Cultivating PLN on Twitter, and I didn’t even know it!
As the winter term wraps up, I am just not ready to put it to bed yet. So I looked more closely at the Twitter groups, individuals and institutions I follow in the Teaching and Learning world to see who wanted to chat. I landed on
https://twitter.com/FOTC2021
More specifically, the registration page
202 people have registered for the FOTC2021! Oh my goodness! This is going to be amazing!!!!
If you haven't registered, don't miss out…https://t.co/L6LDfmnHp1 pic.twitter.com/LbOnmwbghN
— Focus on Teaching Conference (@FOTC2023) April 21, 2021
Where I discovered I was not eligible as a university colleague. The conference is limited to colleges. So I made sure to let them know that I was a
I may have misunderstood, but is it only open to select colleges? Big fan here would love to attend. pic.twitter.com/gUKYVmCukV
— Michelle Laurence (she/her) 🇺🇦❤️🌻🌈🍉 (@MichLauren3) April 21, 2021
Next thing you know, in my DMs I received a personal invitation to the conference. Reaching out on Twitter was a great way to grow my PLN!
Example for "Cultivating PLN on Twitter, and I didn’t even know it!":
https://twitter.com/FOTC2021/status/1384910277322416137
202 people have registered for the FOTC2021! Oh my goodness! This is going to be amazing!!!!
— Focus on Teaching Conference (@FOTC2023) April 21, 2021
If you haven't registered, don't miss out...https://t.co/L6LDfmnHp1 pic.twitter.com/LbOnmwbghN