Using Twitter for my professional and technological growth has been an eye opening experience.  It was initially overwhelming and a bit intimidating but at the suggestion of our school library media specialist, I gave this assignment a real chance.  At this point I have already read and connected with dozens of people and articles pertaining to my areas of professional interest.  I feel that my education world has blossomed and I've been enjoying a more positive side of this job than what I am used to at school.   I've used many lunch shifts to talk about this tech adventure and it's broadened my knowledge of teaching and learning Spanish and continues to be a fantastic conversation topic with any educator.
 I've even enjoyed sharing my discoveries with my students; recently I've gotten many kids into the app called Duolingo.  It's an authentic language program that can be accessed on an iPhone or iPad and it's engaging for my teenage students and for me too.  Sharing Duolingo and receiving a thank you from a student has encouraged me to continue searching for learning tools that I can pass along to my classes.  For the students who are more inclined to practice Spanish at home, I feel that I can now offer more options that are often free, fun, and authentic.  Sparking the curiosity of my students has been an unexpected bonus from my involvement in this technology assignment.
My next focus will be engaging in language chats so that I can develop deeper connections to the information I am reading and to form more of my own opinions.  I am still working on jumping into a conversation with strangers but I feel that the twitter community is open and approachable.
 I'll follow up soon!