat and that they were having a chat based around partnership. Since I have been putting extra effort into building three-way partnerships I thought what a great chat to try and involve myself in. After figuring out that 9pm EST was 1pm NZST I set a reminder and got on with my day.
After waking up this morning I was lying in bed scrolling through Twitter. I came across a post about #ohedchat and that they were having a chat based around partnership. Since I have been putting extra effort into building three-way partnerships I thought what a great chat to try and involve myself in. After figuring out that 9pm EST was 1pm NZST I set a reminder and got on with my day.
My reminder went off (thankfully otherwise it would have slipped my mind!) and I got comfy to start participating in #ohedchat. The chat started and it was cool to see people over in the States introducing themselves. It was obvious that a lot of them must be regulars in the chat but I felt welcomed in as a newbie. I spent the next hour networking, connecting and discussing with others in the same profession just on the other side of the world.
Key points covered in the chat included:
- why partnerships are important
- why & how students and teachers can and should learn together
- how students can lead their own learning that involves the community
- what factors can harm partnerships and how can they be avoided
What what did I leave the chat with? Not only did I pick up on interesting opinions and ideas surrounding partnerships, I also recognized the importance of community in these partnerships. Although I have increased my partnerships and relationships with students, parents and housemasters I have not really included the wider community. This inclusiveness of the wider community was a strong theme throughout the chat as well as the idea of schools supporting and giving back. I also was able to share small parts of NZ through the chat such as introducing the term of Äkonga to others on the other side of the world.
Overall it was great to be able to participate in a new chat with others that I wouldn't normally get to chat to because of different time zones. I was able to takeaway some tips and widen my connections.
Now that my friends is a snippet of the power of Twitter!
My Storify of the chat can be seen here.
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