Reflections-+Ch+2


 * __MARCH DISCUSSION QUESTIONS__**

‍ **Chapter 2 pp. 33-57**
==‍ **-The authors have listed five tools that would help educators grow their own Personal Learning Networks: Twitter, Diggo, Google Reader, Blogger, and Facebook. Tell how you are using each and some of the positives and/or negatives of each.** ==

~Twitter
==I have been using twitter since February. I have found most of the information that is shared (from thise I am following) to be interesting and useful for my classroom and school. With that said, I am mainly following educators and others in the education field. I have not progressed to tweeting on a regular basis - sometimes I just do not believe I have something important to share.==

==I get tired of reading the posts about daily life - I do not want to hear about your normal day! I follow certain people to learn how to improve my teaching and about new technology for the classroom. Another negative (or something I should learn from) is when someone retweets about an article I read a few days earlier. Maybe I should be retweeting these quicker, as I have usually already read the article retweeted about.==

**~Diggo**
== **I have not used this application before (though I used to have a delicious account). I have now signed up for it and will use it in my classroom. I have found a number of sites I would like to share with my students, and if this helps that process, it would be great.** ==

**~Google Reader**
== I used to use this function a lot, but got overwhelmed by the amount of information I was receiving. I probably should have figured out how to reduce the amount of information I was receiving. I am not currently using this. I am currently receiving information I am interested in from a few sources. This is porbably something I should address in the future. ==

**~Blogger**
== **I did have a blog with I was in the Master's in Education program at USF, but have not kept it up since then. I do not always feel I have something important to share. I plan to have my students start doing this in the classroom, but I have not figured out how this will look.** ==

**~Facebook**
== **I have a facebook account with many friends, but I do not check in regularly. As the school I work at has forbidden teachers from certain communication forms with students, I have not used this much. I have found programs that are useful in the classroom and offer similar experiences for students (I use edmodo and schoology in my classes). I believe it could be positive to have a "teacher" facebook account and be able to share with students, but that is not the opinion of my district.** ==

==‍ **-On page 55, which of the seven activities do you fit into? Hopefully, not the Inactives! How do you fit into the other six?** ==