To Tweet or not to Tweet?

I finally Joined Twitter. I am @India_Rouge on Twitter . I have never been opposed to beginning a twitter. I have had Facebook for over a decade but twitter was more complex even though it so simple. Since I actively use Facebook to share photos of my family and keep in contact with college and high school friends I should be able to adjust quickly to Twitter. the hash-marks and lingo and constant updates are what make twitter so complex that i just didn't want to do it.
I missed class last week and I updated my status, "sick baby, sad mommy" on Facebook. 15 people responded 5 called. i guess twitter makes since. "Teacher need tool"... how many people respond from the educational community. if this is what your students use why not use it too?

I see how using Twitter could be beneficial to a classroom or in the educational community. I could have all of the students join, follow me, or and i can use this to update assignments and reminders. this is something the students use very regularly. it is fast and easy for them to check in and keep going in our fast pace society. my class would have no excuse for seeing updates since most of their twitters accounts are connected to their phones even if they do not have a computer at home. Twitter is an open forum that parents and community can stay involved. Even though i can see the value and i have started an account, I still prefer Facebook

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This is my Twitter page! India_Rouge

Like it or Love it? DIIGO it!

I have written hundreds of papers in my lifetime. Most of those papers i did countless hours of research only til later lose the links or printed pages of research.Many papers require the same research be done again and again. If only i knew about DIIGO! If only the world was aware. since i was introduced to diigo.com i have called 15 friends to introduce the comcept. I introduced this to my 13 year old daughter who loves you tube videos and funny clips but hates when she can't find them anymore after she sees them once. We are all in love. Whats not to love about a sight that allows you to high-light, sticky note, snapshot, bookmar, and catalogue for life? I can follow professors and researchers so i know what they think is interesting. They do my work for me.     How could I not be aware of such a wonderful sight? I am not sure if i am just not in the know or if many people outside of my friends and family are using this as much as i am now. I created a group account for my family and close friends to share info with one another through a share group rather than just calling one another with inaccurate links to websites or emailing copied inserts.

Boy, Wikipedia made a statement! They made that statement on a day i really needed to Wikipedia something. Wikipedia is being used as a verb now a verb which says how important it is in today's society. protecting the rights of intellectual work sounds like a good idea until you look deeper into the legislation. 

The world is small to Americans. we think we know everything we need to know about other countries at the surface and there is no need to dive deeper until we have an assignment that causes us to look into another continent, culture, and hemisphere.
 
When we need to look into facts or figures a good starting point is Wikipedia and search engines. though not scholarly, they point students into the right directions and use scholarly information information in an organized  format with all the references cited.

As a language arts teacher i do not
think anyone should use Wikipedia to do a research paper for obvious reasons but
i think its a great tool for finding where you can go for more information,
finding titles of books, and finding names that could be
useful.

Dear Wikipedia,
for
that one day... I really missed you. Never leave me again.

Love,
India
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Today in class we were asked to create this website using weebly. The Weebly website is a wonderful tool for making connections and Sharing. 
    
I have created a website for my family to share photos and special dates or milestones with my friends and other family members. This has been a wonderful tool for sharing feelings and emotions. My webpage is a tool for me to stay connected and i think the same is true with using technology in a classroom and outside of the classroom. The student is connected to the classroom when at home and see what other kids think of topics, share ideas, and stay up to date when in the comfort of their home.

My goal with my Weebl website is to intrigue my students with post and ideas outside of our class content and possibly through this connection draw them into my content area. Hopefully students will want to check my page everytime they update their facebook on their computer.

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