Comments on: On “The Twitterialization” of Blogging, Networks, Etc. http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Getting Plugged in… VanishingPoint http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-44066 » Getting Plugged in… VanishingPoint Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:04:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-44066 [...] happened.  Will Richardson is so popular (he has reached 1000 people following him on twitter) he has been blocked by websense in my district.  Will I guess you have just become a [...] [...] happened.  Will Richardson is so popular (he has reached 1000 people following him on twitter) he has been blocked by websense in my district.  Will I guess you have just become a [...]

]]> By: links for 2008-02-01 « Green Tea Ice Cream http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43868 links for 2008-02-01 « Green Tea Ice Cream Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:26:55 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43868 [...] Weblogg-ed » On “The Twitterialization” of Blogging, Networks, Etc. Good state of play summary (tags: MicroBlogging twitter socialnetworking) [...] [...] Weblogg-ed » On “The Twitterialization” of Blogging, Networks, Etc. Good state of play summary (tags: MicroBlogging twitter socialnetworking) [...]

]]> By: Pamela Carr http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43805 Pamela Carr Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:02:12 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43805 Will, I think that Twitter is a great way to network. It is so much more personal than blogging. I love reading and responding to blogs, but never really feel like part of a network because of it. With Twitter I feel like I am part of a network. I have learned so much from the people I follow, I have added more blogs to my regular reading list because of it and I have shared information with people I never would have connected to without it. I think the power of Twitter is following people that you don't normally associate with, otherwise it is just glorified IM. Will, I think that Twitter is a great way to network. It is so much more personal than blogging. I love reading and responding to blogs, but never really feel like part of a network because of it.

With Twitter I feel like I am part of a network. I have learned so much from the people I follow, I have added more blogs to my regular reading list because of it and I have shared information with people I never would have connected to without it.

I think the power of Twitter is following people that you don’t normally associate with, otherwise it is just glorified IM.

]]> By: Neil A. Rochelle http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43791 Neil A. Rochelle Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:26:07 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43791 Will, As always, you are one of the influential people in my life that can take my thoughts and put them into words as I struggle to find them. The notion of anytime, anywhere professional development or seeking new ideas is something I find powerful and the reason I twitter. At first, it seemed like it was a world-wide IM machine. Fortunately, there were some great folks engaged in a professional dialogue that changed the purpose instantaneously for me. Imagine students spending a class period on Twitter seeing real-life, real-time information to formulate learning on a particular concept. I know you can! Will,
As always, you are one of the influential people in my life that can take my thoughts and put them into words as I struggle to find them. The notion of anytime, anywhere professional development or seeking new ideas is something I find powerful and the reason I twitter. At first, it seemed like it was a world-wide IM machine. Fortunately, there were some great folks engaged in a professional dialogue that changed the purpose instantaneously for me. Imagine students spending a class period on Twitter seeing real-life, real-time information to formulate learning on a particular concept. I know you can!

]]> By: Stephen Kennedy http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43785 Stephen Kennedy Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:09:23 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43785 This is my first knowledge of twitter. As a rapidly aging administrator in a private school in Atlanta, I recently read your/Will's article in Independent School magazine --on reading and the read/write web. When you visited our school a year or so ago, you sparked some excellent discussions. Twitter, as I hear it, can be a kind of haiku of networking/exchange of information. I like that. But I need to experience it first. Thanks for keeping the ideas alive, Will. This is my first knowledge of twitter. As a rapidly aging administrator in a private school in Atlanta, I recently read your/Will’s article in Independent School magazine –on reading and the read/write web. When you visited our school a year or so ago, you sparked some excellent discussions. Twitter, as I hear it, can be a kind of haiku of networking/exchange of information. I like that. But I need to experience it first. Thanks for keeping the ideas alive, Will.

]]> By: Linda http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43749 Linda Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:23:49 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43749 I was one of the people who used twitter with Reuven Werber during this incident. I felt helpless but a deep concern for someone obviously in terror. I am glad the show of caring may have calmed and comforted. Connections are what we can make to real people with real lives via twitter. It worked as a lifeline to the outside world. We were needed. We responded. I was one of the people who used twitter with Reuven Werber during this incident. I felt helpless but a deep concern for someone obviously in terror. I am glad the show of caring may have calmed and comforted. Connections are what we can make to real people with real lives via twitter. It worked as a lifeline to the outside world. We were needed. We responded.

