Blogging and Twitter
Throughout my first class at Ashland I learned quickly that being an effective teacher required quite a bit of reflection and it was stressed to us that we need to reflect on everything. As a teacher I need to reflect on how well a lesson went, what things need some improvement, how my day went, and what made me happy or sad. It is ok to just write those ideas down but an even better way to capture those thoughts is to blog. Setting up a blog is quite easy and I could just write and I did. For this class, my blog was public so my classmates could read it and leave me comments but it can be made private if I choose. I love it; I feel a little stress relief after I have written out my thoughts. Blogging meets the ISTE NETS-T requirement.
Blogging doesn’t necessarily need to only be for personal reflection; it can be used for students to keep journals of homework assignments or it could be a way to communicate with parents. A blog can be set up kind of like a discussion board where everyone can make comments to each other.
Twitter was a scary idea for me. I mean, I couldn’t even get the language correct and had to lean on people much younger than me to help me understand. I think I started to get the hang of it after the first couple tweets but still can’t quite grasp how I can use this in my classroom. Tweeting is quite stressful because you have all these various symbols that all mean something different and you have only a few words to communicate what you need to say. If you only have a quick thought or question then twitter is perfect for you. I am still learning and would definitely need to lean on my students to help me understand better.
Blogging doesn’t necessarily need to only be for personal reflection; it can be used for students to keep journals of homework assignments or it could be a way to communicate with parents. A blog can be set up kind of like a discussion board where everyone can make comments to each other.
Twitter was a scary idea for me. I mean, I couldn’t even get the language correct and had to lean on people much younger than me to help me understand. I think I started to get the hang of it after the first couple tweets but still can’t quite grasp how I can use this in my classroom. Tweeting is quite stressful because you have all these various symbols that all mean something different and you have only a few words to communicate what you need to say. If you only have a quick thought or question then twitter is perfect for you. I am still learning and would definitely need to lean on my students to help me understand better.