A-flutter about Twitter? April 22, 2007
Posted by Laura Pearle in : Hot Topics , 9 commentsA recent post on LM_NET pointed me to Kathy Sierra’s blog post about Twitter. Many of us have heard about Twitter, some of us have used it… the same applies for Ning, Furl, Del.ic.ous and all other 2.0-isms.
The problem for me - and I suspect for many - is the time issue. Does this sound like you?
I’m trying to provide a good program for my students. I’m trying to create passionate learners, independent thinkers and be a partner with my teachers in curriculum. I’ve got to consider budgets and previewing books and websites and databases for student and faculty use. I don’t have all the staffing I could want (or use). There are standards and testing that I need to support. Our website could use an overhaul, not to mention our A/V equipment (which I’m responsible for maintaining). And let’s not forget all the union/district/school meetings and professional development/in-services I need to attend. At the same time, I’m reading blogs and e-lists to connect with other librarians, and reading professional literature.
And then I’m supposed to Twitter and set up IM reference and create a MySpace page and be a real Friendster (or is it Facebook?) and Furl and… and… and…
The problem is that many of us are trying very hard to keep up, but technology expands while time seems to contract.
Sometimes, I wish that people like Michael Stephens, Meredith Farkas and Stephen Cohen could spend a month in my (sometimes sensible) shoes as I try to keep all these balls in the air. And then I wish that they’d look at all the technology thats “out there”, the 2.0 stuff that they say I must use and help create a program where I can do just that. Because, as Kathy Sierra suggests, without that, my head might just explode.
(posted by Laura Pearle)