This week as I interacted on Twitter, I found several connections and continued to follow threads to investigate and learn more about various technology tools, practices, and resources. I was able to find several articles and accounts about software I wanted to research. This led to finding additional information about how the tools are being utilized in education and across disciplines.
Twitter allowed me to follow my interests and broad my understanding of how tech tools are implemented. I was also able to connect with experts in the field. For example, I had been following SHEG’s civic online reasoning content and the lead researcher, Sam Wineburg, and one of their posts led me to follow Justin Reich’s account. I had taken the Civic Online Reasoning: Sorting Truth From Fiction course in the fall of 2020, and Reich had been the co-educator with Wineburg on the project. By following, Reich’s account I came across his most recent publication Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education. By staying connected through Twitter, I was able to discover new resources to expand my understanding of technology use in education.
Week 4 Summary:
This week as I interacted on Twitter, I found several connections and continued to follow threads to investigate and learn more about various technology tools, practices, and resources. I was able to find several articles and accounts about software I wanted to research. This led to finding additional information about how the tools are being utilized in education and across disciplines.
Twitter allowed me to follow my interests and broad my understanding of how tech tools are implemented. I was also able to connect with experts in the field. For example, I had been following SHEG’s civic online reasoning content and the lead researcher, Sam Wineburg, and one of their posts led me to follow Justin Reich’s account. I had taken the Civic Online Reasoning: Sorting Truth From Fiction course in the fall of 2020, and Reich had been the co-educator with Wineburg on the project. By following, Reich’s account I came across his most recent publication Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education. By staying connected through Twitter, I was able to discover new resources to expand my understanding of technology use in education.
Also, for fun, I came across a post from @ClassTechTips with a silly quiz about “What EdTech tool are you?” where I just happened to end up with the BookCreator app! 😊