“What did we do this week that you can apply in your school or job and how might you use it?”
My choices for what I could use in my job or school would be Twitter and the wiki. Being in an elementary school, I think I would rule out the wiki. With the ability to change what is posted I would rather stay away from that with children. I am really liking the blogs, and I think I would probably use that over the wiki. Now, all I have to do is figure out how to do it and make it look as good as some of the blogs I have seen and I’ll be good to go.
But for this week, I’m choosing Twitter. Up until now I have been the biggest skeptic when it comes to Twitter. But, after some of the reading I have been doing, and talking to some of my colleagues, I can actually envision me using it for a practical purpose. The high school teacher I did my practicum with told me about Twitter and how she uses it to get answers to questions about libraries or technology. I’m thinking it probably works something like a listserve. I would post a question and then any other tweeting librarian or media specialist that would have an answer could tweet me back. I really don’t see myself doing this for fun, but I really do see the merit of using it as a network for information.
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Wanda, I too am sceptical about Twitter but I will give it a try. I never thought of using Twitter as a professional resource. I think that blogs are an excellent resource for library questions and ideas. I found some excellent and interesting blogs to follow. I will have to look into twitter a bit more so I can use it as a resource as well.
ReplyDeleteWanda, I actually really like your idea about using Twitter to make connections with other educators or librarians.....a great professional resource. I do not really think I could use Twitter with my students, but creating a community with other educators would help me be up-to-date with trends and new tools that I could use with my students.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to use twitter myself, but you make some great points on how to use it professionally. It seems like a great way to get concise bits of information out to large amounts of people who actually care to get the information because they have to ask for it. I still think back to our first class when Chris and Deb would talk about Twitter and I would wonder what value that would have in the professional world. Now I see what they mean. I just hope I can keep business and pleasure separated on twitter.
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