I would like to address this to ... your students:
It is okay if you don't see the value in twitter. It takes time to develop relationships from your network and to feel comfortable enough to share with them and have them share with you.
Obviously, many people feel twitter has value for their personal and professional lives. That doesn't mean that twitter will work that way for you.
I would suggest you give twitter some time and attention. Broaden who you follow and read what they write. Don't feel bad if you only "lurk" because everyone on twitter lurks sometimes. Then, if you still don't see the usefulness for it then don't use it. No tool is right for everyone.
If twitter doesn't work for you, I would encourage you to find other avenues to develop a network. The worst thing you can do is isolate yourself from the collective intelligence (and sometimes wisdom) of the rest of us.
Mr. C
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I wanted on behalf of my school class in New Zealand to thank you for your comment. We're at the bottom of the world or thereabouts and our class page and the visitors that we get are very special to the students. Its very empowering for them to know that the work they do can be viewed by people around the world. We had a straw poll today and unfortunately Alabama was a mystery to them, but they understood that you had viewed our work and left a comment and that was a big deal. Thank you.
Mr Webb and Room 8, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
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