The Fast and the Furious

Source: zachsnow.org

One of my edtech goals for this year is to join a Twitter chat. Recently, I found a chat that I was interested in. I signed-on to Twitter at the scheduled time. Everything else is a blur. I do remember after the experience, I tweeted, "What the What?! #edtech, #socialmedia." Maneuvering on Twitter's super highway is not for the faint of heart. Tweets zoom by you from all sides. I was able to tweet my introductions, but when I jumped back into this NASCAR race, I was four minutes behind the rest of the participants. I later learned that using "Twitter's web interface" is not the most effective or efficient way to Twitter chat. Using a Twitter Aggregator such as HootSuite, TweetChat, or TweetGrid is more beneficial. The bottom line is that participating in a Twitter chat takes practice, but you learn a lot and connect with a lot of like-minded people. However, right now I am going to stay in my lane:  the slow one.

Below are some great articles and videos about participating in Twitter Chats.
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/videos/participate-twitter-chat-txeduchat/
http://janetfouts.com/how-to-participate-in-a-tweet-chat/
http://cypressnorth.com/social-media/how-to-participate-in-twitter-chats-stop-being-socially-awkward/
http://www.edudemic.com/get-better-at-twitter/
http://www.edudemic.com/5-ideas-help-go-twitter-lurker-active-user/