I took part in my first Twitter chat earlier this evening.  I started using Twitter about 2 years ago when it first came out.  It was only really used by kids updating statuses like they did on Facebook.  Essentially it was just another social network to upload pictures and share thoughts.  But now, Twitter has evolved into an extremely useful tool.  For my class, I was assigned to take part in an educational chat (one of which you can find here).  It was easy to use since I have downloaded TweetDeck – it’s a place to keep all of my tweets in order.  I picked the #Engchat since it was filled with English teachers who were sharing ideas and questions.  They loved having Pre-Service teachers in the mix because we were interested in what they had to say.  It was a little hard and intimidating to begin getting involved, but some of my friends were taking part in the chat so it made it easier to add my input.  Since it was my first time, I didn’t get involved as much as I would the next time.  It’s an amazing way to be in contact with people from all over.  We all have similar interests and were genuinely talking about a topic we enjoy.  Who knew these things were out there?! That’s why it is so important to be browsing the internet and learning as much as we can.

**Now I hope my tweets were archived.  THAT was a difficult task – I will make a tutorial on how to do it when I finally figure it out!