Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Journal #2 Join the Flock by Hadely Ferguson and Enhance Your Twitter Experience by Shannon McClintock Miller

APA Citation:
Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the Flock! Learning and Leading, 37, 8. Retrieved October, 2010

McClintock Miller, S. (2010). Enhance Your Twitter Experience. Learning and Leading, 37, 8.

Summary:
Join the Flock article is from a junior high history teacher that uses twitter to enhance her teaching and learning. The article discussed the easy steps of how to sign up to twitter, as well as some helpful dvice to make the experience more enjoyable. It does not matter what typ of person you are, Twitter compliments everyone in that you can sit back and watch, or you can be active in a conversation and retweet.

Enhance Your Twitter Experience is an article from a teacher who uses Twitter to help her classroom learn from around the world. The article also helps to explain different tools that are not readily known that can be used with Twitter in order to help organize and find what you are looking for.

Question #1 How can Twitter help students?

Students can use Twitter themselves by finding information and help from other educators around the world as well as professionals in a field. Using Twitter can help students discover primary documents and information.

Question #2 How can a teacher with little computer skills learn from Twitter?

Twitter is a very easy program to start with helpful tutorials to guide one along the way. Once in, a teacher can learn from others by asking question, and following others who are experienced computer users. Teachers can find video step by step tutorials that will show them programs that can enhance their students and their experience in the classroom.

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