This was a fun chapter! It had many interesting ideas/concepts for me! The analogy of twitter being “micro-blogging” was a great eye opener for me! I was really struggling w/ the concept & purpose of twitter – so when it was compared to blogging – but on a much smaller scale – I understood it better and could see a more clear purpose for it! I had never thought of twitter as a “tool” used to gain information about ideas/products/information and always thought it was more a social source – like kids and texting. This has also changed my view of how I can use it… or better yet, why I would use it……I think I can see a lot of educational uses for YouthTwitter – the permission only site- for gaining social learning skills in sharing ideas & experiences. This could be a very relevant experience for many students.
Social bookmarking & adding tags (by the public army) to organize the web – in completing the circle of the READ (RSS) Write (Wiki, twitter, blog, web page) Web is AWESOME! The one thing I’ve realized from all of the reading thus far is this: I need to learn and then immerse myself in these technologies before just creating a lesson or matching up curriculum to work with the technology. What did Kristin say - Plan, Create, Organize, and Implement?
The big “wow” moment I found in chapter 6 was this: Old school librarians used to be the provider of sorting and categorizing information. New school librarians can be the provider of knowledge on how to gain the skills necessary classify their own information via web 2.0.
Social bookmarking w/ Diigo and Delicious – two more ways for me to organize the web – and keep track of MY information and what is important to me - talk about empowering!
So, when does the school administration block this type of thing also?
ReplyDeleteI agree with so many comments you make in this post. First, I also found it helpful to grasp of the concept of Twittering by labeling it microblogging. Are students in your school allowed to use cell phones during the school day? Do you see teachers in your building embracing something like Twitter? Second, I also posted about needing to learn and practice these 2 social web tools before I'd be comfortable teaching these to teachers/students. Thanks for reminding us of Kristen's motto!
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