by Corey Alderdice
There are two great passions that I have as an employee of the Gatton Academy:
1) Helping to get parents, educators, and other adults better informed and excited about the important role gifted education plays in our schools and communities; and
2) Experimenting with the power of social media (like Twitter and Facebook) to shape our discussions online.
The Gatton Academy (@gattonacademy) and The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University (@giftedstudies) have been excited to join in what has become a vibrant community of parents and educators on Twitter who share news, information, and insights about gifted education. Over the past several months we have come to fully realize how working together makes us a stronger body of advocates. You can check out a list of gifted education advocates on Twitter at by clicking here. With Twitter, our conversations are usually shared back and forth through individual tweets.
Beginning this Friday at 11 a.m. (Central) and 6 p.m. (Central), Deborah Mersino (@deborahmersino, Ingenious Blog) will host the first Gifted and Talented Chat, better known at #gtchat. If you’re interested in participating, you need only sign up for a Twitter account. Observe, think, and share. It’s that simple. When tweeting as part of the chat, simply include the #gtchat hashtag at the beginning or end of your tweet. Using a Twitter client like HootSuite or TweetDeck can make this easier. You can also follow the chat by Twitter’s search page or as an RSS feed.
If you’d prefer to simply look in on the discussion this time around, you can always come back to this page and follow the updates below. This is the first of what will become a weekly discussion on gifted ed. If you have questions about using Twitter or would like more information, send an email to academy@wku.edu.
