The blog is the person learning network that I seem to gravitate toward the most. I would have never thought how much I would like the blogs, but I think that blogs are a great resource. I have found a lot of great information on other blogs. When I am a teacher I think that the website will the the tool that I use the most. For now I just don't have a lot of use for a website other than for this class. I think a website has many practical uses for the classroom. I would make a classroom website that my students can get information, have links to educational games, do homework, have a page for parents or guardians etc... I need to keep in mind that not all my students will have a computer in the reach, so I will not make homework due on the computer. I may put aside class time and have them complete work from the website.
I do not see myself using Twitter beyond this class. I can appreciate that other people enjoy this site, but no matter how much I try to like this site, I really don't. I don't like that when people update their status it shows up on my wall. I'm not even sure if those are the correct terms. HOWEVER I am learning many new wasy to incorporate technology in the classroom.
I agree with you about using twitter outside of this class, I can maybe see using it to just shoot the kids little reminders but it really depends on the type of area I'm teaching in and how accessible computers are.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. I really think that websites are going to be our most useful tool as upcoming teachers. Blogging is also a great tool that can be used to communicate with other teachers, although I have found, beyond this class it is difficult to find a very professional group of teachers to communicate with.
ReplyDeleteI am also still struggling with twitter, it's just difficult for me to see the real purpose of it.