Twitter Reflection

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.