Journal 4

Journal 4: Join the Flock (NETS-T 1,3,4,5)

Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock. Learning and Leading with technology, 37(8), 12-14. Retrieved fromhttp://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning- leading/digitaledition/digital-edition-june-july-2010

Summary:“Join the flock”, by Hadley Ferguson talks about using Twitter as a way of bringing together a set of individuals from around the world to converse and share ideas. Your PLN is just that, a community of individuals that come together and learn from each other. Twitter helps these strange groups of people come together to create a community which is based on building communication and collaboration that is dedicated to making learning and education the best it can be. People use Twitter for different reasons, personal reasons and professional reasons. Twitter is a great place to develop both interests and get new ideas through other people in your PLN. Twitter is not a difficult thing to use. You simply surround yourself around people who share the same interests, you collaborate and share ideas, and expose yourself in a positive way by your tweets and the hash tags.
Analysis:I think it’s great that Twitter is coming in handy for both personal reasons and professional reasons. Personally, I did not think that so many people on twitter could share the same ideas as myself. It is interesting, however, to find out that many Twitter users are interested in the same things as I am and often have the same questions as well. It’s great to know that perfect strangers from around the world can actually become close through the shared interests and hash tags that are transferred with each other on Twitter. Twitter is fun, easy to use, and a great place to collaborate with others who share the same interests as yourself.

Question 1:What does PLN mean?PLN stands for Professional Learning Network that is used to share ideas and resources with others who are interested in the same ideas as yourself.

Enhance Your Twitter Experience (NETS-T 1,3,4,5)

Miller, S. M. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience . Learning and Leading with technology, 37(8), 13-16. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning- leading/digitaledition/digital-edition-june-july-2010

Summary:
Shannon Miller, author of “Enhance your Twitter experience”, has been encouraging teachers, students, and others to join Twitter and to create their PLN’s. She stresses that Twitter has paid off in a number of ways for herself and her students. Miller gives quick tips on how to make your Twitter experience simple to use and organized. Once you find out how to use the resources on Twitter and you network with friends, it is easy to jump right in and build your own PLN to connect with others all over the world.

Analysis:
I enjoy reading Miller’s article because it offers quick tips that everyone can use to make it Twitter an easier tool. Many people get overwhelmed with the resources on Twitter and it is strategic to get organized and manage tweets in a clean manner. The twitter engagement formula definitely summarizes the importance of twitter and the significance of this network.

Question 2:What is the Twitter Engagement Formula?The Twitter Engagement Formula is 70 % of Twitter time should be for sharing other voices, opinions, and tools. 20 % of tweets should be directly responding, connecting, and collaborating with Twitter colleagues, and 10 % is chatting with trivial details about life.