A Great Blog Post About FETC and Twitter.

We’re all becoming Twits. As a loyal user of Twitter, it’s been interesting watching this simple web application create and enhance professional networks. Other social media platforms are full of different applications and features, but the beauty in Twitter is that it only ask you one question. “What are you doing?” Through this one question friendships are enhanced, communities are created and e-stalking continues unabated. The answer to this question gives you an idea about what your friend’s day is like. It tells you what they are excited about, what they are doing this weekend, what they are reading or watching on TV. This is also a great way to send people links to web pages you think they should see and web pages no one should see, but more often to former.

Educators are figuring out the benefits of Twitter at a fast rate (especially the technology geeks). Conferences are fertile ground for harvesting new Twitter colleagues and meeting current Twitter friends face-to-face (like normal people). I found this blog post from Jerry Swiatek about FETC and Twitter, which provides a ton of insight on the effects Twitter has on developing friendships in one’s line of work:

I’ve had plenty of time to think about and absorb everything that went on at FETC last week. For those that don’t know, FETC is the Florida Educational Technology Conference held in Orlando, FL each year. In years past, there have been upwards of 14,000 attendees. This year, the announced attendance was around 7,000, which meant fewer sessions and a smaller exhibit hall but that didn’t stop the learning. In fact, I learned more at this year’s conference than I had in my previous 3 conferences combined. The difference? One word, Twitter.