I’m going to be real. I had a very rocky start to the semester. Trying to catch up with all of my school work was tough, but I think one of the hardest assignments to catch up on was assignments using Twitter.

I have a few different social media accounts and they have always been pretty easy to navigate. This is my very first time EVER using Twitter! I was so confused when I first began. I had no idea what I was doing or how to navigate the app/website.

Now, I love using Twitter! I never knew I could use it to connect with so many professionals. I always thought social media was only for friends and memes. LOL. I get to connect and talk to professionals from the field that I want to work in. I get to chat with people from different backgrounds and hear about their classroom stories! I love it!

The most important thing I have learned from joining Twitter is “community”. The amount of support from teachers and aides that I don’t even know personally is amazing. Everyone is here to help and share ideas. It is truly a global learning community. No one bashes your ideas either, they always give positive feedback; always encouraging you to learn more and dig deeper.

I haven’t joined in too many Twitter chats, but I definitely want to join in more. The one that I did join was about how students hold their pen/pencil. We mainly focused on if pencil grip is important? Why or why not? It was a great discussion and I learned a lot more than I thought I knew. I even started holding my pen differently. I’m still not sure if I have an A+ pen grip but I’ve improved.

Overall, I would say my Twitter experience so far has been insightful. I am learning and connecting with so many people. If it weren’t for my class, I would have never downloaded Twitter or even thought of it as a tool for education.