Twitter is a tool I would never have considered using for the classroom. That is until I read this chapter. In my opinion it has always been a website to keep track of famous people and what they are eating for lunch, not world events or learning links. But guess what, it is just that. It is a website for sharing ideas about learning, or trouble shooting ways to incorporates technology in the classroom. It even goes to the extent of helping a person reflect on the little things in life from Innertwitter.com. Twitter makes it possible to talk to people across the world and hear about their latest advancement in the classroom with under 150 words each. It could also be a way to keep parents aware of activities the school/ classroom is doing throughout the day. This website is a touch and go for direct classroom use, in my opinion. But in regards to bettering your teaching style, this is a great resource. There are also websites that are a little more student friendly but are still similar to twitter such as edmodo.com.
The second part of this chapter regarding social bookmarking just really helped to enforce what we are already doing in education 331. One thing that I think I will have to start doing is making notes about websites (almost as a summary about what it does). Not only will this help me, but it can help anyone that is using my delicious account as a reference for other good web pages.
Diigo, a site for helping to organize all sorts of websites on the internet for classroom use, is even more helpful than delicious. This website allows you to annotate and highlight things I find interesting. I can then share these with colleagues or as a reference later for myself. You can create groups to share specific information to. Ultimately all this information can lead to your RSS fead.
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