How does twitter work?

[Paul Allison]

Yesterday I posted these four messages:

paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing VoiceThread to a middle school English teacher where would you point first (after the tutorials)?

paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing VoiceThread to a guidance counselor whose native language is Mandarin where would you point first?

paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing high school librarians to VoiceThread where would point them first?

paulallison @voicethread If you were introducing history teachers to VoiceThread which ones would you point to first?

One of the replies was from Collett Cassinelli, a 7-12 Computer teacher at private Catholic school in Portland, Oregon. She twittered back:

ccassinelli @paulallison Please send them http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com - I just added a new page and want samples from Librarians too

I thanked her, and will be recommending the wiki that she organized to the participants in our Institute.

And to take it one step further, I invited Ms. Cassinelli to join Steve Muth, a founder of VoiceThread, Susan Ettenheim and me on our webcast, Teachers Teaching Teachers on Wednesday. She graciously agreed to come on and expressed this concern about VoiceThread:

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and while it's easy to share with teachers HOW to make a VoiceThread, I've been reflecting on best practices for incorporating VoiceThread into the curriculum and using it effectively. I know teachers see the power of collaboration and communication, but sometimes fall short on best ways to use it so it encourages thoughtful responses and real sharing. Its been very helpful to see the variety of ways posted on the wiki.

Twitter is an important part of our ongoing knowledge creation.

[Paul Allison]

This is what Steve Muth, one of the VoiceThread founders sent us:

[joann chen]

Thank you, Paul. I'd love to know the result for my case.