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So far my experience with Twitter has been good. I have been able to learn about different technological advances in the classroom from articles that other students have posted. I like following different educational Twitter pages because it allows me to see new additions or changes in the educational world. Benefits of Twitter include being able to collaborate with other whether it be classmates or anyone in the world, you can communicate and share ideas with many people. With Twitter you can also see and learn new things from viewing what people tweet. The biggest problems I have had with Twitter is forgetting to tweet on a weekly basis. Other than that Twitter is very easy to use.

I did not like the web page design assignment at first because it was very difficult to navigate the website and figure out how to use the tools. I struggled the most with trying to figure out how to format pictures and texts to look and fit nicely on the page. I learned how to use an embedded google calendar on Weebly. I can use the skills I learned of making my own website to create my own class page when I am a teacher. I can create my own website to post important reminders and dates for parents and students to see as well as link extra resources for educational purposes on my website. The webpage I created can be found at http://ahm16c.weebly.com . 



 From working with Diigo I learned how to annotate an article and share my notes on a discussion board to where others could see. I also learned how to bookmark websites and highlight and leave sticky notes on important parts of the articles. Diigo can be useful in my classroom to share crucial points in an article with my students. I think Diigo would be more effective in the older grades as opposed to elementary education because I think it would be tricky for elementary school children to use. I think it would be most useful to collaborate and share relevant articles with my team members. It would be a quick and useful tool to let others in our network see articles and the content we found important.

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