A few weeks ago my professor began discussing PLNs with us. She showed us many ways to expand it, and Twitter chats was one of those ways. At first I was very intimidated by the thought of joining a Twitter chat with people who are already educators, but after jumping in I have come to actually love it. It seemed very overwhelming at first and I was really unsure of what to expect, but everyone in that chat was so helpful and nice that it made me feel as if I knew these people for years before.
I stayed with the twitter chat that I first tried because I really enjoyed it! The chat I joined was #txed . I joined this chat because it is full of educators from Texas. Texas is where I plan on teaching once I graduate from college, so I figured having a PLN built from down there is a great plus! The first week I joined the chat was very nerve-racking for me because I am a preservice teacher, I was worried my answers wouldn’t be good enough or that people would think I don’t know what i’m talking about. Turns out, people loved what I had to share! I also got tweets from the moderator of the chat which made me feel super confident.
I have been able to connect with so many awesome educators, and I have learned so much from everyone in these chats. I got to grow and expand my PLN while discussing the things I love, education, with people who share the same interest. I highly recommend that every educator should join a twitter chat at least once in their life time.
If you guys have joined any twitter chats that you think I should join let me know!! Hope you enjoyed this post and I hope to hear from you guys!
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