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All right, here's my post reflecting on the process of using social media as a curation device. Last year cue was the first time I use Twitter and really the only time I use Twitter was to sign up at Q. Periodically I have looked at my feed to see if there's anything cool but never really used it as a resource to look up stuff. Some of the hashtags I followed on Twitter in the last couple days are CUE, #caedchat, #cuechat (On this one I participated in a Twitter chat, which is kind of fun. A little confusing, but fun), #ditchbook, #tlap, #googleedu
I can see how this would be a thing to get lost in if you have a lot of time. One of the tools that I use to help me follow some of these is tweetdeck.com. This allows you to kind of have several different live streams on the topic that you're choosing or the hashtag.
As far as the Pinterest boards, I don't know that there was any one person whose board was interesting because there was just so much cool stuff. I think out of the 11 pins that I put on my Web 2.0 board, there was only one or two that repeated. Many of the things I looked up where some of the things that we discussed in our core classes through Fresno Pacific. This was kind of cool because I now have a background with some of these tools instead of just one more blog post or one more Pinterest pin or one more hashtag, I can see more of the usefulness in the classroom and how to use that to help my kids grow as learners.
As far as using Twitter or Pinterest with my students, I may be limited in some aspects. Twitter is blocked from our server so we cannot use it at the school site. For me to be able to use it I have to go onto my phone and change the settings so it's not worth it most of the time. However, anytime I am on Twitter I'm usually checking for new ideas or following an educator and so the direct impact on my students is there.
As far as Pinterest, I could potentially have my students use it but I'm not certain that I would want to. My concern is it is similar to YouTube where if you click one link it takes you to something new, then another thing, and then another thing. All of a sudden I'm going to be here and giggling and battling because there's something on someone's computer that shouldn't be there. That isn't to say it's not going to happen other ways, however with Pinterest, it seems pretty simple to do that. But like above, anytime I'm on Pinterest it is generally to look up education stuff, ideas, anchor charts, templates, etc. So the impact of my students is going to be there, just in a more indirect way.
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