Module 12 EDU 210 Flex Lab

1. Personal Learning Network
Reflection: Twitter

2. Day 1
Reflection
• Created a professional Twitter
account, but had yet to really
understand the potential it held
until weeks later.
• Days later, I began searching
for relevant people and topics
to follow. I had yet to create
any tweets of my own, but I
was definitely taking in a lot of
information from varied
sources and people.

3. Weeks Later
Reflection
• I began following an array of
people both in my area of
specialization and in the
education world.
• Some examples are as follows:
EdTech Services, some
teaching staff of EDU 210,
newspapers, prominent
education scholars, Spanish
content/teachers and Alberta
Education.

4. A Month Later
Reflection
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Eventually I began writing
tweets of my own – whether
spouting random thoughts or
generating a question. I also go
into retweeting interesting
information (as the bottom
screenshot illustrates).
Because of my collaboration
with Twitter, people began to
follow me. The followers ranged
from people of professional
interest, to language gurus, to
fellow pre-service teachers (the
first screenshot speaks to this).

5. A Few Weeks Ago
Reflection
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Module 10 really helped kickstart my Twitter, as I was
immersed into the academic
world by way of the 4 theories
presented in class.
This is when I learned the value:
less is more, and learnt how to
use relevant hash tags to extend
my voice.
Furthermore, using Twitter to its
full advantage showed me just
how communicative and
engaging it can really be (as the
final slide will point out).

6. Today
Conclusion
•
Though I have only tested the
waters with Twitter – 3 months in –
as I continue to use it as my PLN of
choice, it will not only provide me
with great insights and resources,
but will more importantly engage
me in great dialogue which I can
further share to others. Whether
between fellow educators or
people of similar professional
interests, Twitter has the capability
of shaping and transforming
perspective – allowing me to be a
more diverse teacher, which in turn
will allow me to offer more
diversity (ways of learning, content,
etc.) in my future classroom.