My First Experience with Twitter

 

    Growing up, my family did not allow us to touch with very much technology. I lived in a home which was grounded on the philosophy that technology wasn't needed. When I turned 13, I got my first phone, but it was a flip phone with no games, no touch screen, and no access to internet; I was able to call and text. When I was 16, I got my first Samsung phone. I was very excited because this was my chance to get social media and see everything my friends saw. I got Facebook to keep up with family, Instagram to view cool pictures, and Snapchat to keep up with friends. Twitter had not crossed my mind until this very year when we were required to be on it for a class. 

    I had absolutely no clue of what I was doing on Twitter. I didn't really understand how being present on a social media would help. I asked a lot of questions at the start of this class. Don't teachers want us off social media and doing homework? I am barely on social media, so how am I going to remember to go on this app everyday? What am I looking for on here? How do I "follow" someone? Who do I follow?

    Twitter definitely grew on me the more I was on it. I figured out how to use the app and how it could help me. At the beginning of this class, I assumed I was going to delete it once the class was over because I "didn't get it." Now, I'm on it everyday looking at education posts from other educators and their experiences with teaching. Now, I am liking posts of decorations for my future classroom and it's SO exciting. Now, I am advertising my projects that I am proud I learned and sharing it with all my followers to see. Now, I finally get it. Twitter isn't a social media, it's an app that can help me grow as a future educator and increase my creativity and knowledge. 

    Here are two of the many things I have learned!

        - Online classrooms might possibly be something that has to become normal for me, therefore, I must learn tools and ways to keep my students attention. Here's an article that takes something kid's know and turns it into a way to keep them entertained and engaged: a bitmoji classroom! This was posted by Edutopia on Twitter. 

        - Positivity and self-love helps control teacher burn-out and exhaustion. It's important to remember that there are things your can control, and things you can't. Sometimes you just have to look at the bright side of situation, and do your best with what you have. Twitter has definitely taught me ways to stay positive even in a stressful situation. TeacherGoals as a whole is a great Twitter account. I have learned a lot of what I want to be and what I cannot control from that account.

    Overall, I have learned that it's important to keep trying new things and giving them multiple chances. If a professor/person is pushing for you to check something out, then there must be a reason for it. Possibly they learned a lot from something and want you to learn the same. This was the case for me with Twitter. I wasn't excited to get into the app, but I have learned a lot more than I thought I would. I will definitely be keeping this app to enhance what I need to learn and know about the world around me.