Social Media I use in my personal/professional life.
I currently use Twitter, Facebook, Google+, TeacherTube, and YouTube in both my personal and professional life. I admit I am more of a consumer of these networks as opposed to a producer of any content. With networks like Twitter and Facebook I primarily use those as more social platforms. Twitter is great because it enables me to follow specific individuals in specific areas of the teaching profession. Following these individuals has really helped me consume specific content that I think would be helpful in my professional practice.
I use Google+, TeacherTube, and YouTube A LOT in my daily lessons. Part of the reason why I am taking this course is to push myself to be more of a contributor to some of these networks. This is particularly true with blogging. It has been refreshing to look through my fellow peers blogs and see the conversations that are happening within everyone's blog posts.
How to change my habits.
A lot of my time spent on these social media platforms is spent reading and navigating topics that others are talking about. I would like to take a more active approach when on social media. This would require me to separate both my professional and leisure social media accounts. I see the benefits of discussion with fellow educators. I also see benefits of sharing not only successes in the classroom but "failures" as well. My hope would be that expressing these on a social media platform (like a blog), I will be better able to grow as an educator while also helping others.
What I'm finding and sharing
I currently find a lot of material on YouTube and TeacherTube,that helps enhance my daily lessons. Some of the people I follow on Twitter provide me with articles pertaining to certain areas of the teaching profession that I find interesting. As mentioned before, I would like to become more active with sharing content across social media.
My Twitter Handle
@BloggerBrooks
Love your idea of expressing both successes and failures on social media, possibly on a blog. Most of us don't take enough time to reflect on our work and learn from what we have attempted. Writing always helps me clarify my thinking.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting your Twitter handle here too. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteYou are catching on fast. I'm lucky to have you as my "next door neighbor". I think our school is well equipped with technology and
ReplyDeletewe should share more. What we think is the norm maybe very new and inspiring to others.
All of you have such great experiences, in teaching and using technology to benefit our students. Appreciate your openness to share and inspire others.
DeleteI would love to find out what you're doing with Google+. I tried tooling around with it, but not quite sure of the purpose or the usages.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Patti on Google+. I just haven't had a very good experience with it. The alternatives out there just seem better... or I'm just not using it right. Either way I'm looking forward to seeing how you use it.
ReplyDeleteIt is awesome that you brought up sharing failures as well as successes I think social media is a great way to reflect on all aspects of teaching.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea on separating leisure with professional. I have church, professional, and then sports and hobbies. They don't really seem to mix, so I think I will consider the same.
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