I felt that I had a positive experience
with all the different professional learning networks that I tried. The DIGG
reader was a great experience because I could select the areas of interest to
me to show up in my feed and just read those. Normally, I would have to spend some
time to get through all the headlines to find the ones that interest me. I
could narrow down the information into a much smaller list. I can definitely
see how the DIGG reader would be useful in education, and I plan on using it. Twitter
is likely the most useful in my classroom. I can have students utilize it to
take polls on what activities they would like to participate in, or give
feedback about the activity from that day. Students could also see what others
are doing and connect through common interests. The students would need to be
warned about the negative aspects of social media. An issue that I can see
coming up is that not every student will have access to the technology required
to use twitter. A lot of students have smart phones, but there are some that
cannot afford them. If their parents have them, then that is an option. The use
of school computers could also be another option.
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