I learned of Diane from the John Merrow "Learning Podcast" episodes via iTunes. Those led me to buy her book, The Death and Life of the American School System.
When I began getting into Twitter, she was one of the first people I followed.
This morning, she had a very interesting Tweet about how using high stakes test scores to punish schools is tantamount to bullying. I totally agree. Her Tweet reminded me of a quote, so I responded to her.
Minutes ago, I just got an email notifying me that Diane had retweeted my tweet. What does that mean? Well, it means first that Twitter allows me to interact with a real player in the education reform movement. When was that ever possible before now?
It also means that now my message has been shared with her almost 20,000 followers on Twitter.
When else in the history of education has such contact and idea sharing ever been possible? Yet, how many schools, teachers, and administrators dismiss Twitter as a fad or distraction?
And as a result of this, I just received notification that another teacher just followed me, no doubt in response to Ravitch having retweeted my message. My new Twitter follower has her own blog, which I know can add to my reading list and it's another contact and another way to develop professionally.
Not bad for a Wednesday morning. And it's barely 9:30. Given this flat classroom in a flat world, what will happen by 3?
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