I started using Twitter this summer while attending the Keystone Tech Innovators Summit. Well, I see in my Twitter profile that I actually created my account in 2010 (I must have been at some other PD conference) but it has been dormant until this summer. I finally had the motivation and interest to try and figure out how it works.
This week I spent some time researching Makerspaces and learning what others are doing in elementary school libraries. Some great resources, projects and photos have been shared. However, I continue to be frustrated by the hashtags. Is it #makerspace #makerspace #makered or what? I have yet to figure out lists and collections. Perhaps that is the key to multiple hashtags for the same subject.
When I was thinking about what to try with my EDIM510 classmates I decided to try either some kind of ice breaker (since we don’t know much about each other) or some kind of brain break. I decided to try a few Would You Rather questions. I’ve used them with my students as both an icebreaker when they discuss their answers and a brain break to refocus and give students something new to think about. It was fun, and it was interesting to see that even with a small class we do have different opinions. I do think some of my classmates’ ideas were great. I liked unSTEAMing activities and the vocabulary work people tried out. And gathering resources as one classmate did was a very concrete use of Twitter as a PLN. I was frustrated, however, that I couldn’t see all of the class Tweets. I don’t know if people were directing their responses (@) or if they were using privacy settings but I would have liked to see the responses.
I am still a bit wary of getting too involved. I have one friend and colleague who is very involved, and happily so, in many PLNs. I was a bit dismayed, however, when I saw a tweet today that read “I found 912 people do not follow me back (via whounfollowedme.org).” Is this something else for me to worry about – people keeping track if I unfollow them?I Or is my friend reaching Stage 3? (Utrecht, 2008) Yikes!
Utecht, J. (2008, April 3). Stages of PLN adoption. [web log]. Retrieved from http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/
This week I spent some time researching Makerspaces and learning what others are doing in elementary school libraries. Some great resources, projects and photos have been shared. However, I continue to be frustrated by the hashtags. Is it #makerspace #makerspace #makered or what? I have yet to figure out lists and collections. Perhaps that is the key to multiple hashtags for the same subject.
When I was thinking about what to try with my EDIM510 classmates I decided to try either some kind of ice breaker (since we don’t know much about each other) or some kind of brain break. I decided to try a few Would You Rather questions. I’ve used them with my students as both an icebreaker when they discuss their answers and a brain break to refocus and give students something new to think about. It was fun, and it was interesting to see that even with a small class we do have different opinions. I do think some of my classmates’ ideas were great. I liked unSTEAMing activities and the vocabulary work people tried out. And gathering resources as one classmate did was a very concrete use of Twitter as a PLN. I was frustrated, however, that I couldn’t see all of the class Tweets. I don’t know if people were directing their responses (@) or if they were using privacy settings but I would have liked to see the responses.
I am still a bit wary of getting too involved. I have one friend and colleague who is very involved, and happily so, in many PLNs. I was a bit dismayed, however, when I saw a tweet today that read “I found 912 people do not follow me back (via whounfollowedme.org).” Is this something else for me to worry about – people keeping track if I unfollow them?I Or is my friend reaching Stage 3? (Utrecht, 2008) Yikes!
Utecht, J. (2008, April 3). Stages of PLN adoption. [web log]. Retrieved from http://www.thethinkingstick.com/stages-of-pln-adoption/
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