Wow! Day 4 had so much to explore and I'm excited to delve a little deeper. I first began with Diigo (I believe that was the logical order intended by Michelle and Andrew) and that program took me the longest to navigate. I still miss the visual aspect that Pinterest provides but I have found some REALLY great resources! I joined a few groups - I'm excited to explore the content in the groups iPads in Education and sites_for_education. And I was able to bookmark some articles/websites from my Twitter exploration.
My favorite of the three, though (of course - visual!), is Flipboard. Completely amazing! Even my husband got into the action and has subscribed to the Fantasy Football magazine (his draft is in a few weeks). I just discovered how to create my own magazines so I know I'll have fun with that. The only thing that was frustrating for me was I couldn't get my Feedly account into Flipboard. Google+ was an option but Google Reader was not. Suggestions on how would be great!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Exploring Twitter
In the past, I've dabbled a bit in Twitter but, to be honest, I wasn't quite sure how to use it. I'm thankful Andrew's little tutorial in regards to re-tweeting and editing. That definitely helped! So, for the past few days, here are some things that I've discovered...
In the time I spent exploring, I found some people to follow as well as hastags that were definitely appealing to me as an early childhood teacher. One person, @mattBgomez, had a link to his Pinterest profile, which I can't wait to explore! I'm an avid Pinterest fan so I decided to look for other teachers on Twitter whose blogs I've discovered on Pinterest. I found a few and I am now following them on Twitter as well.
Two hastags that are worth mentioning (so far) are #kinder chat and #ipaded. I have a feeling that I'll be searching those quite often.
Ok, so now for a little venting. The one thing that frustrates me about Twitter is the lack of a visual for links tweeted. I think this stems from my affinity to Pinterest, which is very much a visual platform. Interestingly, some links I found on Twitter took me to Pinterest...and I found that I had previously "pinned" the blog or idea! Pinterest is an excellent teacher resource, much more than wedding and craft ideas. I like that I can organize and save the information I find on Pinterest in a way that suits my needs, from blogs to apps to, yes, crafts and recipes...and it's all visual!
In the time I spent exploring, I found some people to follow as well as hastags that were definitely appealing to me as an early childhood teacher. One person, @mattBgomez, had a link to his Pinterest profile, which I can't wait to explore! I'm an avid Pinterest fan so I decided to look for other teachers on Twitter whose blogs I've discovered on Pinterest. I found a few and I am now following them on Twitter as well.
Two hastags that are worth mentioning (so far) are #kinder chat and #ipaded. I have a feeling that I'll be searching those quite often.
Ok, so now for a little venting. The one thing that frustrates me about Twitter is the lack of a visual for links tweeted. I think this stems from my affinity to Pinterest, which is very much a visual platform. Interestingly, some links I found on Twitter took me to Pinterest...and I found that I had previously "pinned" the blog or idea! Pinterest is an excellent teacher resource, much more than wedding and craft ideas. I like that I can organize and save the information I find on Pinterest in a way that suits my needs, from blogs to apps to, yes, crafts and recipes...and it's all visual!
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