Social network sites can be real time-wasters if you aren’t careful. It’s easy to write and read drivel about what someone had for breakfast, but it is pointless. Don’t discount these tools, though. Used carefully, these very time-wasters can become powerful information-gathering dynamos. Here is a quick example. A third party Twitter application called TweepML allows you to ‘follow’ specific users or types of users on Twitter. I put together a hand-picked TweepML group consisting of engaging education, technology and homeschool-related twitterers. As a result, I can easily share quality content just about education. It is one of the very best ways to get lots of ideas, tips, information, etc. quickly!

Here is my Education, Technology and Homeschooling TweepML List: http://tweepml.org/Cool-Education-Tweets/