Friday, July 8, 2011
As far as twitter goes, I did create my account and I linked it to follow Dr. S. I do not feel that it is appropriate to use twitter in my classroom or any other elementary classroom. I do not think that students should be responding quickly through twitter instead of raising their hands and socializing with the class. I also know that it does take my students awhile to type out a sentence and I would not want to waste time waiting for them to type. Students in first grade should be practicing writing with a pencil and using the lines to write neatly. They should also practice spelling words correctly. I am also not sold on the idea of twitter yet. I do not want to know what friends of mine are doing every minute of the day. It's bad enough that many put what they do everyday on facebook. I think that if you want to know what a friend or family member is doing, you should just ask them through an email, text, phone call, skyping, or better yet in person.
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Why is it so important for all of America to know what you are doing at any one moment? While i do see how one could use this as a tool for communication, there are other methods of communicating that could help create a more well rounded individual. For example...emailing, a phone call, talking in person, a text message. All of these seem more acceptable than a child having access to their teachers private life.
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