Prior to the assignment to sign up for a Twitter account, I had no desire to have one. Honestly, I still don't. I signed up, which was an easy process. I chose the first 5 recommended Twitter friends that I thought would be entertaining to follow. I don't have any friends on Twitter. Well now I do...sort of. I am Twitter friends with Barack Obama, Kerry Perry, Miley Cirus and a couple of more. I received two tweets! One was a vague thank you sort of message from President Obama himself, I'm sure. Ms. Perry also shared a picture of her BFF Miley dressed up for Halloween.
As far as Twitter being a tool for education goes, I'm not sure. None of the K-6 students I know use it. None of the friends of my Middle school age son use it either. I assume many people do though because I hear so much about it. From what I understand of how it works, it sounds like it could be used in the classroom. I would use it for group responses to a topic. For this I prefer a private social media site like Edmodo.
So, thanks for the experience, but Twitter is not for me for now!
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