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The Wonderment of Twitter

One of the difficulties of living and teaching in rural Iowa is we have few colleagues to collaborate with that teach the same things we teach. There is no substitute for being able to talk with fellow teachers, to bounce ideas off of, to learn from, and sometimes to vent to. So, the best way to build a great group of folks to learn from, from all around Iowa, the US or the world... Twitter!

Twitter isn't just about Ashton Kutcher and what $@#^^$ My Dad Says. Twitter is a great collaborative tool that you can use to build your own Personal Learning Network (PLN). This site will allow you to customize who you follow, who to collaborate with and who you interact with. There are TONS of sites and resources on building your PLN.  One of the main goals of the upcoming PD day with 1:1 schools is to start building your PLNs and inorder for this to work and be the most effective, we all need a twitter account! So, head on over to Twitter and create a log-in and get started following people!

Useful links:
Twitter Hand-Book for Teachers
A Teacher's Guide to Twitter
9 Great Reasons why Teachers should use Twitter
Twitter 4 Teachers

Twitter Users at South Hamilton
@karlhehr - Karl Hehr
@DonaKimberly - Kim Huegerich
@jsteino - Jeff Steines
@soniaheins - Sonia Heins
@karenwaid - Karen Waid
@donovan_science - Patrick Donovan
@lyleschwartz - Lyle Schwartz
@radclone - Trev Houck

A twitter list of South Hamilton CSD Staff on Twitter. As more teachers from South Hamilton get on Twitter I will add to the list.

Last bit of useful information: the hash tag for South Hamilton is #shcsd.