Twitter: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Hello all. Recently, I created a professional Twitter account. I had used Twitter in the past, but hadn’t owned my own personal account in about five years.

To tell you the truth? Twitter still does not particularly interest me. I love pictures, and I love that Instagram is picture based, but Twitter is not. Twitter does not hold my attention as much as other social medias.

However, I can also acknowledge that Twitter is more useful for creating and maintaining professional relationships, as well as reaching a wider audience through likes and retweets.

The layout of Twitter is still something I have to get used to, and is definitely different from the last time I was active on it.

The conversations I have had with professionals on Twitter have changed the way I think about learning. Most, if not all, of the professionals on Twitter do not get paid for communicating with regular people on the internet, as well as maintaining intelligent conversations and expressing advice and ideas. I have had several in-depth conversations with professionals on Twitter, and I was surprised at how dedicated they were to interacting with me, a future educator.

I have learned more about new technology in the classroom that I will definitely use when I am a teacher. That information is crucial to me.

I will continue using Twitter for this class, however, might switch over to Instagram for a professional account. I believe a lot can be expressed in pictures, as well as longer captions.