Twitterthon!

This week for our "7 Day Social Immersion Challenge"  I chose to participate in a Twitterthon! I have a twitter account but rarely use it for tweeting or retweeting. I mainly like to use it for trolling and keeping up with current events. I find that it is so easy to access via app and scroll. I honestly found myself getting lost for hours at a time because I would click on a handle and continue clicking links to other Twitter feeds and accounts. You can really get lost on Twitter.

I found a great amount of resources to use in the classroom and professionally via Twitter. I found that majority of the pages that I follow were for personal enjoyment. I LOVE animals and the cute video snippets that you can find online, and The Dodo is a great organization that tweets these all the time. They are pro rescue and animal, and have the best links and animal affiliations. I posted a screenshot of their profile below:

I also have become an adopted Penn State Football fan (thanks to my wonderful significant other) and  found myself actually enjoying PSU football. I followed them as well, and love the video snippets, photos and highlights that they post. I posted a screenshot of their account below also:

One of the reasons that I posted this screenshot was because I wanted to share one of the features that Twitter provides that helps you get lost in Twitterville. Suggested accounts/links! Twitter does a nice job of referencing other accounts that may be similar to the page that you are following or accessing. Warning: clicking these links can be dangerous! You will lose hours of time following one after another. 

I found that this social immersion challenge was not a bad task to take on. The wonderful thing about Twitter is that your tweets don't have to be long at all. A few characters with an optional hashtag is all you need! Twitter has brought such ease with being able to follow other accounts, a touch of a button is all is takes to get you where you may (or may not!) want to go! If you haven't given Twitter a shot, please do. You might be pleasantly surprised!