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!
