This summer I jumped on the Twitter bandwagon after being pushed into it by my professor - and I am so glad I did! I have made professional connections with other literacy specialists as well as important professional literacy leaders.

Today I learned the power of using Twitter with my students. I was working in a fifth grade classroom a few weeks ago on selecting good fit books and strategies for finding that next great read. I discussed how I had read Fish in a Tree and then immediately shared it with a friend as a way to get book recommendations. One of the students in the class perked up and shared that he too was reading Fish in a Tree and was loving it. I then shared with him that I had connected with Lynda Mullaly Hunt on Twitter over the summer. He wanted to see the conversation so I suggested that he come down to my room when he had a chance.

Later that day, the student came down and as I was opening up my computer and logging in to Twitter, we discussed our love for Fish in a Tree. One comment really stuck with me. So the next morning I asked him if he would be okay with me tweeting his comment. He shyly said yes, so I posted his comment and tagged Lynda. What happened next was magic!