Replies to Invitations

I was excited to see responses to my eBook/webinar invitations.  I had four responses.  In an earlier post, I mentioned how Lorri Wyndham returned my follow on Twitter.  I also invited Mike Reading, who sent me a message back saying that he could not make it to the webinar, but it sounded really interesting.  He wanted to know if it was being recorded.  Does anyone know the link for that so I can get it to him?

I also invited Vicki Davis, who showed up for part of our webinar, and my friend, Laura Park, who showed up for the whole event.  Thank you for your participation!  All the things that you said were really insightful and added greatly to the conversation.  It was really neat to see the response to the invitation for an eBook written by a group of college students.  It shows you that people really do pay attention to what is going on, and that there is always someone out there interested in the same thing you are.

eBook Marketing Through Education

I am a member of the education team for the eBook.  Each classmate was asked to find 20 people to advertise our eBook too.  That was slightly overwhelming.  I knew I had a few family members and friends that were interested in the eBook so I sent the invitation to them.  I also have good relationships with a number of past teachers, so I sent invitations to those where an invitation would be applicable.  After those, I still had a ways to go until I would reach 20 invites.  Since I was on the education team, I wanted to aim my invitations towards that audience.  I tried to join a forum about Jane Eyre to find people, but I am still waiting on finding out if my membership was activated.  Then, I remembered Twitter Search...

Can I just say that I now have a love of Twitter Search.  Through the use of the keywords "education technology," I was able to find a treasure trove of people researching and interested in the same things that are class was interested in.  Not only did I view what they had been researching and send them invitations to our eBook and webinar, but I followed them on Twitter.  Even after this class is over, I am excited to keep in touch with the news of how technology is impacting the learning experience.

Dr. Burton had mentioned creating a list of these people on my Twitter account.  Here is the list; maybe it might come in handy for some other researcher in the future.

Not only that, but one of those that I followed, returned the favor.  Lorri Wyndham is passionate about educational change, and I am hoping to learn more from her in the future.  

I also posted on my Facebook and Twitter profiles, in general, to let more people know about our eBook.  I think using the hash tag #edutech will also help to attract those interested in our topic.




I have found that Twitter is such a useful tool for finding relevant information, which is part of what this class has been about.  I was able to find others through whom I can continue learning about educational technology.