Connected Journey Day 3 Twitter Experience
Two weeks ago one of my students stated, "Facebook is for old people. Twitter and and Instagram are in, Facebook is out. I haven't even logged in to Facebook in like.. a week." This is when I realized a few things; 1. I am officially old. Although I am only 29 years old the generation gap between my 16 year old students and myself is very evident. Since I teach history I realize this everyday that most of my students do not remember events from the early 2000's let along the 90's. 2. This I need to keep up with these new technologies or I am going to loose some valuable teaching moments. Quite a few teachers have started using twitter in their classrooms and it has only enhanced their teaching while staying connected with their students. Isn't that the goal?? Connect with our students. As the age gap widens I must find other ways to connect.
So it finally happened... I have become a twitter user! I tweeted at my husband twice in the last hour and enjoyed it. My husband has been a twitter user for the past couple years and has enjoyed it. I have yet to switch over from Facebook to twitter and I did not see the purpose in having both online profiles. I think it has happened, I now enjoy twitter. I hope my life and schedule can handle both of my online lives.
In the past couple hours I have stated to dive into twitter searching different hashtags which led me to valuable websites both personally and professionally. A few include parenting websites, that led me to an article which informed me of 5 things you should never say to your children (in which I had said 2 of them). Pretty good article. A second hashtag was dealing with travel... I now follow a Hawaii travel site, which my husband and I want to visit there on our 10 year anniversary. The pictures and recommendations on this page were great. And finally I started following a variety of education and history twitter accounts. I followed some educational technology and teaching twitter accounts as well as some historians such as Michael Beschloss. I am still not a fan of the news feed, or the completely openness of twitter. I thought I had tweeted at my husband and only my husband but then realized it went to everyone. I am also not a huge fan of re-tweeting. I feel like I am taking someone elses words. All in all I have found usefulness in twitter. I am just wondering how long this new online life of twitter will last and what the next replacement is?
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