My Thoughts on Chapter 6: The Social Network: Learning together

This  new technology just shows that the Internet and technology is becoming a very social environment and you can't do to much in isolation any more.  Twitter is a technology where you can follow certain peoples posts and read what others are thinking.  You can also post short "tweets" and then people can read them and follow you.  I don't really know how I would use this type of technology in the classroom because I really don't know of any schools that allow phones in school.  You can still use twitter online but I feel that it is more of just a social network for fun then a learning tool.  One way you could use it though is you can share some knowledge between you and the people that you are following.  A problem though is that you can only use 140 characters in a "tweet."  I think that it is a good tool for sharing bits and pieces of knowledge but it would take a lot of work and creativity to bring it to the classroom.  Another technology that was shared in this chapter were social bookmarking services.  These are sites like Diigo and Delicious.  These can be used by educators a lot easier and I think are a lot more useful for the classroom then  twitter.  These sites allow you to share other useful sites and information that you can use in your classroom.  I could use this because I could be teaching a lesson on photosynthesis and I could go on these sites and get other teachers Internet sites about photosynthesis so help me get information and ideas.  This can then help my students because they could go to my site and see those helpful Internet resources.  This network just allows for easy sharing of websites and resources to help facilitate learning.  I think the more you use them and build them up the more beneficial they will be for you in the future.