Greater than that has been the ability to go deeper than just PE stuff. I can now surround myself with some of the best in the business and to tap into that greatness. I’ve been able to step up my game in PE in respect to content knowledge, assessment, technology, and teaching strategies. Voxer has given me the ability to have contact with passionate colleagues who challenge me and help me raise the bar on a daily basis. There’s an energy on Voxer that can’t be found in a conference or one day professional development opportunity. Unfortunately, that is not always available to us within our schools, district, or county. There is nothing better than having colleagues that are just as fired up and motivated as you are. Finally, it has given me the opportunity to develop relationships with a core group of PE teachers within Voxer. Second, I had access to these teachers and the ability to share and ask questions. First, it gave me a tremendous window into a lot of great teaching that is taking place around the country. Voxer has really blown open the doors for me on many levels.
I decide to chime in and say hi and was given a royal welcome to Voxer by everyone who was chatting. I checked back in the morning, and Voxer was rocking! I signed back in a beheld the fleury of nonstop conversation that was taking place on a topic (I can’t remember what is was). I read a few texts and listened to a few voice messages, and decided it looked like a worthwhile app. My life as a connected educator was quickly about to be revolutionized! I downloaded the app, signed up, signed in and saw my name in the general PE chat group. What could I lose? I could always delete the app if I didn’t like it. I decided to tweet them both back and said sign me up. They also explained how it supersedes Twitter in collaborative efforts. They both touted the benefit of sharing more info than the 140 characters available via Twitter. Within a few hours, I received another tweet from Jenny Wamsley ( Two tweets in a few hours about an app called Voxer, where you could actually talk and hear a person’s voice.
I had no idea what Voxer was and for the most part was not interested. I was just starting to get the feel for Twitter when I received a tweet from Justin Schleider ( asking me to join him on Voxer.
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