Twitter Chat

I participated in my first Twitter Chat last night with #moedchat... It was incredible! The discussion topic of the chat was GAFE (Google Apps for Education). Initially, I did not realize how beneficial the chat would be, as we are already using many GAFEs, but my theory was quickly disproven! Among many other things, including networking, the experience itself, and my new contacts, I learned so much about GAFE.  There are many features within the applications that I had no idea about, for example, Goobric, Doctopus, and the voice add on features within Docs.  I am eager to play and learn more about each feature.  Here is the link to the archive of the chat: #moedchat.

Aside from the technical aspect and learning about new tools, participating in a Twitter Chat has given me a larger network of people to learn from...this is probably my biggest take away!  There are so many educators and administrators that we can learn from and Twitter is an excellent resource for this activity. After the chat, I discovered that I have 15 new followers... all people who were involved in the #moedchat!

It truly is an amazing resource... I had NO IDEA how beneficial it would be.  I am already looking forward to my next chat session. I am considering many others... do you have any recommendations?