My attempt to convert non-Tweeters

I have become quite the Twitter evangelist in my class discussion boards. Whenever I see the opportunity for a plug, I throw it in there.

The latest attempt actually fulfills an assignment requirement. As part of my Multimedia Instructional Design class, I had to create a video tutorial. It was recommended we use Jing, but as it turns out I was lucky enough to win Camtasia at #edcamp Philly, so I used it instead.

I wanted to quickly show how effective Twitter can be and to challenge the perception of Twitter that many people have. I know it was a perception that I had as well, right up until I downloaded Tweetdeck after EdCamp. I was instantaneously converted.

To illustrate the effectiveness of Twitter, on Sunday I tweeted the following out to #edchat and #ntchat:
"show my preserv classmates the pwr of twitter. if ur reading this,reply w/content area, locale, blog url & RT #edchat #ntchat"
Over the next 24 hours I got responses back from 22 different people from all over the world. A huge thank you to everyone who responded (see the list below).

Here is the end product of my assignment. I'm happy with how it turned out and thought I would share it. Please pass it along if you think it may help others get started in Twitter. - Andrea




1katty
English, HS
Pakistan
http://www.katherinemaloney.blogspot.com

chrisnilsson
physics, instructional tech
Texas
http://cafe.lcisd.org/blog

stangea
5-6 Grade
Saskatchewan
http://bit.ly/a85jr6

senojc76
instructional tech
Texas
http://chadtheteacher.com/blog

rfgrasso
history, 8th grade
California
http://www.rgrasso.blogspot.com

mrstephenwolfe
elementary
Alabama
http://www.MrStephenWolfe.wordpress.com

tronward
2nd grade
Minnesota
http://bit.ly/dvSFRZ

hshawjr
special ed
Maine
http://bit.ly/djRqHN

ron_peck
social studies, HS
Oregon
http://historygeek29.blogspot.com/

kellyhines
3rd grade, PD trainer
North Carolina
http://thefilecabinet.pbworks.com She works on a Cherokee reservation.

drgarcia
educational psych, college
Washington DC
http://gnagarcia.wordpress.com/ http://tcpcg2011.wikispaces.com/

mrdfleming
2nd grade
New Jersey
http://mrdfleming.blogspot.com

stevefitzwater
Math
United Kingdom
http://www.learning2learnandteach.blogspot.com

teachingwthsoul
New Teacher Support
California
http://bit.ly/9HEtfF

grade1
1st grade
Ontario
http://bit.ly/95mi7N
http://bit.ly/ci77PF
http://bit.ly/cefoTd
http://bit.ly/boUqPI

soingirl
2 - 3 grade
British Columbia
http://bit.ly/d4WnNz

msgajda
Math, Science, Bio, Chem
Manitoba
http://msgajda.wordpress.com

gret
ESL, Elementary
Argentina

dancallahan
technology specialist
Massachusetts

cmdecarolis
history, HS
New Jersey

danseabra
languages
Brazil

havalah
kindergarten
Massachusetts