I have chosen to participate in the Twitter Chat #blogchat. This chat occurs every Sunday night at 8pm CST. I am using the TweetChat app for this chat because I find it to be organized and much less distracting than TweetDeck can be.
What did you like?
I liked the fact that there was a good mix of seasoned participants and newbies. I felt much better seeing that there were others in the same boat as I was. I also liked the fact that it was Open Mic night, which meant that there were a variety of topics being discussed and several conversations going on.
How did you find the content?
The content was all over since it was Open Mic night. There were several good topics introduced and with those there were good conversations going on. I liked the conversation about social media and journalism and the one about general blogging tips the best as they were something I was most interested in.
How did you find the participants?
The participants were a mix of seasoned participants and new participants. Everyone had good comments for the most part and there weren't any people in there that were "annoying" or "rude"
Did you follow anybody from the Twitter chat?
I followed @MackCollier from the chat -- he is the creator of #blogchat
What did you find challenging?
I found just keeping up with the volume of tweets and the several conversations going on at once extremely challenging! Once I got the hang of it and knew what I was interested in, I knew what to look for and what I wasn't really interested in. The TweetChat app helped a lot as I could pause the chat and set the refresh time to what worked best for me. I also found it frustrating that, because there were SO many conversations going on, my questions never really got addressed - people retweeted them or said "good question," etc, but I never got a real answer.
What do you think could be done to improve the experience?
I think fewer participants and a topic would have made the chat easier to follow. I would love to set something up in the classroom where groups of students could chat with each other about a set topic in this format. There are so many possibilities!
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