I have been a huge fan of Pinterest both personally and professionally for a long time. I like Pinterest for a lot of reasons, but one of the reasons is that it leads me places that I wouldn't have thought to Google myself. I love checking out what other people have pinned. I feel like following other music teachers saves me the time in searching myself and also sparks other ideas that I may not have thought up myself.
Exploring Twitter has been interesting for me this week. I never thought Twitter would be something I would find useful in my professional life. I haven't found a ton using hashtag searching, but I think there is real potential for keeping in touch with parents through quick Twitter updates that are linked to my blog.
I also starting exploring Diigo yesterday. I am finding it to be a useful place to store bookmarks that have previously been machine bound on my computer.
I think the problem with all the curation tools is going to be using the right tool for the right job and not having too many organization systems going.
Thanks for volunteering to do the pinterest edcafe session. I enjoyed learning about the site. I had never used it before. I think since so many FB friends post stuff from it, I was being stubborn. It is a great resource for so many things. Thanks, Erica.
ReplyDeleteI agree with so much of what you said. Pinterest is so useful for me because of the way it is set up. I can so easily see if I am interested in the content of a pin. I worry about having too many tools as well. I don't want things to get lost. I think I will focus on Pinterest for collecting/organizing school ideas. I will use twitter mostly as a communication tool, too. Thank you for working with me with the pinterest edcafe session!
ReplyDeleteErica, I completely agree with your concluding statement about not having too many different organization systems going on. I think it's important to find the tools that work best for us and not feel as though we have to use each tool.
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