Last week I went to dinner with my oldest son, a junior at Florida State University. He casually mentioned that he was now following an array of credible tweets in topics of interest to him. I was proud and yet amazed how he could be so casual with a social networking tool that I was so methodical about? A generational gap, to be sure! My long, mapped out, Web 2.0 journey is part of his everyday life. But, wasn't that the point of my professional journey; that I need to utilize new ways to reach students and patrons who easily use these tools as just another part of their life?
The next few weeks I'll move into one of the final phases of my Web 2.0 journey; tweeting. First, I need to locate solid information on how tweeting, or microblogging library information, is beneficial to education as a whole and libraries in particular. Next, I want to explore a specialized education tweet called Edmodo, which is another free tool for educators. One of the most surprising parts of my journey so far is realizing that most every Web 2.0 tool I find exciting is FREE to educators!
So, its time to tweet!
