Journal #2: Join the Flock!/ Enhance your Twitter Experience

Article #1




Ferguson, H. (2010). Join the flock!. Learning and Leading With Technology, 12-15. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/June_July_2010_Join_the_Flock.sflb.ashx




The article introduces a new socializing craze, Twitter, to an audience who may not know about it. Hadley gives a step by step introduction about this new source of communication. She influences our PLN friendship establishments by first showing how to start the account. When we start up an account, we can include a picture and a short bio. After, we can learn to follow other people's thoughts, and search for info by a person or by subject. We can also tap into great lists were we are exposed to lists from other people. We don't have to participate, but we could also pass on someone else's thoughts. If we decide to participate, Hadley shows us how we can tag our tweet, and she includes a great terminology box in the article.How might the use of Twitter benefit me?As a student, Twitter can benefit me in a way such that I can keep up with society in fields that relate to my profession. I could follow and collaborate with people interested in teaching or people involved in areas of expertise such as grad school and their advice. Twitter makes information available instantly, as a stream of constant, relevant knowledge. I have noticed when reading articles that relate to research, many times that articles will include a quick button to go instantly in twitter, making the stream of knowledge more convenient for all of the users.
Article #2
 


Clintock Miller, S. (2010). Enhance your twitter experience. Learning and Leading in Technology, 14-17. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/Leading_and_Learning_Docs/June_July_2010_Join_the_Flock.sflb.ashx






 Shannon stages the benefits of having a twitter account and gives tips can improve everyone's twitter experience. She explains about how we can organize our accounts such as Tweet Deck ( it is probably easiest to use). We can also organize our twitter streams into columns according to our special lists of follows, and we can delete or edit these columns as often as we'd like. She describes the use of hashtags and how it is more beneficial to our PLN experience. We can also manage our tweets with a Bookmarklet. It is similar to forwarding an email. One example, with Hootlet, we can send out tweets and be able to customize it before we send it out to followers.

Will the use of organizers and customizing options enhance your experience with Twitter? In this day and age, it is the trend to experience fast and easy. As a student who is always on the go, with the help of organizers, it would be easier and quicker to utilize tools such as these, as well as establish our PLN. With the customizing options, it would make me set up my account as I would like, and therefore, I would be more apt to using it more often. The more often people can use Twitter, means that much more communicating and sharing. With the convenience of Twitter, we can get more done, with less time.