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Want to know more about using social media like Twitter for professional information and collaboration? See the top right sidebar for links to the entire blog series —->
I ran a little experiment earlier in the summer, just to see what would happen. I posed a general question in the attempt to instigate some daily discussions surrounding SLP affairs. It worked well enough, given that I didn’t give anyone any instructions per se, that I plan to run it more regularly starting now. I’m calling it #SLPsnQs (thank you @zealousidler for the inspiration).
Why am I starting now? Well, tomorrow is the first day of school in my province. I figure a lot of people see Labour Day as the last true hurrah of summer, regardless of working in schools or not, so it seemed as good a time to start as any.
How does it work?
I will post a question to Twitter (nearly) every day with the hashtag #SLPsnQs. Anyone and everyone is welcome to respond. You don’t have to reply to me, but you do need to include #SLPsnQs in your tweet (so that it will show up in the search feed). I will capture a week’s worth of questions and responses in a chirpstory like this. Some weeks may have themes, some will be completely random or inspired by someone else. My hope is to incite discussion and reflection amongst SLPs on a more regular and also more casual basis than #slpchat.
If you have a question you would like me to pose as a part of #SLPsnQs, please DM me on Twitter! I would love to have more minds working for inspiration. However, I ask that only I post the #SLPsnQs questions, since it gets cluttered and confusing if there is more than one question or topic of discussion in a given day. Don’t forget that we still have the #SLpeeps hashtag if you are looking to pose a specific question to the SLP community!
So, watch Twitter tomorrow for the first official #SLPsnQs question of the day and please participate!
PS: Sorry I’ve been so absent. I certainly took a long hiatus from the blog. I am back now and have several posts in various stages of completeness so expect more soon!
Update May 2012: Here are links to several (not all) of the previous #SLPsnQs – a week at a time. Note that there is not always one question per day.
Who do you want to see on twitter?
Why #SLPeeps tweet and tips for new Tweeters
Data collection and management
Fave tx resource, trailblazing as an SLP, and mentors
Learning: this year and past years
Is figurative language important to teach? (also lang and cognitive skills)
Most versatile goals and therapy resources with a smattering of other stuff
Lexical Linguist 
great job moderating questions, Tanya!
Awesome, girl!! Sounds like fun!!
I love how you are always thinking of ways to have meaningful dialogue online.
Brilliant