I will admit that I never thought I would ever get a Twitter account
and honestly if I wasn’t in this M.A. in Digital Teaching and Learning program
I probably wouldn’t have one to this day. However, I am starting to see what the
benefits are of this new fad with Twitter, at least from the Educational World
perspective.
One thing that surprised me was I didn’t realize how many educators and
educational associations are involved with Twitter! There are so many ideas
that are constantly floating and it makes me grateful for the people who are
able to find resources and share them to followers, such as myself. I don’t
really find a lot of things to post and contribute, but I do like how I am able
to get new ideas and learn about new issues that I probably wouldn’t have heard
about. The nice thing about getting started with Twitter now is that when my
classes are over in the future, I feel that I will still have a resource that I
will be easily able to go to find information or know what are new and upcoming
resources and items.
Another thing that I like about Twitter is that there are all different
subjects floating around. There are ideas about Common Core, which I didn’t
even know that some people are for and against it. (I assumed that everyone was
just for it, since we complain about our current system now). Also, there are ideas about classroom
activities (with and without technology), photography tips (which is one of my
hobbies), Apple products, Google news, and such more! I feel the possibilities are
endless on what you can find and this is just for the Educational world alone!
My current experience with Twitter has grown more positive since I have
started. I am checking it more often and I take more time to read the links that
are usually posted on the posts. I hope that I will be able to contribute more
in the future with some of my findings and get more involved in posting
meaningful resources for others to see too.
