This week, our assignment was to explore Twitter. I have been pretty active on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, but until this course, I had never created a Twitter account.
I will begin by saying I love that Twitter is so easy to access from my iPhone. Many people do not have time to sit down at a computer and log on, but with the availability of the mobile app, Twitter has been very easy to access. I am learning more about the hashtags and availability to tweet towards particular subjects or groups. I am also learning about the @ symbol, which allows you to tweet towards certain people.
As I mentioned in the eCollege discussion, one thing that happened when I gave Twitter my phone number is that my personal contacts combined with my contacts from the course. I mentioned that I just did an on-line training through my school district. This training emphasized the importance of keeping personal and professional social media accounts separate. This is certainly an area that I need to look into more to find a suitable solution.
One think I have noticed is that Twitter seems to be very popular among celebrities. I couldn't resist the urge to follow my favorite celebs and see what the post. Some of the "Twitter Wars" mentioned on sites like TMZ have been rather amusing.
As a Pre-K teacher, my young students are obviously way to young to use Twitter, but that does not mean that it could not be used. One important objective stresses by Head Start is to develop bonds with families. Twitter could be used as a social media tool that would aid towards family partnership. Tweets could be made with appropriate the # that connect to links on useful parenting and home learning links. I found The Learning Station on Twitter, which is one of my absolute favorite early learning sites.
I look forward to using Twitter more towards as a educator. One thing I do realize that is important is to be aware and cautious of inappropriate material that can be seen and shared on Twitter. I really did enjoy my Twitter adventure and am thankful for the opportunity to explore this social media tool.
So this week we were instructed to search our name is quotation marks on Google. I searched for, "Lucinda Love." Through this search I learned from the top result there is an author on Amazon that writes self help books available on Kindle about relationship and romance advice. Her top seller is, How to Make Any Man Fall in Love with You. This I found rather amusing, considering that I personally feel as if I would be the worst person to give any kind of relationship or romance advice.
The next link I see on Google is a Facebook profile that is not me. I do have a Facebook account, but for this account I use my maiden name, Boss. It is kind of funny to me that both my maiden name, Boss, and my married name, Love, are both words that mean other things. This makes a Google search of my name bring up all kinds of stuff unrelated to me.
The next link is for IMDB. Apparently there is an actress named Lucinda Love who starred in only two movies in 1968 and 1970, and unfortunately there is no picture.
The top image for my name is an album cover for a song released in 1980 called, "Oh Lucinda (Love Becomes a Habit)." This song is also the top video result. I would love to share the picture of the album cover, but since Lucinda is completely naked, I think I better not post that on this blog. The band is called The Only Ones, and I have never heard of them until this moment.
From this activity I have learned that I personally have left no digital footprint. None of the links that popped up had anything to do with me. My ePortfolio did not even pop-up from a Google search. For privacy reasons, I feel as if this might be a good thing, but I hope to learn more from this course as to the type of digital footprint I should be creating as I continue to further my career in the field of Educational Technology and Leadership.
As I mentioned in the eCollege discussion, one thing that happened when I gave Twitter my phone number is that my personal contacts combined with my contacts from the course. I mentioned that I just did an on-line training through my school district. This training emphasized the importance of keeping personal and professional social media accounts separate. This is certainly an area that I need to look into more to find a suitable solution.
I look forward to using Twitter more towards as a educator. One thing I do realize that is important is to be aware and cautious of inappropriate material that can be seen and shared on Twitter. I really did enjoy my Twitter adventure and am thankful for the opportunity to explore this social media tool.
