To Tweet or Not to Tweet

Ahhh Twitter! How I have avoided you.

I decided to do an endorsement in Educational technology and part of that is building a PLN (Professional Learning Network). Much to my dismay, that includes participating in the world of Twitter. Time to get with the tweets…

Twitter has always struck me as a hot mess of unimportant information. However, as I have been learning to be very selective in who I follow, I am finding some useful information. I do enjoy the quick and dirty summaries of articles.

If I’m honest I find Twitter overwhelming. I have started using tweet deck and that has greatly enhanced my experience. I have found that I enjoy the scheduled chats. I don’t have to check in every week, but if it’s a topic I’m interested in I can jump in and follow.

As I learn to navigate Twitter, I will remember these things:

I can unfollow.

I can log in when I have time.

I can use tweetdeck to sort and categorize.

With these tips, maybe I will come to at least like Twitter. I’m still undecided. But until I decide to fly away, you can find me here:

@jessbmeteach

Why I Left Edublogs

I set up my first blog in Edublogs for a class assignment. It seemed great, and then I started using it.

I entered the blog world many moons ago using Blogger. I wrote a personal blog to keep out of town family updated on the antics of my four young children. Then they got older...and I got busier...and the things they did weren't as cute...and so on. I stopped blogging. I kept reading them, but just didn't write them. I liked Blogger, I was familiar with it.

After I set up my Edublog and wrote a couple posts, I started looking for the things I remembered from Blogger. Formatting things like fonts, layouts, picture options, etc. They just weren't there. I was spending, in my opinion, too much of my valuable time trying to get Edublogger to do what I knew Blogger did. So I'm switching my professional blog to Blogger.

I have found that many "new" apps and such do the same things as the old ones. Some better, some not so good, but it's worth trying them out.

Jess Can Teach - All about the antics of the cute kindergarten students I teach and what I'm learning as an educator along the way.