Well here we are... the end of another semester. Although it went by very quick, I have accomplished so much over the past few weeks. My biggest take away from this course is to always utilize online resources as well as use resources to network with other professionals in the education field. It is important that educators work as a team... we are not alone on this journey! Twitter has been a key tool in my networking the past few weeks and I know it will continue to be a great resource throughout my education journey. I started my Twitter account at the beginning of this semester in May of 2021. I currently follow 137 accounts and have 67 followers. I have built my profile to show a professional photo of myself as well as a simple bio to show others that I am an education student at the University of Regina. I have incorporated a link to my blog on my twitter page so that anyone who views my profile is able to have quick and easy access to my blog. Since the beginning of May, I have tweeted 168 times! I have found myself to be very active on Twitter with classmates and other educators I have connected with. Below is a slideshow of evidence on how I contributed to others learning via Twitter. Twitter has been an amazing resource overall, but one of my favorite experiences was when we joined the Saskedchat on Twitter. I was able to connect with other educators across the province in a safe space where we could speak our minds. The night I joined was a conversation about LDBTQ+ students within schools. Below are some of my comments within the chat. I am excited to join again one day and learn more from other educators! I have highly enjoyed looking and interacting with other classmates blogs. It has been amazing seeing the progress in everyones learning projects as well as seeing how everyone would respond to our weekly blog post question. Being able to see others responses furthered my knowledge and education. Commenting on others blog posts allowed me to interact with them and let me know my thoughts on what they were doing. This aspect of the course showed how important it is to interact and use other educators as resources. Working as a team is important in this field of work! Below is a sample of my interactions on my classmates blogs. DiscordThis semester, I found that the Discord channel was used mostly for asking/answering questions. I tried to interact with classmates via Discord as much as possible, but I found that at times once I saw the post, there were multiple people who had already answered the question. I did find myself sharing articles as well as replying to others articles that they shared. Below is a sample of interactions I had with classmates over Discord! That's A Wrap!Overall, I was able to utilize online resources throughout this semester and it helped build my knowledge of technology, especially technology within the classroom. I would have to say that Twitter was my favorite platform for connecting with other educators as well as compiling resources for in the classroom. I look forward to continuing to use all these tools to further my career as an educator!
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