We had an alliance training day today, and one of the leaders is very active on Twitter. She tweets under @MissSMerrill, and is one of the admins for #primaryrocks, an online chat which runs every Monday from 8-9pm, and which is followed by over 10,000 primary teachers. #primaryrocks also run events, including a conference in Manchester. We spoke about the opportunity for networking, gaining ideas and CPD on Twitter, and so I have taken the plunge and created an account.
I have followed my university course tutors, fellow students, popular teacher accounts and other users associated with #primaryrocks. After my training leader retweeted my first post to her 5000 followers, encouraging them to follow and support me as a trainee, I have already started to gain followers and receive welcome messages. I will need to be careful to remain professional and protect the anonymity of my colleagues and students, but Twitter will hopefully be a very useful tool. I will engage in the next #primaryrocks edchat, and seek advice for my next placement!
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