Monday, June 29, 2015
Pure Genius Chapter 7: Getting Started with Social Media
This week, we have the chapter that encourages you to get started with social media for either your own professional learning group or for student interaction. Since we have spent the last few summer discussing the merits of Twitter...several of you have exhausted that route. So...for this week, you can choose...either explore Twitter and report your findings. Tell us your Twitter handle, tell us who you are following and what you have learned OR explore the world of educational blogs. I have tried both and tend to get more out of blogs since they tend to be less of a "time hog" than Twitter. Two of my favorites are http://www.weareteachers.com and http://www.edutopia.org (though these may qualify as blog catalogs rather than actual blogs). You can take a look at these two or go to http://www.cybraryman.com/0_teachers1.htm and browse your grade level or subject area to find various blogs. Choose one and start following. Report back with the blog URL and let us know how you might benefit from following it in the future OR you may choose to start your own blog. If you start your own, share the URL and let us know how you are going to use it in the future.
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I have been trying to explore Twitter more this summer but it just isn't a format I enjoy. I do enjoy finding blogs and sites I can follow where the information is in a format I enjoy reading and exploring. I visited the pages Angy followed and I think I will enjoy weareteachers.com and edutopia.org. I also enjoy betterlessons.com. I am still finding the best way to find the information quicker on betterlessons but I have been able to find ideas and lessons that I was able to adapt to enhance my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI am currently looking at some blogs to follow. I just started to follow a high school math teacher blog at http://mathteachermambo.blogspot.com/. It looks like it will have some interesting posts that I can use. I'll report more later.
ReplyDeleteI do have my own blog at http://swrisk1.blogspot.com/. I created the blog during a Five Star course I took earlier this year. I have only used the blog for the purpose of the course, but it is set up and ready to use if I decide to blog some more in the future.
I just finished setting up a professional twitter account. I just briefly look up a few hash tags like #INeLearning and #edtech. I already started following edutopia and khan academy. Khan has some nice math questions they tweet everyday. I will update later as I keep searching twitter. I am also going to look at we are teachers website along with better lessons website. I like teachers pay teachers for help with World Geography. I hope to use twitter to help my students see the World!
ReplyDeleteI have been sporadically using Twitter for a little over a year. My Twitter handle is @kerihammons. Some of my favorite educational people/groups to follow are @gcouros, @jmattmiller, @isteconnects, @mrg_3, @web20classroom, @AmyHeavin, @spencerideas, @INeLearn, @PeterMDewitt, and @DonWettrick.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoy participating in Twitter chats (or at least reading through them after the chat). I appreciate the fact that many of the chats are separated into grade levels or topics. For example, I follow the #apchat on Sunday evenings. Because of this book, I've recently been following the #pgchat on Tuesday evenings. There are chats for every elementary grade level and every high school subject area. I don't remember if most of the middle school chats are by grade level or subject area.
At first, Twitter was overwhelming. When I realized that I wasn't going to be able to read every tweet that came through my feed, I became much more comfortable with the format. I also realized that "the good stuff" is often tweeted/retweeted by several people that I follow, so I have a good chance of seeing it at least once.
I rarely go to educational blogs on my own; however, when one is highlighted on Twitter, I will click the link to read the entry.