During my time in high school I had a lot of expeience with Twitter. Our school provided a 1:1 MacBook program for each student and this involved a lot of assignments online and Twitter was one of them. Before we were told to make a Twitter account in high school I made one. I followed some various famous people but also some of the administration of the school I went to and also the Tech Coordinator of my school. I was very involved with the laptops at our school and following the administration and Tech Coordinator is a good way for me to keep up with what is going on in my high school. My Tech Coordinator, Tim Limbert, posts a lot of the problems that I am familiar with and he also posts some very interesting articles on technology. The Superintendent of my high school, Jeff Dicks, posts many links to educational valued articles and keeps me updated with what is going on at the school. I was using Twitter before this assignment so I am obviously going to keep using it because I see it very useful to keep updated on what is going on.
An article I believe is important about the uses of twitter can be found here. Some reasons they say you should use Twitter are for quick support, to keep up, to share you knowledge, and it sparks good ideas. Twitter provides support for me in the way that I follow my teacher for Calculus and Physics from high school and once again my tech coordinator. It is very useful to send a direct message to either one sending them a message about a problem I am having. It allows me to share my knowledge because I can share links to articles that I see educational and I have answered many questions from Twitter users from my high school having problems with their computer. It sparks good ideas because I have seen many Tech Coordinators ask questions on Twitter that end up starting a 1:1 with there own school.
You can find my Twitter page here. Feel free to direct me with problems you have with your computer and I will try my hardest to provide an answer.
That is cool that your high school uses Twitter to stay connected with one another and to keep students informed of what is going on at the school.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you go to school? That is cool that you can keep in touch with old teachers through Twitter though.
ReplyDeleteWe had one to one in my high school as well, but we never had to use Twitter. I did not care for it much, but I were not forced to create one and meet so many requirements with it I may have enjoyed it a little more.
ReplyDeleteSee, that is very interesting that you are able to keep in touch with your teachers. In our high school we never created Twitter so I was unfamiliar with it. The way you started Twitter sounds way more interesting!
ReplyDeleteGood to see that you have had positive experiences with Twitter. I still can't find a use for it that I can't get from Facebook. I might have to try it as a support tool though. I have never really thought to use it that way.
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