twitter? Should I twit you?

          Milton Chen came to UNL to give a speech last Tuesday. It was a wonderful experience! He talked about "Creativity in the classroom", "Close the gap of word between rich and poor" and in his lecture on Tuesday night, he answered a few questions from twitter. Then he asked the audience "How many of you do not have a twitter account? I looked around, not many people raised their hands. I chuckled, as i was thinking of my own experiences with twitter. I was forced to open an account with Twitter. Personally, I felt overwhelmed with all these social media! Facebook, Linkedln, Wechat, Blogger, and Twitter. I lost track of them and i am annoyed by the reminder of the popping up messages from time to time that whose talking, not necessarily to me, but in a group that i joined in. So when i was asked to open a twitter account, i said ok, but what is the use of that? I do not have anything to do with it. Why should i join? What's fun? What's exciting about it?
        With the heavy load of work and family life, i substantially reduced the posts on Facebook and Wechat. Now what is Twitter?
         I logged in my Twitter last October or November. What was that? i know that many people were talking at that block of time, but Gosh, what was the topic? i did not find it but watched.
        But i could not this time, since it is a course requirement. Not complaints. But if you had an advisor who is crazy about tech, and who showed up in every social media you could imagine, you would know what i mean.
        ok, so let's see what happened. Missed Breakfast talk on Wednesday morning at 5:30 twice, as i changed my schedule of sleeping routine. i will not go to bed till 4am or 5am so it would be impossible for me to get up at 5:30 in the morning! So Wednesday night at 8pm? Finally made it a few times and i think that i gradually got the sense of it!
        It is a big online discussion. People from all places speak at the same block of time, exchanging views and ideas, and most of all, resources. I happened to ask a question about "google classroom"? i am now so behind of google with its so many applications. So got an answer and then when i went in oh, my Gosh, how i love it! See, this is twitter, this is social media! You could get a quick response within minutes of your posts. People are trying to collaborate on these platforms! It is inevitable that i need to associate with these as an educator, student, and future researcher as they provide valuable resources there! Just there, why don't pick it up!
      Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube and other social media platforms reflect the attitude of some people, i could not see all of them. I could not ignore either part. I need to hear voices all around. If i do want to hear voices from every level, it seems that there is no other way around but join in them!
      I don't know if there's any group chat about home literacy, parenting in literature. I may need to remind myself to check and join, if no, create one!
     Another thing i need to constantly remind myself is how to use all these social media. What is the role of me in each of them? I need to sort it out!