I’m really interested in finding out the average age of my twitter network and overall personal/professional learning network. Why? Well, at 27, I seem to be the youngest person in my network and I’m really interested in finding out why. Am I naturally attracted to socializing and learning from *my elders*? Or is it as I suspect - younger teachers simply aren’t blogging and using twitter for professional uses?
I’d love if you could take less than a minute and fill out these surveys for me! Perfectly anonymous, of course…………if you follow me on twitter AND read my blog, by all means, fill out both!
Here’s my poll for twitter users: Twitter Age
and
Here’s my poll for readers of my blog: Reader Age
And again, I’m on spring break and trying to collect information and consume the work of others rather than add a ton of content. I’ll post the results soon………..
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Hmmm interesting Kate. I have read that the average age of Australian teachers is 47 (maybe that is why age group of most of your readers/twitterers is older, because most people in ed are older) … are young people interested in teaching as a career? Maybe young people entering uni realise they can earn more with Business and IT degrees etc. Do you think young people are attracted to teaching these days?
Marie
I was just talking about this the other day…not with twitter, but with tech in the classroom in general. The “younger” teachers 21-30…are no more likely to use technology in there classroom than the teachers who are 40-50 years olds. I think the feeling was that younger teachers who have been “using” technologies in the personal life would transfer their use into the classroom. I have found many of the “new” teachers to be some of the most traditional teachers I know.
I am not yet a teacher, but I’m slowly getting a masters in education and will likely be teaching soon. I am traditional (teacher-centered), young (22), a twitter user, and eager to incorporate technology in the classroom. I’m not sure what that data says about your concern, but an interesting mix no? Just figured I’d weigh in to represent the minority in question.
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