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‘Follow’ Me: Networked Professional Learning For Teachers, Kathryn Holmes, Greg Preston, Kylie Shaw, Rachel Buchanan
‘Follow’ Me: Networked Professional Learning For Teachers, Kathryn Holmes, Greg Preston, Kylie Shaw, Rachel Buchanan
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Effective professional learning for teachers is fundamental for any school system aiming to make transformative and sustainable change to teacher practice. This paper investigates the efficacy of Twitter as a medium for teachers to participate in professional learning by analysing the tweets of 30 influential users of the popular medium . We find that Twitter primarily acts as a valuable conduit for accessing new and relevant educational resources on the internet and also as a viable means of social support for like minded educators. The cost effective nature of the microblogging platform ensures that it can act as a medium …