OK, Twitter Can Be Useful....

Here is an example of how twitter can be useful. I was online this morning and saw that one of my followers, a brain expert, was tweeting with someone else. I have re-started (for the millionth time, but this will be it, I know) my Spanish lessons. I am using Rosetta Stone this time. I want the learning to STICK and I know there are some cobwebs in my brain, so I need all the help I can get.

I know about the concept of brain plasticity - that our brains replay and repractice learning from the day at night while we sleep - and wanted to make sure I did whatever I could to get the biggest bang for my aging plastic brain.

So I tweeted to Robyn. Here's the conversation:

So there you have it. One way to make twitter a tool for learning. Follow smart people and engage them in conversation that has the potential to help you and others. Of course, to be a good twitizen, you should be willing and able to contribute to others twice as often. If you hop onto twitter, feel free to engage me anytime.

Comments

[Robyn McMaster]

Lisa, I have so much more to share that I decided to write a blog. Do be patient till I post it since my sense is that you need even more to do well as you seek to retain the Spanish you are learning. I'd love to provide you even more, but Twitter limits me to 140 words and for this you need even more depth.

I see Twitter as a preface or even a prelude depending on your medium, but it doesn't provide quite enough room to flesh out the bare bones so to speak.

Thanks for highlighting our conversation and the beginning of strategy.

[lisa haneberg]

Robyn - thanks and I look forward to the main course (the post). Yes, sometimes the 140 characters is a limiting factor. On the other hand, you got me going in the right direction!

[Michael Kroth]

So Lisa....I am just starting to Twitter. If you had to pick the top five people (or otherwise) you follow - who really make you think - who are they?

Michael