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The article "Join the Flock" is expressing how personal learning networks are becoming more and more popular and useful for educators. Hadley Ferguson explains the process in setting up a Twitter account, that a Bio and picture are helpful to help inform people who you are and what interests you, explains how to follow people, that watching conversations is okay before actually getting into the "tweet" process, and that it is a compliment to retweet someone else's posts, and that it actually helps you gain followers. She says that Twitter is a useful way for educators and people who are interested in education to stay connected, share ideas, and communicate.
Q: Would I use a PLN??
A: I think once I understand how to use Twitter and the process of hash tags and following people and posts on Twitter, I think I will use it. Since I just started the account, it is confusing and I am not sure how the whole process works, but I think once I understand it, it can become a useful tool and will allow me to connect with other educators and share information to make my teaching experience more beneficial for my students.
McClintock-Miller, S. (2010). Enhance you twitter experience. Learning and Leading with Technology, 15-17. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/June_July_2010_Join_the_Flock.sflb.ashx
The artilce "Enhance Your Twitter Experience" discusses how to use Twitter more effectively for a PLN, and explains the different terms that are associated with using Twitter. She also explains how to connect to people on Twitter and how to condense multiple social media sites onto 1 general page, such as HootSuite.com. She explains how to use HootSuite, and also explains how to use hashtags, and the importance of also commenting on other people's postings instead of only posting new things. She also expresses that she started following people and pages of direct interest to her, and how it helped her increase and build her PLN.
Q: Do I find Twitter helpful and easy to manage?
A: I think that Twitter can definitely be a helpful tool to share information with fellow educators and people working in the education industry, however I think in order for it to be a helpful tool, I think people need to actively be checking and posting on their Twitter. I also think that if people want it to be useful and helpful, they need to seperate personal posts from work related ones. So far, I find Twitter confusing, but I think that if I continue to use it and work with it throughout the semester, I will find it easier to manage and make better PLN connections for the future.
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