You Never Know….
A couple of days ago I received a Direct Message on Twitter that said “Love that you were featured in Tech&Learning email today!” Huh?? What?? Really?? I was racking my brain trying to figure out what in the world that meant when I decided to ask the person what they were referring to. Come to find out, a tweet of mine was the Top Tweet in Tech & Learning’s ENews daily newsletter. Check out what my “Top Tweet” was below. I sincerely hope that my tweet does not come true. As the library media specialist in my building, it’s somewhat my responsibility to help teachers use the technology we have in the building. If these Flip Cameras aren’t being used, I must take some of the responsibility.
We try to tell our students and teachers that what you write online is there forever, it cannot be undone. We try to share our own experiences to help them learn about the proper use of social networking sites and this was a great lesson for me. Obviously, my tweet was a little joke – if you don’t already know, I can be a bit sarcastic, but after this little experience, I better be a little more aware of what I’m tweeting – you never know where it’s going to show up.





October 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Chad, I think you have made a great point here. So many of us “know” each other on Twitter so well that it is sometimes hard to remember that the world can see our conversations. I know there was no harm meant in what you said, and I hope other people do to. Thank you for the reminder about our “Tweets” and where they might end up!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 PM
LOL I am so sorry that happened to you! Atleast it wasnt a typo or a kneejerk reaction that caused you to suffer from “openmouthinsertfoot-itis” like I have on a regular basis. Those of use who network with you totally got it and really did LOL.
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 PM
I had a similar thing happen. I opened up Tech & Learning magazine and saw my face and a tweet I had written. There was nothing bad about what I wrote, but it felt a little funny. It made me acutely aware of what I put out there. When I do workshops that include Twitter, I use that as an example. I wonder if T&L should ask us before publishing our tweets?