Tweet and ye shall receive, part two

Twitter conversation with Cybraryman1

I had another opportunity this evening to help out another educator with a subject that, in all honesty, I am not as expert in as I would like.

My quest: The school counselor at one of my school/clients is organizing a Health and Wellness Week, and she wanted my input on the technology aspect of the program.

My first suggestion was to steer the conversations during Wellness Week toward breaking down the wall between behavior online and behavior in person. How we behave is how we behave, regardless of whether the medium is the hallway, the chatroom, or the cell phone.

I then suggested we consult my PLN (Personal Learning Network) on Twitter by posing the following Tweet:

@cybraryman1 I’m looking 4 resources 4 a HS counselor. Do u know of any resources that address the intersection of health & tech? #psychat

“@CybraryMan1,” or Jerry Blumengarten, is (as he describes himself on Twitter) an “educator and writer trying to catalog the Internet for students, educators, and parents.” His web site, http://www.cybraryman.com certainly lives up to his goal.

Jerry replied within moments with the following tweet:

@MyTakeOnIt My Tech Integration for Physical Education & Health tinyurl.com/4vwrbu5 #psychat

Our conversation continued:

@cybraryman1 Thank you, as always! Counselor specifically needs info that focuses on health hazards, addictive use of tech, etc… #psychat

@MyTakeOnIt Students worldwide share mobile addiction tinyurl.com/7mmjcpl

@MyTakeOnIt My Cyber Bullying page: tinyurl.com/ydmpglj Digital Footprints: tinyurl.com/2cnbfwh

In retrospect, I realize I probably should have used the Twitter hash #digcit (short for “digital citizenship” – a weekly chat where educators discuss these very topics). Regardless, in under 15 minutes I was able to send the counselor an email with the following list of links and resources, including a great PSA (embedded below):

CybraryMan’s page of Psych links:
http://cybraryman.com/psychology.html

CybraryMan’s page on Tech Integration for Physical Education & Health (the entire page is PhysEd, but this link takes you straight to “LESSONS and Technology Integration”)
http://cybraryman.com/physicaled.html#lessons

“Students worldwide share mobile addiction” from “Digital Life on Today”
http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/07/6425175-students-worldwide-share-mobile-addiction

CybraryMan’s page on Cyber Safety and Cyber Bullying:
http://cybraryman.com/cybersafety.html

CybraryMan’s page on “Digital Footprints”
http://cybraryman.com/digitalfootprints.html

Michelle Luhtala’s ( @mluhtala on Twitter) Scoop.it page on Digital Citizenship:
http://www.scoop.it/t/growing-cybercitizens