For the Twitter assignment we were required to post to or
interact with Twitter at least once a week. I followed at least five people. I posted
the name of a person I followed on my blog each week (once I got the hang of it!)
and added the link or video I found helpful. This was my first experience with
Twitter so tweets and hashtags were like a foreign language to me!
The
five people I initially followed did not always tweet about the blog topics, so
I would end up doing a search most weeks. I was impressed how quickly I was able
to locate the information I needed each time. I am following @kellyhines. She is
my favorite. She posts resources to use in the classroom such as Smilebox, Photopin,
bubbl.us, links to virtual field trips, and useful apps to name a few. @aclewett shared an
extensive and user-friendly list of technology resources for teachers. For
example, you click “Create Presentations” and a list of resources for creating
presentations such as Prezi, Keynote and Google Docs are displayed. I will
definitely refer to this list in the classroom. Even though I do not find @jshe
the most helpful for ideas relating to education, she posts numerous articles
on technology in general. A few articles about Apple products caught my eye and
were interesting.
I
could definitely use Twitter as an educator. Twitter provides a variety of
educational ideas and resources. Once I get the hang of following multiple
people and organizations, I think it will be much more beneficial since there
are so many educators and organizations utilizing Twitter these days. One of
the things I like most about Twitter is that if you find an interesting tweet
or someone to follow, you can check out their Facebook page, blog, or website for even more resources.
