Although my first experience on Twitter was mind boggling it will not prevent me from tinkering around the program. I imagine that my students will become avid tweeters and in order to understand them I'll have to embrace this new technology. I found an interesting website that offers valuable advice on how to navigate the many options of twitter. This link :http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ will help clarify any questions one might have about Twitter.
Today in our Technology course we were introduced to Twitter and let me tell you, text messaging has nothing on Twitter ! Twitter sends information at lightning fast speeds. In our Technology course, we attempted to communicate via tweets with other University students. Unfortunately, due to the large amount of participating students it made the experience rather frustrating. The mass amounts of tweets that bombarded our screens only added to our frustrations. As our eyes attempted to focus on the screen, it was our minds that eventually gave up the idea of making sense of the whole ordeal. This was my first attempt at tweeting. At one point I told myself that I would never succumb to tweeting, but leave it up to college to force me to take a technology course. I'm not implying that Twitter is a horrible program, I'm just saying this first time experience made it rather difficult to gain a clear understanding of the program. After much frustration and a little heavy breathing, the teacher managed to explain several of the key components of Twitter. Twitter has something called a Tweet Deck . This Tweet Deck allows you to view multiple tweets based upon interest. For example, if you subscribe to passiondriventeachers you'll engage in conversations with other passion driven teachers. On a personal level, this type of medium allows like minded individuals to collaborate and share ideas. Apparently, educators find this to be a helpful tool in their classrooms. Students can tweet their answers or even engage in conversations about certain topics.If your an Educator looking to enhance your students learning then this article provided by TeachersforTomorrow will offer some valuable insight http://www.teachersfortomorrow.net/1/category/twitter/1.html.
Although my first experience on Twitter was mind boggling it will not prevent me from tinkering around the program. I imagine that my students will become avid tweeters and in order to understand them I'll have to embrace this new technology. I found an interesting website that offers valuable advice on how to navigate the many options of twitter. This link :http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ will help clarify any questions one might have about Twitter.
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Shawn Krucek
2/8/2012 06:33:08 am
I think you will find that you like twitter the more you use it. The hash tag list with #edchat and other educational lists could be helpful for your future classrooms.
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AuthorMy name is Crystal and I currently reside in Ohio. I have a Bachelor's in Psychology. I am a Graduate student at the University of Akron in the Master's of Integrated Language Arts. Archives
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