Twitter

This week I have been asked to watch a number of videos about how children learn technology and then post a reflection on my twitter account which looked like this

When I clicked on the link "#EDCU12039" I realised I wasn't the first to say this very post and that others were also very similar, if not identical. This made me feel good, that I had interpreted the videos and task correctly, but bad that my thoughts weren't very original. My post has not only been influenced by the videos I have watched but by working in the Early Childhood industry and having used EYLF (Early Years Learning Framework) for so long, this is a very generic opinion, generated from the EYLF.
Some benefits of using sites such as Twitter for educational purposes would be that the students would relate well to it and be more interested in learning, because of it, that all the ideas are combined to one link, where you can view various ideas about one topic and compare your own to your peers. However this could be good or bad, if you can identify who has posted each post it could lead to online bullying or it could have a positive impact, and allow the more 'shyer' student the courage to speak online.

I think that I would not use 'twitter' as such, in a classroom however the benefits of it are good and the target audience would relate well to it, therefore if there was a more educational website, with similar benefits, I would definitely utilise it.