]]> By: Fizzics » Twam http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43741 Fizzics » Twam Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:41:37 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43741 [...] Will Richardson sums it up nicely by talking about the signal to noise ratio of Twitter.  I might follow his example very soon by actively unfollowing and coping with the guilt that I miss something worthwhile in the process. [...] [...] Will Richardson sums it up nicely by talking about the signal to noise ratio of Twitter.  I might follow his example very soon by actively unfollowing and coping with the guilt that I miss something worthwhile in the process. [...]

]]> By: Ch. 5 - The Peek-a-Boo World « EdTechTrek http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43719 Ch. 5 - The Peek-a-Boo World « EdTechTrek Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:55:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43719 [...] I read a new post by Will Richardson on the topic of Twitter and it resounded so strongly with me (you can read my comments there) [...] [...] I read a new post by Will Richardson on the topic of Twitter and it resounded so strongly with me (you can read my comments there) [...]

]]> By: Steve http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43715 Steve Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:13:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43715 Will, I have been reading and blogging about Neil Postman's book, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death" rel="nofollow">Amusing Ourselves to Death</a>, and he shares some very deep and related information related to literacy, thinking, information, and how we are being shaped by new forms of media. Although his book was written before blogging, wikis, podcasts, and the like emerged, I am finding powerful insights in his arguments and relationships between them and the web2 world. I just finished reading chapter five, the Peek-a-Boo World, and it reminded me so much. In relation to the emergence of the telegraph, he writes, <blockquote>"Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation... Knowing the facts took on a new meaning, for it did not imply that one understood implications, backgrounds, or connections. Telegraphic discourse permitted no time for historical perspectives and gave no priority to the qualitative. To the telegraph, intelligence meant knowing lots of things, not knowing about them... a world of fragments and discontinuities."</blockquote> I think Twitter has a great function, but, as you do in your post, it must continually be analyzed as to its impact on the quality and depth of our own personal learning. I think that when we fail to reflect <strong>deeply</strong> on the impact of new forms of media/communication on our level and quality of discourse and understanding, we give control to the tool. For example, how much time are we spending twittering when we could be reading authoritative and intelligent books and articles on the same topics or on topics that inform our current practices? Our we taking the time to think deeply and reflect on our own practice, or is life twittering by in bits and bytes of related, but fragmented consciousness? Are we looking for quick and surface answers to deep complex issues? Are we failing to look upon history and situate what is new on the shoulders of giants that came before? For me, it is a challenge to do both, but well worth it. Sorry for the long comment. Continuing to wrestle with this as well, Steve Will,
I have been reading and blogging about Neil Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, and he shares some very deep and related information related to literacy, thinking, information, and how we are being shaped by new forms of media. Although his book was written before blogging, wikis, podcasts, and the like emerged, I am finding powerful insights in his arguments and relationships between them and the web2 world. I just finished reading chapter five, the Peek-a-Boo World, and it reminded me so much. In relation to the emergence of the telegraph, he writes,
“Facts push other facts into and then out of consciousness at speeds that neither permit nor require evaluation… Knowing the facts took on a new meaning, for it did not imply that one understood implications, backgrounds, or connections. Telegraphic discourse permitted no time for historical perspectives and gave no priority to the qualitative. To the telegraph, intelligence meant knowing lots of things, not knowing about them… a world of fragments and discontinuities.”

I think Twitter has a great function, but, as you do in your post, it must continually be analyzed as to its impact on the quality and depth of our own personal learning. I think that when we fail to reflect deeply on the impact of new forms of media/communication on our level and quality of discourse and understanding, we give control to the tool. For example, how much time are we spending twittering when we could be reading authoritative and intelligent books and articles on the same topics or on topics that inform our current practices? Our we taking the time to think deeply and reflect on our own practice, or is life twittering by in bits and bytes of related, but fragmented consciousness? Are we looking for quick and surface answers to deep complex issues? Are we failing to look upon history and situate what is new on the shoulders of giants that came before? For me, it is a challenge to do both, but well worth it.

