As a result of this course I have created an education twitter account. Since I do not have permission to post pictures of my students, I use the account to make general updates about my classroom and post different information about units of study we are working on and daily happenings.
As time goes on, I plan to get more involved, and post more frequently allowing parents and other teachers to truly follow my classroom.
Even though I enjoy posting, I feel that the true benefit of Twitter comes from the people I follow. I am following teachers, principals, superintendents, authors educational experts, etc… Every minute someone is posting valuable resources, new ideas, articles to read, failures and success stories.
Allowing myself to step outside of my comfort zone has opened up a whole new world of opportunity for me. I get motivation from others and become inspired to try new things in my own classroom. I have learned that when you used appropriately, social media can in fact be a very beneficial teaching tool!
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| Click on the picture above to check out my twitter account! |
