Week 4: Love to hear the Twitter go tweet-tweet-tweet


George Evans stated, “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or the same way.” With saying this, at this point in my life I can honestly say without thinking twice Twitter is not for me. I am not bashing it or saying it’s not extremely helpful to millions of others but to me I find it an endless page of a headache. I have found a lot of helpful and useful information on Twitter but it is very busy and I just can’t deal with that. I also find that things I’ve liked most about Twitter I can find on PInterest, if I ever needed a quick idea. As class only says be on it for about five minutes a week that is five minutes I will never get back. My life is extremely filled in every aspect possible. I am okay with that because it means I am loved and I have family, friends, endless events, healthy kids that play sports, and the last thing I want to do is find five minutes to go surfing on Twitter. At this point the finding of those five minutes is nerve wracking and it actually is disappointing that we are forced to do it for a grade. I feel like once I’m finished with this class Twitter has just left a sour taste in my mouth and I’m afraid I will never use it again.  I feel like I will always remember the feeling of overwhelming stress with Twitter. Now, that doesn’t mean as soon as I am done with school and I have my own classroom, that I will never find the courage to jump into Twitter again. I’ve learned technology changes so fast maybe there will be a new app that brings the same kind of connection to millions of classrooms around the world. Like I’ve said before, at this time I am not ready and can’t connect and follow Twitter. However I can agree that it is extremely helpful to educators in a classroom today and not only can you get great ideas I have seen how much teachers support and encourage one another on Twitter. It’s very encouraging to see that part of it. Maybe it’s just not my day or my way. 

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