Comments on: Twitter and Blogger’s Block http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:04:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Borderland » Blog Archive » Iterations Toward Irrelevance http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12963 Borderland » Blog Archive » Iterations Toward Irrelevance Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:17:08 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12963 [...] thinking about this because there’s been some blog chatter lately about Twitter. Graham Wegner and Will Richardson, for example. Some people are blaming Twitter for interfering with their [...] [...] thinking about this because there’s been some blog chatter lately about Twitter. Graham Wegner and Will Richardson, for example. Some people are blaming Twitter for interfering with their [...]

]]> By: ken http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12926 ken Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:13:11 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12926 blogging is now too long? and we wonder why our kids don't want to read novels. blogging is now too long? and we wonder why our kids don’t want to read novels.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12906 Sue Waters Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:42:44 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12906 Mmmmm well I don't agree that you need to be writing longer, more thought provoking posts -- sorry but if the posts are too long we know what happens to them (oops that's why people don't read mine LOL). I suppose at the end of the day you need to stop and reflect on why you are blogging. If your main interest was in personal learning than twitter would be probably be meeting your needs. However if you are wanting to sharing your learning with others and reflect more deeply than you should be blogging. Our audiences vary with different tools - just because you are into twitter does not mean the people you are trying to inform are... so they are missing out on that learning. I also rely a lot on noise --- so while many will say writing on the same topic is not always good -- well with all the Web 2.0 tools being created I tend to pay more attention when I hear the same topic being discussed by many people. So get back to writing --and any chance of you doing a quick 1 minute audio on how twittering has impacted on your personal learning and what you do with students? Okay to say no - but need it in next couple of days. Sue Mmmmm well I don’t agree that you need to be writing longer, more thought provoking posts — sorry but if the posts are too long we know what happens to them (oops that’s why people don’t read mine LOL).

I suppose at the end of the day you need to stop and reflect on why you are blogging. If your main interest was in personal learning than twitter would be probably be meeting your needs. However if you are wanting to sharing your learning with others and reflect more deeply than you should be blogging. Our audiences vary with different tools – just because you are into twitter does not mean the people you are trying to inform are… so they are missing out on that learning. I also rely a lot on noise — so while many will say writing on the same topic is not always good — well with all the Web 2.0 tools being created I tend to pay more attention when I hear the same topic being discussed by many people.

So get back to writing –and any chance of you doing a quick 1 minute audio on how twittering has impacted on your personal learning and what you do with students? Okay to say no – but need it in next couple of days.

Sue

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12900 Graham Wegner Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:54:53 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12900 Blittering does sound better than the alternative, twogging. Thanks for the comment, Peter! Jane, looking forward to the blog post. Alec, I think you're right in terms of the "think out loud" tweets that many participants post. Quick feedback while a blog can favour deeper, more reflective responses. Chris, you were there then as much as Chris and I were there conversing between Adelaide and Philadelphia (funny how as an Aussie I always think of cheese when I read that word.) Blittering does sound better than the alternative, twogging. Thanks for the comment, Peter!
Jane, looking forward to the blog post.
Alec, I think you’re right in terms of the “think out loud” tweets that many participants post. Quick feedback while a blog can favour deeper, more reflective responses.
Chris, you were there then as much as Chris and I were there conversing between Adelaide and Philadelphia (funny how as an Aussie I always think of cheese when I read that word.)

]]> By: Peter Rock http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12898 Peter Rock Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:46:26 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12898 Is copying a twitter session into a blog entry called blittering? Is copying a twitter session into a blog entry called blittering?

]]> By: Jane http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12896 Jane Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:20:53 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12896 One thing about twitter though, as you have demonstrated above, is that the short sharp interactions with people can spark some very thoughtful issues. It occurred to me as I read this post (I had been thinking the very same thing by the way) our blog readership is larger than our twitterverse and sometimes the short revelations or revealing of cool new toys are still important, both for our journaling and for others who haven't been drawn into the addictive merits of the twitterverse yet. mmm I can feel a blog post coming on. One thing about twitter though, as you have demonstrated above, is that the short sharp interactions with people can spark some very thoughtful issues. It occurred to me as I read this post (I had been thinking the very same thing by the way) our blog readership is larger than our twitterverse and sometimes the short revelations or revealing of cool new toys are still important, both for our journaling and for others who haven’t been drawn into the addictive merits of the twitterverse yet. mmm I can feel a blog post coming on.

]]> By: Alec Couros http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12895 Alec Couros Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:15:09 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12895 I agree. Some short/small thoughts never make it to my blog anymore. However, I'm finding Twitter has really provided the glue to new relationships that were loosely formed in the edublogosphere. Be able to see how many bloggers think between blog posts is one of my favorite elements of Flickrs, in a sense, you can sense what's coming next from each blogger by what they are hinting at in Twitter. I agree. Some short/small thoughts never make it to my blog anymore. However, I’m finding Twitter has really provided the glue to new relationships that were loosely formed in the edublogosphere. Be able to see how many bloggers think between blog posts is one of my favorite elements of Flickrs, in a sense, you can sense what’s coming next from each blogger by what they are hinting at in Twitter.

]]> By: Chris http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12891 Chris Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:50:15 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/10/07/twitter-and-bloggers-block/#comment-12891 I remember reading this as it "went live". I almost feel as though i was there! :-) I remember reading this as it “went live”. I almost feel as though i was there! :-)

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