Getting started

The objective of this blog is to share with you some of my experiments and findings related to technology in the EFL classroom. I have a great interest in all things technological, but I must confess I'm not by nature a very tech savy person. But I can't help feeling there are so many tools we could start using effectively in the classroom that the idea of this blog arose as a way of showing other teachers that even less technologically-minded people can acutally use technological resources effectively and it's not too difficlt to pick things up if you have a go.

So one of the first things I'd like to share with you all is the great importance of trying things out for yourself. I decided to start off my experimentation by associating my Twitter account (http://twitter.com/)with my Facebook to see how the dynamics of this partnership happened. Funny thing Twitter! Who said it was only for media craving stars!!! The idea behind this micro-blogging social network is that your messages are limited to 140 characters - how perfect! It helps us to be concise, to the point and send pics, tweets, urls and other links quickly to whoever is following us. It can be informative, or a fun way to share thoughts, feelings etc.
Once you have your own Twitter account, as well as following your own friends and colleagues, how about following other EFL experts such as Jeremy Harmer (http://twitter.com/Harmerj) or Scott Thornbury (http://twitter.com/thornburyscott)?
The next few posts will look into pedagogical possibilities using Twitter.