Experiencing Twitter

When I was first told to use twitter in my technology in education class, I thought to myself, how am I going to use twitter when I barely even use social media. The only social media I have, and rarely ever use, are Facebook and Snapchat. I became skeptical of the idea that twitter could be used for educational purposes. In the beginning I had difficulties understanding how to use twitter and was not thrilled to the idea that everyone could see what I tweet, who I follow, and who follows me.

As I created the account, I was still a bit unsure for the reasons to use twitter as a future teachers and kept forgetting to look at my twitter on a daily basis. Once I started to understand more of what this social media was and how it could be used, it started to grab my attention. Twitter allows people and organizations post about infinite ideas, ways to incorporate technology into education, etc. While using twitter, there have been many articles I found interesting and helpful from how teachers use a variety of websites in their class to ways of engaging students in a classroom to make learning fun. I have been following a few organizations and people who have expanded my knowledge of what I could implement in a classroom that I would have not thought about before.

I found twitter helpful in a way of trying to figure out how technology could be used in a classroom without distractions. I now know of different website that could be used for multiple purposes and not just for a presentation or lesson. Some website can allow a collaborative project which every student and even the teacher can be involved in. Not only this, but by using twitter, I have found that even parents can be involved during class from home with a touch of a button. Parents can see pictures and type to their children to see what they are working on when the teacher gives the students a chance to use technology.

In the end, I have found twitter to be useful for teachers to gather ideas and even communicate with other teachers, organizations, and other people. Twitter allows people to see and engage in chats with people they do not know but have a similar goal. I personally may not use twitter as often in the future, due to not using social media constantly, but if I ever need ideas or need to find ways to use a certain website, I may search on twitter to see what I can find. Using twitter has been a nice experience and I will be looking forward to finding more ways to connect with others and gather creative ideas for my future classroom.