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Also, the survey results do not indicate the numbers of viewers who answered the poll at the end of the week. Only during the week when the poll is active can you see the number of respondents. I caught it right today and answered, " Are edublogs living up to that potential?" I answered and was the first person, so the results were 100% for my YES!

Here is the rest of the question post: Blogs are about writing for an audience and at their best they generate a conversation that helps people think at greater depth about ideas.

Wow, this is so timely, last week I was struck by the question of the week and decided to write my blog post about " What's the Twitter?
We're curious about how deeply Web 2.0 tools have penetrated education. " Then I decided to look back at other Questions to see what other gems of information I had missed.

This is a brief summary of the questions that worked for my blogging purpose.

You've said that 71.4% of you have participated in an online learning community and found it VALUABLE. ( BTW, I totally agree.) Ryan Bretag wrote about getting involved with blogging in order to have blogging transform your classroom, which means that you also blog. 61.9% of you agreed with this statement! In answering the question about which area of your professional responsibilities has been most impacted by technology, a combined 74.2% of you agreed that your planning and productivity as well as teaching and instruction have been impacted by technology.

You've also stated that the most significant way in which technology has improved learning opportunities for students is the increased support for project based learning @ 45.5%, as opposed to 0.0% for improved performance on tests! Again, I agree.

But the survey results that struck me the most were about Twitter! Only 6.5% of you post at twitter while a whopping 63% of you have heard talk of Twitter. So, the whole purpose of my blog post is to encourage you to try out Twitter. Bob Sprankle had a great blog about Twitter with an experiment he designed. With over 70% of you valuing the social connections of online communities you will be amazed at the online Twitter community. Some days there are 'tweets' giving up their favorite blog posts, including the URL for a great blog post, (it is better than my RSS reader collection), other times it is a call out to solve a problem with a new web tool, or we are caught comparing the weather, especially with the recent snow storm that blanketed the USA. But, my favorite example of Twitter is the part it plays in engaging new bloggers! When we provide staff development on blogging, we always put out a post and send tweets to the new bloggers post and inevitably the blogger gets so excited when someone reads and comments on their blog, usually that is all it takes to keep them going.

So, if you are blogging leave me your URL, I will comment. If you are looking to join Twitter for a trial, search for cheryloakes50 and ask to follow me, I will consider it a compliment and will introduce you to the fun and value of Twitter. Oh, you should also follow techlearning when you join. This is an online community worth joining. Thanks for being in my audience.
Oh, and don't forget to answer the Question of the Week and see what number comes up for you!