According to Lane (2016, January 8), twitter is a great for professional development. First, I am able to stay up-to-date on educational information. Additionally, it allows me to collaborate with other educators about specific issues and concerns, which can improve my abilities to assist my students in becoming life-long learners. For instance, I can learn more information about certain topics such as “instructional technology.” In addition, I learned that by using twitter I can collaborate with other educators about specific issues and concerns, which can improve my abilities to assist my students in becoming life-long learners. Therefore, I know I will start to use twitter more because I will be able to receive valuable information to help me become a better teacher, which will benefit my students.
Also, I can use twitter as a form of communication. For example, I can keep parents up-to-dated on what is happening in class. Plus, I can tweet reminders about their children’s assignments and I can send reminders to the students, too (Miller, (n.d.). Additionally, I learned that I could use twitter for conducting surveys regarding lessons or other issues. To add, I could use twitter to have students follow issues in the news and to write stories or poems. I could use it to have students share their notes with their classmates and to ask questions, too. Moreover, twitter is an excellent way to start a Professional Learning Network, which will have a positive impact on me professionally, as well as my students (Fitzpatrick, 2018, July 12 ).
Finally, I understand the value of hashtags. Hashtags allow you to do specific searches for instance, if I am interested in educational policy, I search #educational policy to find all the tweets about it (Day, 2017, July 19). To add, Neil ( n.d ) provided me with the best educators to follow, too, which make twitter an excellent resource. I have found twitter to be useful in finding information on educational subjects. Twitter has up to date information concerning education and is easy to use. I have found new and trendy educational tools on twitter. I am excited to use it in my classroom!
References
Day, E. ( 2017, July 19). 100 Education Hashtags for Teachers and EdLeaders.
YouTube. Retrieved from
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Fitzpatrick, E., ( 2018, July 12), Build Your PLN with Twitter: A Beginner’s Guide.
Learning Bird. YouTube. Retrieved from
https://learningbird.com/building-your-pln-with-twitter-a-beginners-guide/
Lane, R. ( 2016, January 8). Using Twitter in the Classroom: Setting Up Your
Account. YouTube. Retrieved from
https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/hxswplD2JKtWQA/html
Miller, S. (n.d.). 50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom. TeacherHub.Com
Retrieved from
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Neil, R. (n.d.). 20 of the Best #EdTech Accounts to Follow on Twitter. Retrieved
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Monday, October 14, 2019
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Monday, July 22, 2013
Reflection of Twitter
My experience with using twitter has been
challenging, but beneficial for several reasons. First of all, I am technology challenged.
I am use to using email only. I learned how to text (minimally) when my daughter
left for college; it became our means of communicating with her. So, it was
very intimidating because I was thinking that if I made a mistake that I would
not be able to correct it, which everyone would see. Next, it was quite time consuming
for me, at first. However, I have gotten better at tweeting and each day
becomes easier, which increases my chances of continually using twitter. Also,
I am able to stay up-to-date on educational information. Additionally, it
allows me to collaborate with other educators about specific issues and
concerns which can improve my abilities to assist my students in becoming life-long
learners.
Next,
I could use twitter for my professional development and/or for my
classroom in many ways. For example, I can use twitter as a form of
communication. In the classroom, I can
keep parents updated on what is happening in class, as we engage inquiry based
lessons by providing pictures of students in action and tweeting reminders
about their children’s assignments. Also, I can send those reminders to the
students. Additionally, I will be able receive responses and any other type of
feedback from my parents and students to resolve any issues or possible issues or
concerns. Moreover, twitter has provided me some valuable information for
professional development. For instance, I was able to learn more information
about “common core,” which I am using to develop my lesson plans for school
year 2013-2014. In fact, I have learned more about “No Child Left Behind,” to
make sure my fellow teachers and I are in compliance. Therefore, I know I will continue to use twitter because I will receive valuable information
to help me become a better teacher.Furthermore, there were several tweeters and hashtag searches that were quite beneficial for me for several reasons. First, Education week is one of my tweeters that I love following because I can get the latest educational information, such as the Education Bill. For instance, I learned more information about the Education Bill and effective ways to improve my classroom management skills; just to name a few things. My second tweeter is Arne Duncan. I like following him because I was able to find out how other issues affect education and how different districts are working with less but still able to provide a quality education for their students. Also, it allows me to see him as being virtually approachable and not just the United State Secretary of Education; he is actively involved in making our education system better. My second tweeter is Bill Nye, “The Science Guy.” I have learned more science information and some I will be using this school year regarding Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Moreover, the tweeter, Nancy Blair, an education consultant, was very helpful. I received information from her tweeting about the best or favorite communication tools to use in the classroom; such as Google Doc, Edmondo, and our very own “twitter.” In addition, I found the “Edudemic” which is a great way to get information about integrating technology that educators can use to enhance learning for students. To add to this, the hashtag search of “#teachers,” increased my opportunity to obtain more strategies, techniques, and technology tools to use in the classroom. Finally for these reasons, twitter has been challenging but the benefits are continuing to outweigh the challenges. So I will continue to use twitter; no doubt my students and I will benefit from it and continue our learning process throughout life.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Tweet of the Week
Taylor & Francis Online http://t.co/V6CAp7qXQb Assistive Technology#ED5059413UWA
— Jacquelyn Carter (@carterj5470) July 16, 2013
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