Technology essay.

submit a Word document and an Excel file of your downloaded tweets via the assignment link in Canvas.

What to Address in Your Paper:

Your paper should be 3-4 pages (double-spaced), not including your tweet download (an Excel file) which will be submitted as a separate file.

Open with an introduction and close with a conclusion so the paper is coherent overall, focusing on the use of Twitter, blogging, and Diigo to develop a personal learning network. Address each question listed below; you may reorganize the order of the questions to make your writing flow well.

Twitter: [1.25 points]

· How is Twitter used in a professional learning network?

· Describe the nature of the tweets that you sent. How did you decide when and what to tweet?

· How did Twitter help you interact with the class? With other people?

· How did the different functions impact the communication experience (hashtag, @, RT)?

· List at least 4 Twitter accounts that you followed outside of class related to educational technology and explain how you interacted with them.

· What did you learn about educational technology from following other people’s tweets (classmates and outside handles, class hashtag)?

· Also discuss what made your Twitter experience (un)successful, and whether you anticipate using it in the future – as a teacher or otherwise.

Blogging: [1.25 points]

· How is blogging used in a professional learning network?

· How did you interact with the class through blogging?

· What did you consider other than the blog prompt when writing your blogs?

· What did you learn about educational technology through writing the blogs? Reading other people’s blogs?

· What benefits (and/or detriments) do you ascribe to blogging as opposed to writing and submitting a static paper?

· What made your blog experience (un)successful, and whether you anticipate using blogs in the future - as a teacher or otherwise? Why or why not?

Diigo: [1.25 points]

· How is social annotation used in a professional learning network?

· How did you interact with the class through Diigo?

· How did you choose which sites to bookmark?

· Discuss your opinions on the usefulness of tags, descriptions, highlights, sticky notes, comments, and topics.

· What did you learn about educational technology through using social bookmarking and annotation?

· What made your social bookmarking experience (un)successful?

· Do you anticipate using a tool like Diigo in the future - as a teacher or otherwise? Why or why not?