3.7 Communication and Collaboration
Candidates utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. (PSC 3.7/ISTE 3g)
Artifact
My educational Twitter handle (Swan, n.d.) is the artifact I chose to represent this standard. I also have a portfolio website that I use to present my work; however, with my website, I don’t have the ability to broadcast my message like I can with my Twitter feed. With Twitter, you can get your message in front of a relevant audience. I use my Twitter account to keep up with what is going on in the field of education and with others I am interested in. I created and continue operate my Twitter account myself.
Standard 3.7, Communication & Collaboration – asks candidates to utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. I created this artifact to connect with classmates and follow interesting companies and people in the education field. Having my Twitter account allows me to communicate with students, parents, peers and the larger education community, both locally and globally. I can keep up with the latest updates and find other interesting people/companies to follow using my Twitter account. I closed my personal Twitter account many years ago, but I am glad I have this account for school. I have found interesting companies and other interesting personalities using social media. Twitter is an amazing communication and collaboration tool if used correctly.
By creating this account, I can keep up with the latest updates in the education field, and continue to grow professionally, by seeing interesting posts and videos that teachers and digital leaders are posting regularly. The field of instructional technology is constantly changing. Twitter allows me to see who is teaming up with who and how other educators are utilizing technology in their classrooms. I find it hard sometimes not to respond to political and other attention-grabbing topics and posts. By participating in social media, I feel I am growing and learning how to apply netiquette, which is also something that I teach to my students. Young people communicate and interact with the world very differently than the youth of the past. By participating in the social media community, I feel I can better keep up with this technology platform, which also helps me be able to speak more eloquently about my digital footprint.
The main person that benefits from Twitter is me. I can learn more about technology, how it’s used by others, and expand my understanding of instructional technology by being a consumer. Also, my students benefit from the various things I learn from others on Twitter. I can assess how these strategies are affecting my students by seeing how some of the changes I make from posts made by other educators and companies who serve the education field. The primary trait that I feel using Twitter and other social media outlets can help contribute to engagement in my curriculum, which will lead to more interest in my content and standards.
References
Edutopia. (2016, June 21). Resources for Closing the Digital Divide. Edutopia. Retrieved from
https://www.edutopia.org/digital-divide-technology-access-resources
Roblyer, M.D., & Hughes, J. E. (2019). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching: Transforming Learning Across Disciplines. Pearson. (Original work published 2010).
Sheninger, E. (2019). Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times: Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times (Second ed.). Corwin.
Swan, A. (n.d.). Alex Swan (@AS_Educator) / Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved from
https://twitter.com/AS_Educator
Standard 3.7, Communication & Collaboration – asks candidates to utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community. I created this artifact to connect with classmates and follow interesting companies and people in the education field. Having my Twitter account allows me to communicate with students, parents, peers and the larger education community, both locally and globally. I can keep up with the latest updates and find other interesting people/companies to follow using my Twitter account. I closed my personal Twitter account many years ago, but I am glad I have this account for school. I have found interesting companies and other interesting personalities using social media. Twitter is an amazing communication and collaboration tool if used correctly.
By creating this account, I can keep up with the latest updates in the education field, and continue to grow professionally, by seeing interesting posts and videos that teachers and digital leaders are posting regularly. The field of instructional technology is constantly changing. Twitter allows me to see who is teaming up with who and how other educators are utilizing technology in their classrooms. I find it hard sometimes not to respond to political and other attention-grabbing topics and posts. By participating in social media, I feel I am growing and learning how to apply netiquette, which is also something that I teach to my students. Young people communicate and interact with the world very differently than the youth of the past. By participating in the social media community, I feel I can better keep up with this technology platform, which also helps me be able to speak more eloquently about my digital footprint.
The main person that benefits from Twitter is me. I can learn more about technology, how it’s used by others, and expand my understanding of instructional technology by being a consumer. Also, my students benefit from the various things I learn from others on Twitter. I can assess how these strategies are affecting my students by seeing how some of the changes I make from posts made by other educators and companies who serve the education field. The primary trait that I feel using Twitter and other social media outlets can help contribute to engagement in my curriculum, which will lead to more interest in my content and standards.
References
Edutopia. (2016, June 21). Resources for Closing the Digital Divide. Edutopia. Retrieved from
https://www.edutopia.org/digital-divide-technology-access-resources
Roblyer, M.D., & Hughes, J. E. (2019). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching: Transforming Learning Across Disciplines. Pearson. (Original work published 2010).
Sheninger, E. (2019). Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times: Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times (Second ed.). Corwin.
Swan, A. (n.d.). Alex Swan (@AS_Educator) / Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved from
https://twitter.com/AS_Educator