The articles “Join the Flock” By Hadley Ferguson and “Enhance Your Twitter Experience” by Shannon McClintock both give advice on how to use Twitter as a tool for teachers to become lifelong learners and create their own Public Learning Network. Both Ferguson and McClintock give great examples of how Twitter has given them great ideas on how to use technology in the classroom. Both articles give advice on how to use Twitter and get the most out of it. Ferguson’s article is more about how to use Twitter and how to build a PLN. McClintock’s article is more about how to enhance your use of Twitter and make it easier to use. McClintock gives several specific examples of how to manage a Twitter account and make it easier to use such as using bookmarlets and organising tweets using tweetdeck and hootsuite. Overall, both Ferguson and McClintock highly advocate the use of Twitter to teachers that want to continue to be lifelong learners and use technology in their classrooms.
Q. What is the best advice given in either article?
A. I really like Ferguson’s advice on re-tweeting and how it shows someone that you thought what they tweeted was interesting. I have since done it on a Yahoo article that I thought was really interesting about George Washington. It was very easy and makes you feel like part of the twitter community.
Q. Why should educators use Twitter?
A. Although I have only recently started using Twitter I can already see how much knowledge can be obtained so easily. I think every teacher should commit themselves to becoming a lifelong learner and Twitter certainly is a way to learn from other teachers on things such as technology, lesson plans, controversial subjects, ETC. Even though I am just a young Twitter user, I plan on using it more and more into the future.
McClintock, S. (2010, July). Enhance Your Twitter Experience . In Learning and Leading . Retrieved March 4, 2011, from http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100607?pg=16&pm=2&fs=1#pg1
Q. What is the best advice given in either article?
A. I really like Ferguson’s advice on re-tweeting and how it shows someone that you thought what they tweeted was interesting. I have since done it on a Yahoo article that I thought was really interesting about George Washington. It was very easy and makes you feel like part of the twitter community.
Q. Why should educators use Twitter?
A. Although I have only recently started using Twitter I can already see how much knowledge can be obtained so easily. I think every teacher should commit themselves to becoming a lifelong learner and Twitter certainly is a way to learn from other teachers on things such as technology, lesson plans, controversial subjects, ETC. Even though I am just a young Twitter user, I plan on using it more and more into the future.
McClintock, S. (2010, July). Enhance Your Twitter Experience . In Learning and Leading . Retrieved March 4, 2011, from http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100607?pg=16&pm=2&fs=1#pg1
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