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For years I’ve had a classroom website, resource website, e-portfolios and e-dossiers, and a learning log/blog. I’m excited about bringing some of those artifacts together and incorporating them in my new beginning with a new website, and new blog for sharing about my learning experiences through my work as an instructional designer and as a doctoral student of educational technology.
Category: Blogs
Reflection – Facebook Groups, Twitter, Diigo, Blogs
My initial reaction to joining Facebook, Twitter, Diigo, and a blog to use in this course was that of excitement. As a Facebook and Twitter user, I’m pretty comfortable with those platforms. I used Blogger for my past learning log for my MET, so I decided to use it again. I haven’t used Diigo before, but I used Delicious in the past. I got away from using it though and have been curating my resources in One Note ever since. I like what I’ve seen with Diigo so far, and I’m excited to use it in my work.
When I attended Arkansas Leadership Academy in 2011, our training facilitator had us all set up Twitter accounts and start developing a PLN. I have to say that is one of the very best things I’ve done. I follow about 1300 people, and whenever I have a few free minutes, I just log in and learn something new. I am mostly a lurker, but have joined in a chat once in a while. I’m hoping to do that more as a result of taking this class. This was my first time to useTweet Deck, and it will certainly make chats easier to follow. I have lots of teacher friends on Facebook. They share things there from time to time. I enjoy some blogs and Pinterest as well.
When I taught fourth grade, I used KidBlog for our class to share writing and math stories with each other. It was a closed environment, and I kept a close eye on it. I also used it with my virtual fourth grade class. The students really enjoyed it.
Our office has a blog that we hope to utilize more for sharing with and among faculty. We just need to make it a priority. There are some faculty that indicated on a survey that would like training on setting up a PLN with Twitter. I plan to do that, but may need to do something asynchronous to reach people. So I’m excited about the Twitter resources provided. I think our office could also benefit from using a Diigo group.
During this course, I’m hoping to become more frequent with sharing on social media. I’m pretty cautious and tend to overthink things, so I don’t share as much as I’d would like. I’m also looking forward to sharing with my colleagues the benefits and best practices of using social media with students.
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