Ditto to Jo and Skip's comments about Plurk. More people respond to requests for help or information, and the new friend/colleagues I have made mesh well with my twitter friends. New, valuable learning experiences happen each day.
Sheryl (n2teaching)

Jo McLeay wrote:
> Until recently I was a rusted on fan of twitter. I didn't see the need to add plurk (what sort of name was that anyway???) But having tried with I am starting to appreciate the subtle differences with twitter the ability to save whole conversations and the ability to really develop aan educational discussion of some depth. There is a whole culture, a whole community there that I had no idea of. SO I encourage you to persist with it if you are just starting out and have fun while learning!