Saturday, February 19, 2011

Journal 2 "Join the flock" & "Enhance your twitter experience"

Journal 2: "Join the flock" & "Enhance your twitter experience"

Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock. Learning & Leading with Technology, Retrieved from http://docs.google.com/viewer

Miller, S.M. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience. Learning & Leading with Technology, Retrieved from Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock. Learning & Leading with Technology, Retrieved from http://docs.google.com/viewer

Summary: Twitter is the virtual meeting place, where your PLN (Professional learning network)Twitter also brings the strangers together, people that don't know each other but that have things in common regarding education or any other topic. It is very necessary for those that are new in Twitter to spend some time working on their PLN or else they will not be able to learn and develop their PLN correctly. There are several steps that you can follow in order to create your account and be able to work with your PLN. You are able to search for people in Twitter, you do not need to know them. They can be either educators, history teachers, middle school teachers, etc, you just need to know who you are searching for. One great thing about this website is that you are able to check the lists that other people create and you do not have the need to create a list. Another great thing is that you can follow people on twitter without saying a word. Easy as that! You literary need to become addicted to twitter to be able to learn a lot. comes together. 

Q1: What are the benefits of twitter for teachers and students? 
A: There are a lot of benefits that I see that twitter has to offer students and teachers as well. Some of the benefits that I think it brings is the ability to gather information from other sources around the world and having a wide variety of individuals who might provide the same source but with different insights. Another great benefit that brings is that it is easy to use and does not cost a thing. Of course, it takes some time to get used to it and be able to navigate around it, but after that,it is easy to manage and understand the great ideas it brings to teachers and students.

Q2: Is twitter for anybody?
A: I believe that twitter is for anyone that is interested in finding information regarding a certain area of interest. Of course, we know that there are some people that use is as a mean of just updating their daily activities and not for any other particular reason. However, there are those that use twitter as a means of communicating with people who share the same interest as they do. For those people, twitter is a great means of communication.

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