Twitter tales and my new plan

Being an avid Facebook user for my social networking, I was relatively (or highly) disinterested in adding Twitter as I felt that it served a similar niche in my world. However, in the past couple days I've begun to see it in a new light. I've been able to read many interesting articles, discover many new resources, watch many new videos, etc. without having to put in the effort to find them. They have also caused me to stumble on other resources that I might not have before. While I still find the sheer number of updates that come in overwhelming, I'm accepting that I can't read/see/find everything.

New plan:

Follow a lot of people (that I believe could be a positive, contributing member to my PLN) and spend this time that I have in the summer monitoring the quality and usefulness of their posts as it applies to my objectives and then by the end of the summer or end of the class make some cuts. This will allow me to fine tune and establish a true set of individuals with skills, talents, and information that I can utilize.

Questions/thoughts I still have:

If you are following someone on Twitter and subscribing to their blog, is that overkill? Often many people update that they have a new blog post. Not sure if I need that if I subscribe to their blog in Google Reader.

Shout Outs:

Twitter4Teachers wiki. Randy posted this (thanks) on one of our class threads. It has several twitter accounts and blogs to follow group by discipline or interest. I was able to find some really great, helpful people to follow.

Smart Board Revolution A Ning set up for Smart board users. I found this by following @jameshollis.

Rush 2 Knowledge Lots of information about ways to incorporate various technology tools (including utilizing the Smartboard - which we have in each room). Found by following @starden