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Using Twitter for Class

What did you learn from Twitter?

I realized how far behind I am in the tech world. I needed a jump start and I got one. Twitter is a great way to get connected. Having been out of the business teaching area for the last two years, the business ed chat was awesome, made me feel right at home. Finding articles and free downloads from people off of twitter has helped.

Who was the most interesting person or persons that you followed?

I followed Richard Bryne. He has many articles and videos about technology. I watched a video on "Lucidpress" which is a program similar to Google documents.

I followed BrainPop. Our school has a license to use the online program. It has giving me new ideas.

I followed Edudemic. This site has great articles on teaching. I read an article "4 Powerful Sites That Will Improve Your Teaching" which has resources for teachers. 1) Share My Lesson, 2) We Are Teachers, 3) Teacher Pay Teacher, and 4) Better Lessons.

Do you think you'll continue to use Twitter?

I would like to have a phone with access to Twitter. Making time for twitter will be hard to find but once I'm on it, it will be additive. If I had it on my phone, I could use it during downtime while waiting in line or when I have spare time to pass. I will probably use it more professionally than personally.

Favorite Podcasts

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hd-lesson-2-salsa-in-high/id575195416?i=123690269&mt=2 I like to learn more about dancing.

Free Tech for Teachers

This blog is amazing. I am in awe of what is out there. I have been out of the loop on technology too long. I went looking through the video creation resources and found a power point "Video Creation in the Classroom" that describes different areas of a video such as short videos, long videos, sound, etc. Most of the items we worked on in this class are in the power point plus others which tells me there is so much more to look for. I would like to use some of these in my classroom. Projects for a computer application class would be so much fun.

I could to make a blog for posting completed projects for all to see. It would be fun. Great some great feedback on projects from people other than the teacher.