Chapter 6 Response

I was really surprised at the idea of using Twitter in the classroom! I always just thought of it as a social networking website, and nothing more, but the author gives several suggestions as to how Twitter can be used in schools. My favorite is how a teacher used twitter as a journaling place for his students during a field trip. I like the idea that students who were unable to go could get live updates on how the trip was going. The only problem with this is that you would have to have a phone or computer for each student and that doesn't seem like it would be very likely to work, especially in elementary school. If you could provide phones for groups of students then that might work, but that would require a lot of trust in your students, as well, to only do what you are expecting them to.

The author convinced me, as I read, to set up an account with a social bookmarking site; Delicious.com. I went through and tried the things that he suggested to try and I found the website very helpful! I think it is great to be able to bookmark websites that you might find useful later on in your teaching career, and be able to access them from anywhere. I like that you aren't limited to the sites saved on just one particular computer. I recommend that everyone do this!