Twitter and Me

These last few days have been my first ever experience with Twitter. I have mixed thoughts and feelings on it, but so far my experience can be collectively expressed through this cartoon:

I don't really like the way this website is organized and I hate the 180 character thing, both of these things are really frustrating. But I guess that frustration is valuable, because it gives me and idea of how teachers who are new to all of this feel. My mom is going to college online, and when she doesn't grasp things like how to use Word, it can be frustrating to teacher her- this is easy, why aren't you getting it?! This Twitter business is helping me understand the importance of patience, and also introduced me to a site I would have otherwise never used. Mr. Smith should teach us to use Tumblr next, because that baffles me too!

The Final Frontier

I think the article and assignment fit really well together. Mostly what I took away from the article what the connection between at teacher's beliefs about education and how easy or difficult it will be to focus their teaching around technology. It made me realize how lucky I have been to be part of this generation- what I don't know already, I am learning in college. There's nothing for me to acclimate to. This was my first time using my Google account for anything, and I'm really impressed. The program was really easy to use and I thought the comment feature was awesome. The little bars of color that let you know who was working on what side were really helpful, too. Usually things designed to make communication easier are frustrating, but this really did the job. 4