Over the last few weeks we have had to start a Twitter
account and follow others that may help us in our teaching career. I will be the first to admit that I was very
hesitant in this activity. I have had a
twitter account in the past and I did not enjoy using it so I stopped using it
years ago. With this new opportunity of using
Twitter I have learned that there are a lot of good things that can come out of
it. I do like the idea that you can
network with other people in your field without actually having to go to a
networking get together. Of course,
there are news outlets to keep you up to date with current affairs. This is important because you continually put
current events into your lessons in the classroom. I also saw where teachers and administrations
were using Twitter as like a bulletin board.
A place they can make an announcement about the school and/or district
and the students and parents know what is going on in the school district. I do like the idea of using Twitter to make announcements
or even letting parents know what is going on in a teacher’s classroom.
At the beginning of class I was very negative about
the idea of having Twitter and using it.
But after the past few weeks I have decided to have an open mind and
continue to use Twitter. I will keep
tabs of some of the networking followings, but I think the biggest use I will
have for Twitter would be to keep parents in contact of what we are doing in
the classroom. I think this is where I
will get the most use of it. The use of
Twitter in this class is just one example of me using new tools in the
classroom that I never thought I would have in the past.
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