Journal 2

Journal #2: “Join the Flock” by Hadley Fergeson and “Enhance Your Twitter Experience” By Shannon McClintock Miller  (NETS 2 and 4)

Fergeson, Hadley. (2010). Join the flock. Leading and Learning With Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/June_July_2010_Join_the_Flock.sflb.ashx

McClintock Miller, Shannon. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience. Leading and Learning With Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/June_July_2010_Join_the_Flock.sflb.ashx

Summary:

These two articles were about how to best utilize twitter.  I found them fairly helpful seeing how I would not consider myself a twitter wiz just yet.  Some of the major topics that these article touched on were how to set up your twitter, how to find people you want to follow and how to make others follow you, how to make your tweats worthwhile, how to organize your twitter with tool such as tweetdeck and how to be strategic in the twitter world in general.  This article has been helpful for me because it gave me a simple rundown of how to use twitter effectively.

Question 1: Do you plan on using this technology in the classroom?

A: So far I would have to say no.  I don’t have a lot of experience with this particular bit of technology up to this point and find it a bit difficult to use.  Hopefully as the class goes on I will grow more comfortable with using this tech tool and will find a place for it in the classroom.

Question 2: What problems do you see with using twitter in the classroom?

A: As with all online resources one must be careful in regards to privacy and setting boundaries for the students.  Making sure students know that a classroom twitter tag is a professional environment would be very important to avoid it being used inappropriately.  Also the privacy of the students would have to be protected in some aspects from the world outside the classroom.