Blog 7

So far using twitter has been very beneficial for many reasons. To start off, it is a great way to summarize things that have happened in a small amount of words. It really helps you get to the point without dragging anything on. Also, it is an awesome source to help you become engaged and interact with your classmates.  This is important because being able to discuss and see other things your peers are tweeting about can help you. Lastly, having up to date news on educational matter is extremely nice to have. This was you can be always on top of what is going on in the educational word.

While working on my website, I have learned how easy it is to be able to create a website and get out all this good information out to the students and parents. It is so fun being able to learn how to create new links, articles, and information and place it as I want and wear I  want. This website is great because it has the tool bar right there and it gives you a lot of freedom to design you website how you want. I did have a struggle however when it came to picking the color of the font. I got to the color bar and when I tried to move my mouse it did not really function to well. This will defiantly be used in my future career so my class can have a guideline with all important information needed.




Diigo is another great source that we have been adapted to in the classroom. I have learned how to annotate and how emphasize important connects on an article. It is very neat how you can share links with certain groups so that they can see and add to the information you have found. This will benefit teachers in the real world because they can communicate with their piers on great topics they have found.

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