Prior to this activity I had not used Screenr and only had a rudimentary understanding of Twitter. But I have to say, Screenr is a lot of fun (even though I sound really weird in my presentation). I can see various applications that teachers of all age groups can use it for. Take elementary school for instance, a teacher may have students show how to navigate a website or demonstrate how to put books on hold at the library. An intermediate or high school teacher could have students do something similar to what we did or have them make tutorials on how to use Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, PowerPoint, iTunes, and more. Teachers can use it to demonstrate math concepts, have a specific set of instructions for assignments (so they can save paper/printing materials), or show students anything relevant to their studies. The possibilities are endless!
I am still working on managing my personal learning network to be more efficient, but I am learning so much about the technology out there and what we as future teachers can do to help our students. Having a refined personal learning network would be extremely valuable to a new teacher. There are so many resources out there and just being able to filter some of it would be very helpful to new teachers.
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