This go around my comments for teachers was for Steven Anderson. His blog is called Blogging About the Web 2.0 Classroom Connected. One post that I enjoyed was about the use of Twitter for schools and communities. In his post he discussed and stated how to go about starting a Twitter account and reasons behind starting one for a school or community. I think this was a great post because not everyone knows about Twitter and it can be a very useful tool for reaching out to students, parents, and the community. They can tweet about upcoming events and get their name out their for other students and fellow Tweeters to follow.
The second post that I read from this blog was Making Connections. It started out with a video that had a man in a bear suit standing in the middle of a busy walkway. People just kept walking by laughing, pointing their fingers, or not even acknowledging him at all. Then one guy stepped out and "hugged the bear". After this everyone joined in. The man in the bear suit revealed himself at the end and turned out to be a man with a disability. You never know how stepping out of the crowd and a simple connection could change someones life. The rest of his post was about making a connection through social media such as Twitter or Facebook. Making connections are very important in our professional lives as well as our personal. If we never make a connection then we will spend our lives alone and our voices never heard. It is sad how many people are afraid to take that leap of faith and chance it and they were never heard. If you want your ideas to be spread or gain new ideas from others then we MUST make connections with others.
Christy,
ReplyDeleteThe second post you described sounds very innovative and moving! I loved this video! It made me cry! It makes you feel bad about for just walking past some people that are only looking to be acknowledged. I think this is a great example of why we should take the time to get to know all of our students. Very insightful and heartfelt post!