Technology is a Tool, Not a Learning Outcome.

With every class there will be different level of technological experience.

 I think the first step is trying to bring everyone to somewhat the same level. 

As for example some may not even have emails or have had any experience on-line from not having internet at home.

I think that firstly you must have them create emails and learn what the internet is all about. 

This can be done through webquests and assessing the quality of websites. 

After they become comfortable with using the basics then begin to use it as a tool. Have the students begin blogging. 

Even though technology is meant to be a tool students must firstly be able to fully comprehend how to use it with purpose and safely. 

Do I really need to organize myself online?

I've always thought of myself as a very organized person..... that is besides loosing my cell phone daily. Internet for Educators is showing me differently. Having to blog weekly and read my classmates blogs can be a bit of a challenge if you do not know some tricks to save time and have everything located right where you need.

I honestly just Googled what RSS stands for. Wiki has told me it stands for Rich Site Summary or if you want Really Simple Syndication. Really simple is right. After adding the app to my webpage I added the blogs of my classmates where is automatically updates me on their blog entries. As well as neatly lists all of their previous work.Subscribing to a website RSS removes the need to constantly manually check a site. Instead of the user having to do the work the browser monitors the site for you.

As for someone like me who is a bit slow with technology, it will save me a great deal of time. Time that I would like to spend enjoying my last few weeks as a university student by sleeping instead of working. Work smarter not harder.  

The Twitter World

Internet for Educators:

Learning about Twitter.....

Here are some thought to consider which I learnt today to be successful in the Twitter World:

1. Do not be an egg, no one will want to be your friend if your an egg.

2. Follow those who are interesting and funny.... sooo if you want to be followed stop telling people about dull moments of your life.

3. Have open settings, but make sure you are representing yourself in a healthy manner.

4. You are a tweeter on twitter and when you post a message it is called a tweet. You can retweet which is reposting another message. This place has its own bird language.

This link explains twitter with pictures of the blue bird.
http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/Forms/Twitter%20for%20Educators.pdf 

Thought to debate .... Which is better Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. 

My vote is for Instagram. Everything I post on Insta can also be put on several different social sites at the same time. Then would be Twitter, in the short time I have been on the APP I have found many entertaining and interesting posts without searching.