I have a bit of a Tweet reputation. I am a huge fan of a book series called Outlander and I joined Twitter as a way to stay in the loop with any news pertaining to the upcoming television production based on the series. I was a bit curious about the whole world of tweets so I took a look. I found a lot of ranting and raving. I found some funny jokes and silly pictures. I also found lots of information about Outlander. I also found that it is a challenge to share your thoughts in 140 characters while still being grammatically correct.
As a future educator, the whole social media/networking is a bit of a double edged sword. On one hand, it is a great way to reach out to colleagues and peers to share ideas and information. It is a great way to stay connected with the parents of your students and to put out school related information. However, when a teacher posts on Twitter or Facebook, their life is now in the public domain 24/7. People will pick apart your posts and take things out of context. Photos will be scrutinized as well as friends tags and posts.
I tried several of the educational hashtags and got lots of results. That was both good and bad. The good thing was that some of the tweets and contacts were full of good information and links to outside information. The bad side was that there is no rhyme or reason for why people tag anything. I was looking at #specialneeds and hundreds of tweets and links popped up. Many were for adults with special needs rather than children. Some were links to items for sale. It would take at least an hour to get through the hits just to narrow them down.
Here is the link to my twitter account:
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