I am excited about using these social networks in this class. I already use Facebook daily, so it will be interesting to see how to also use it professionally. I have used Twitter in the past, but I tend to ignore it after I am finished with a course that requires it. I'm hoping that won't happen this time. I have also used Diigo and Blogger before, so I am excited to learn new ways to utilize these resources.
In the past, I have used Twitter to share education or technology articles that I have found through Feedly. I have also used it to follow experts and read their recommendations.
I have used Diigo to bookmark articles that I want to come back to later and read. It is very helpful to use tags and groups to search for the article that you want.
I have used Blogger to reflect on assignments, create discussions among classmates, and present my findings.
I have not used social networking as an instructional strategy, yet. I'm hoping that I will learn ways to implement it in my classroom.
My expectations for this class are to learn ways to implement social networking into my instructional strategies and also to learn how to better utilize it for professional development.
Hi, Amy. It's nice to hear that we all seem to be in a similar place with social networking in that we use it (although to varying degrees), but most of us seem to be looking for ways to use it in our teaching. I am looking forward to learning new ideas.
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