Reflection

EDM 310 has been a very beneficial class to me as a future teacher. I have learned great educational tools that I can use in my own classroom. I have learned how to create a podcast, create blogs, use google more effectively and now know more about access. All of these things are going to be pretty helpful in the future. I think that the class atmosphere was also pretty good. I think that interaction between all of the students makes class much more effective and fun. EDM 310 was more of an educational tool rather that a really hard class that stresses students out. I have actually been able to retain some of the things I have learned. I will also be able to use most everything I have learned in and outside of a classroom. I think that there should be more group projects. The podcast project was the most exciting thing for me. Some blogs should be done in the classroom rather than outside of class. Overall, I really have no complaints. EDM 310 was a really great class. Thanks.

Twitter

Twitter is a free social networking service that allows you to post pretty much whatever you want as long as it is 140 characters long. You can also become a follower of someone elses tweets. You can use twitter for personal reasons or for professional reasons. You can limit your followers to your preferance or you can allow anyone to follow your tweets. Some people write about their every day lives. Others post more about professional information such as meeting times and businesss deadlines. Relatives, friends or complete strangers can keep up with your day to day life depending on what you post. I think it is a great way for distant relatives to keep in tune with what their family is up to. As a future teacher I think it is a great way for students to keep up with assignments and other class information. Obviously, if you are going to write personal info that you would not share with students in the classrroom you need to have a separate twitter for your friends to follow. Twitter can be great as long as it is used in a professional manner. I would use twitter to remind students about upcoming and current class work and anything that may be of use to them in the classroom. As far as using twitter for my own personal reasons, I'm not quite sure if I would be interested. I would have to choose who I would want to follow my twitter because it is TMI for strangers.