Click
at the computer
on the site
inside their lives
without truly knowing them
Click, click
to my favorites, sifting
through the updates
beyond the screen, reaching out
for a connection
Click, click, click
between you and me
among millions
of other people
TWEET!
Let's TWUG it out!
In the spring of 2009, I shared this poem about social networking with my students, and at the time many of the students did not know much about Twitter. What they did know was Facebook and MySpace. I overheard many conversations about who posted what on Facebook or MySpace. Several students spoke of the number of "friends" they had on Facebook, and since I had only recently joined Facebook, much of the remainder of their conversations about the social networks they used were unfamiliar to me.
Consequently, at the end of the 2009 school year, I began to ponder how I could use social media in my classroom. I created a class wiki and had big plans for it (see "to wiki or not to wiki"), but I still kept thinking about how I could incorporate Twitter with my students and parents. I could think of a myriad of ways to use it in my classroom, but how would I use it being a media specialist?
I didn't have to look very far. http://schs.stvrain.k12.co.us/imc_index.html
Phil Goerner uses Twitter to broadcast news headlines from magazines in the library and images of new book covers. He also uses Twitter for his professional growth. By joining with educational technologists, professors, and other librarians, Goerner can "tweet" about good resources, cool links, Web 2.0 tools, book references, and conference events. In doing so, Goerner is encouraging the entire school community to read, read, read! In the future, I would like to use Goerner's model as a springboard for incorporating social networks in the media center.
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Cute poem :) Most kids are using Facebook, My Space, or Twitter as a social network but most school systems are blocking these sites. With many of our kids using social networking, why not incorporate them into our lessons? I believe more students would be eager to get on the computer to see what there "COOL" teachers posted on Facebook or Twitter!
ReplyDeleteYes, Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter should be blocked from school use. I believe that it would take away from instructional time. However, Twitter could be useful in the sense that Phil Gooerner used it. I think that would be an excellent way to use Twitter in the schools. It could also be a great way to introduce new materials that are availble in the media center or upcoming events for students and or parents to be involved in. I like the idea of using it for displaying these types of things. It would get the attention of students and parents. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not real sure how I feel about Twitter, Facebook and MySpace being blocked from schools. Being in primary grades, it hasn't been an issue. I think that teachers may benefit more than students with Twitter. It would be an excellent way for the media specialist to share new technology, new books, new features in the media center, etc. as Phil Gooerner references in his article.
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