I must say that I thought I already knew the ins and outs of twitter, screencasting, blogs and video-blogs but I stand corrected. Who would have thought that I was completely off-base. After having read about each of these various items in the listed readings I can see as to why so many professionals are moving to these sorts of communications throughout the education world and other areas of the communication community. I truly enjoyed reading, in particular about twitter since I myself am currently not a twitter user but do use other forms of social networking sites. The fact that twitter also only allows 140 characters forces those users to get straight to the point allowing those that may follow a particular person to get to the "meat" of a post without having to read a babble. The fact that more and more professors are using these types of networking capabilities to keep up with students and colleagues shows how much trust in the capabilities of the sites that there must be. Once again here is that ever-changing move to the bigger and better that we are constantly seeing. It is either keep up or be left behind forever.
Brenda
Good to hear you already know about all these tools I am first learning about (especially screencasting and videoblogs). Now I know where to "cry for help" if I get stuck. I, too, am learning so much from reading these "7 Things to Know" articles. I dabble in Twitter but certainly am way behind the Twitter Vets.
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