Bill FerriterNov 9, 2022

Hey @mostlyhopeful and @mrscienceteach : Have you guys seen @mguhlin 's growing list of #EduTooter peeps?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1beJHWsuB0MJDMqeg_q8pBRWRdQImY-n8E6PttoJLFaM/edit?usp=sharing

It's a beautiful starting point!

EduTooters Unite! - Mastodon #EduTooters and #K12Librarians Lists

EduTootersForm Timestamp,Your Name,What do you teach or do in education space? (e.g. 6th grade science teacher, higher-ed professor of philosophy, non-profit education association),Where you coming from? Twitter address (@mguhlin),What is your Mastodon account address (@[email protected])?,Ho...

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Show threadMiguel Guhlin 🦉 🇵🇦 🇺🇲Nov 9, 2022
@plugusin @mostlyhopeful @mrscienceteach Bill! You are here!! So awesome.
Show threadBill FerriterNov 9, 2022

One of my hopes for social spaces like this is that we engage in meaningful conversations with each other --- that this become a place for thinking together.

Twitter lost that and became primarily a space for simple sharing only.

What steps should we take early on to ensure that the norms for #Edutooter nation become something more than simple sharing?

(Or is that something we should even try to control?)

#education #teacher

Show threadMarilyn
@plugusin I don’t know how to ensure that this platform is a place of good conversations, learning and kindness but I surely hope it can be that. Social media can be so vicious and very “hit-and-run” in theway people talk at each other. #SocialMedia #bekind
Nov 9, 2022 at 10:02pmWeb
Show threadBill FerriterNov 9, 2022

@MarilynPF : Yep. That is the tough part. Just because we want a space to take on certain patterns of participation doesn't mean others will want those same patterns.

That makes spaces like this beautifully frustrating. Beautiful because they can be whatever you want them to be and frustrating because they can be filled by people with different wants.

I think I'm going to do a better job of only following people who use the space in the same way as I do.