Sorry for the long comment. Continuing to wrestle with this as well,

Steve

]]> By: Emily Vickery http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43712 Emily Vickery Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:04:20 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43712 Great and timely conversation. I am new to Twitter and the focus of what I look for in using it is the power of collaboration among students. For example, the NPR story Middle School Kids Write Story on Twitter--http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/12/middle_school_kids_write_story.html. And, the wiki Twitter Collaboration Stories--http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Twitter+Collaboration+Stories. I'll zoom into Twitter from time to time, not a fixation. But, having said that, Twitter also informs my professional practice with the nuggets Bill speaks of. -Emily Great and timely conversation. I am new to Twitter and the focus of what I look for in using it is the power of collaboration among students. For example, the NPR story Middle School Kids Write Story on Twitter–http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/12/middle_school_kids_write_story.html.

And, the wiki Twitter Collaboration Stories–http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Twitter+Collaboration+Stories.

I’ll zoom into Twitter from time to time, not a fixation. But, having said that, Twitter also informs my professional practice with the nuggets Bill speaks of.

-Emily

]]> By: Pam Pritchard http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43710 Pam Pritchard Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:36:51 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43710 Will, I was introduced to twitter at the NECC conference in Georgia and I have loved it every since. For me, I am learning at Twitter from people in the field and at a quicker rate than if I met these people in person or read the information in a book. The 140 characters are just what I need to get me interested in a topic and then I can do the research if I want to learn more. Twitter has become my social network for technology questions and information. PaulPam2 Will,

I was introduced to twitter at the NECC conference in Georgia and I have loved it every since.

For me, I am learning at Twitter from people in the field and at a quicker rate than if I met these people in person or read the information in a book. The 140 characters are just what I need to get me interested in a topic and then I can do the research if I want to learn more.

Twitter has become my social network for technology questions and information.

PaulPam2

]]> By: Mike Parent http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43709 Mike Parent Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:10 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43709 Sorry, the link is: http://firesidelearning.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1786468:BlogPost:14769 Sorry, the link is: http://firesidelearning.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1786468:BlogPost:14769

]]> By: Mike Parent http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43708 Mike Parent Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:58:41 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43708 Will and your readers, I suggest that you go to this post on FiresideLearning (http://firesidelearning.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1786468%3ABlogPost%3A14769). It is a shocking tale of terror and how Twitter was involved. (No, its not a "Twitter is Evil" story. Will and your readers,

I suggest that you go to this post on FiresideLearning (http://firesidelearning.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1786468%3ABlogPost%3A14769).

It is a shocking tale of terror and how Twitter was involved. (No, its not a “Twitter is Evil” story.

]]> By: The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » Power to the People (Notes from Educon) http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43701 The Future of Education is Here » Blog Archive » Power to the People (Notes from Educon) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:20:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43701 [...] Will Richardson, who coined the term “twitterialize” to describe the effects of twitter [...] [...] Will Richardson, who coined the term “twitterialize” to describe the effects of twitter [...]

]]> By: Dina http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-43656 Dina Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:21:02 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/on-the-twitterialization-of-blogging-networks-etc/#comment-43656 Will-- I appreciate your timing on this very much. Just finished a thoughtfeast on my own blog regarding Twitter, based on a conversation that Bill (above) and I are having-- we both started using Twitter at the same time last weekend. I am remembering a Tweet you put out there from Educon a day or two ago: "Do we want the computer to program the child?" Seems to me you might be asking a version of the same question of yourself: to wit, is Twitter programming your reading? I would be honored if you'd come take a look and comment. http://theline.edublogs.org/2008/01/26/for-whom-the-bill-tolls-warning-long-get-some-coffee-and-settle-in/ Will– I appreciate your timing on this very much. Just finished a thoughtfeast on my own blog regarding Twitter, based on a conversation that Bill (above) and I are having– we both started using Twitter at the same time last weekend.

I am remembering a Tweet you put out there from Educon a day or two ago: “Do we want the computer to program the child?” Seems to me you might be asking a version of the same question of yourself: to wit, is Twitter programming your reading?

I would be honored if you’d come take a look and comment.

http://theline.edublogs.org/2008/01/26/for-whom-the-bill-tolls-warning-long-get-some-coffee-and-settle-in/

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