Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock. Learning and Leading with Technology, 37(8), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-june-july-2010.aspx
Ferguson discusses how we can incorporate professional learning networks (PLN) into our everyday life. She explains how and why it is beneficial for future educators to utilize virtual networks such as Twitter. Twitter, provides anyone who has access to a computer with a virtual community of different topics. Once a person decides they want to access Twitter they than have an opportunity to participate or not participate in discussions that are of interest to them. Furthermore, Ferguson explains how you can organize the discussions that are of interest to you using TweetDeck or Hootsuite.
Q:1 How can I use Twitter in the classroom and avoid students only using this for personal use?
A: I can encourage students to make more than one Twitter account. One could be for their personal networks and the other could be for educational networks. They could use their educational one when they are in class and their personal one when they have free time or after school.
Q: 2 How do I use Twitter in classroom to encourage students to set goals for their future career?
A: I can encourage students to be active participants in Twitter conversations that are directly related to what they want to see themselves doing in the future.
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