Announcing Twitter in Schools!

Never thought I would be twitting.  For me the whole concept of Twitter seemed like a waste of time, I never understood why anyone would want to be following what other people are doing. When I would hear that people were just twitting and following Larry King, I would answer “you have got to be kidding, there is more to life to following celebrities!” to want to know what he is doing, what he is eating, where he is going and then on top of all, hear that Twitter was also been used as a way to attract people to listen to his show! We’ll I was just completely disgusted until this course and….I read this article “The Twitter Toolbox for Educators” It seems to me that the author Steven Anderson has a grip on this whole Twitter concept, he not only understands it but makes good use of it. It definitely changed my view about is possible usage. He explains how Twitter can be used as a tool by educators for learning. The author discusses that he uses it as part of his Personal Learning Network (PLN) or as part of his Personal Learning Community (PLC) and I really enjoyed the quote statement on the article “Alone I am smart but together we are brilliant” (although I would have liked to know who’s quote was he quoting) I thought it was a good one. I had no idea that the School community or Education community have been embracing Twitter as a way to share learning resources or even to teach.

However, I have yet to meet a teacher that is using this method of communication in Miami, but I still find it quite interesting. The fact that there are schools out there and teachers out there that are taking the classroom to the next level is ingenious! To hear that there are teachers that are even using Twitter to remind their students of assignments sounds incredible. These teachers seemed to me like Super Educators and very much dedicated to their students than the average teacher.  I also liked the fact that the  community and school district in which the author is working at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County seem to be quite in tune with social media as way of teaching history, as way of marketing their school and also as a way of maintaining open communication channels with students, parents and colleague. I find this to be the top notch school project ever, If I may say so. Kudos to Mr. Anderson!