About two years ago I joined Twitter. At first, being so new, I thought it was a race to get followers. I had people following me from all over the world and then it happened. My account was hacked and the person not only put up inappropriate tweets but also somehow crashed my computer. At that point I was done, or as we joke at work, I took my football home. I immediately deleted my account and walked away from Twitter feeling embarrassed and vulnerable. After about two years, my principal said, "If a student doesn't get something, do you walk away?" As much as I didn't want to admit, he was right. I was quitting because of one person. I was hurting my own learning, most importantly, I was hurting my students learning. His comments really messed with me for about a week and then it happened again.
I took the leap back into Twitter, needless to say it was one of my best decisions. Thanks to Twitter alone, I have been able to reconnect with amazing educators from around the globe and grow professionally with them. Not only that, we share our problems and help each other get through them. We share resources and best practices without the hesitation. To keep the positive energy going, we have set up Voxer groups to talk even more about education and ways to improve ourselves. I guess the point I have finally come to is, I am doing what I do because it makes a difference. It makes a difference in not only myself but more importantly, my students. These 25 awesome kids that look to me to give them something amazing each day. This happens in large part because of me being able to grow with everyone in my PLN. I just want to say thank you to all of you for helping me move forward and grow as an educator.
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