Twitter and Delicious

Twitter


Well what can I say. I was not a huge fan of twitter until about a year and a half ago when one of my teachers required me to get twitter for a journalism class. I thought it would be pointless and I would not be interested. But since I like keeping up with friends in other ways I decided I would actually "get into" twitter and start following people. I am so glad I did because twitter is a great source to keep up with friends, family, icons, or just anything you are interested in. It does have a lot of humor to it as you are only given a certain amount of room to type, but thats what makes twitter so different from all the others. I am glad I got involved in twitter and think that the uniqueness of only being able to add a certain amount of information in the best part about twitter. It is also a very secure sight for classrooms. I probably wouldn't use this in an elementary classroom for myself, but high school students could use this to find assignments if they missed a day or just be expressive about themselves through social media. It gives the teacher a picture of what the student is interested in and possible writing skills. But hey follow me...@jrideno5


Delicious


I had never heard of delicious before this class. It was a little more difficult that I thought it would be but I can tell it would be a very helpful source for a classroom. Through typing in different ideas and what the site had to offer, it can link you to anything in the world that you chose to type it. I checked out some recipes and some teaching websites to see what they had to offer and they were very helpful and reliable websites. I think delicious would be great for a classroom because teachers can bookmark certain websites that they think will be helpful while teaching a lesson and pop them up right on the page. It is also a good way to show students how easy it is to find out information for things such as research papers or just topics the class is trying to cover. Overall it is confusing at first but could be very useful in the classroom.