Blog Number Two (9/13/12) Twitter

1. Which chat did you participate in?

• I participated in the innochat (#innochat); however, I did go back and read the new teacher chat, and found some good resources.

2. Was there a theme to the chat?

• The chat was centered on social media and its abilities to be both positive and negative in the in the real world. This chat is primarily focused around organizations and different companies, rather than the world of education, but can be interpreted and applied to both.

3. What did you learn? Give specifics and cite examples.

• As a student in the twenty-first century, it is hard to understand much of what life was like without everything being at my fingertips. It seems as though many of the individuals that were participating in the chat were around when conducting research or collecting data could not be done through the internet. The participants of the chat acknowledge that there are benefits of social media sites, but the negatives can still be detrimental to the repuatationSysparatem); http://ht.ly/dGCF4, this article is an example of the negative effects.
• It was also discussed through an article provided that social media can be beneficial, but there are specific things companies should know, http://jawbrain.com/brandchat-brand-lessons-for-the-social-media-age/. Also, it was discussed that because it is still new and upcoming, organizations may under estimate how harmful social media can actually be.

4. Did anyone post links that you found helpful? List one or two and explain why you found them useful? Use bitly to shorten and share.

• Overall, I did not find this chat applicable to the classroom; but I personally found it useful because of entering the professional world and understanding how serious social media  is when being hired and remaining in that position. This chat helped to hightlight some of the negative effects social media sights have and how important it is to be aware, and know how to manage social media sites.

5. Chose at least 5 people from the chat and start following them. Tell me about the 5 people you chose to follow.

• I only chose three people to follow because I felt as though this chat did not have a ton of people that would be beneficial to follow in the future. Most of the participants were CEOs or worked for organizations that are now facing issues with social media. I did however follow some educators from the new teacher chat that I missed last evening, but thought they had valid information that would help in preparing to teach. The websites they provided are included in my blog post today.
• http://eyeoneducation.com/Blog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2575/Three-Steps-to-Engage-Students-in-Science
• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/great-teacher-websites.html