“Finally, it also means that we’re willing to share our ideas and resources with the network for it’s betterment, because we get back just as much if not more” (85). After reading Richardson’s chapter, it opened my eyes to how handy the internet can be in the sense that sites such as twitter are taking over communication and thought processes in the classroom. One awesome site I found was Youtwitter which allows you to find people through twitter, find out the specifics about twittering, and allow you to search different twitters. Teachers have the opportunity to share ideas and information with one another while not having to leave their office chair. Like many forms of technology, this can be a blessing and a curse. I think that by implementing technology in the classroom, the students are able to post their ideas while being in an environment that can stay controlled and focused and monitored whereas in other surroudings they are not.

Something that social networking and the internet in the classroom allwos us to do is to obtain constant learning even past the bell at 3:20. According to Richardson, “Learning is a continuous conversation among many participants” and twitter is obviously continuous from someone commenting every minute –” I ate a sandwich” (at 12:00) ” I drank some milk” (at 12:10) to someone commenting ever so often. It’s a continuous thing. From a scholarly level, I would want to have a blog, glog, or maybe even a facebook ( this is up for discussion) in the classroom, but I have not yet to have a twitter, and I don’t plan on incorporating twitter.

This blog post also discusses Mabry Middle School and how they include technology in the classroom. Let me just tell you, in middle school, the only technology that I had was my myspace, (YES- I really did just put my myspace on my blog) and I got in so much trouble for it (from peers and parents) that ultimately my myspace became a curse. This middle school promotes including technology in the classroom and encourages parents to subscribe to their calendar . It also promotes children to make videos and the website really catches your eye with all the bright colors and many many many thinks to check out.

In addition to this particular middle school classroom, a specific site called DELICIOUS allows teachers to save and bookmark different sites that can be interesting and/or useful in the classroom. This site is like your own desktop where you bookmark different pages and interests, but it up for others to view and ultimately teachers help each other. I found some awesome information about ESOL and also about twitter and texting. I found this site extremely useful, and I will continue to use this site as I grow further into my education.

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