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I joined Twitter on May 20, 2008. ( http://twbirthday.com/schneiderb/) It took me 1 year and 1 month before I sent my first tweet on June 20, 2009. ( https://discover.twitter.com/first-tweet#schneiderb) Why? Because I didn't know what to tweet about or who to follow.

It's no surprise that Twitter, inarguably one of the most popular social platforms, has more than tweens and "hip brands" (like us, of course!) tweeting tidbits into the universe. Teachers, professors, and other types of educators use this platform to bring academia into the 21st Century, share ideas, and intellectually influence their followers.

The greatest software invented for human safety is the human brain. It's time that we start using those brains. We must mix head knowledge with action. In my classroom, I use two essential approaches in the digital citizenship curriculum that I teach: proactive knowledge and experiential knowledge.

Using social media to share with your community? It's a start, but it's not enough. Using social media to connect with other educators? That's awesome, but that's not enough either. Using what you've learned from social media to significantly change the day-to-day learning experiences of students (and teachers)? Now you're getting somewhere...