Thing 19

Maybe I am just an inter vert, but social media is not really my thing.  Yes I have a Twitter account, so that I can follow our school superintendent to find out when school is closed for snow or ice, and I am on Facebook, so I can post pictures of my daughter once every blue moon for my family in other states to see.  But when it comes to actively engaging others, I tend to be more of a reader then poster.  My wife on the other hand, is the complete opposite.  She will post, tweet, and pin with the best of them.

I find social media sites to be interesting and I will take the time to look through them for ideas, but actively participating is not something I have the stamina for.  One social media site that I like, (and I look at my wife's account because she is a teacher also) is Pinterest.  There are some truly neat ideas that my wife has collected for the classroom on there.  Some of which I have built for both of our classrooms.  And the recipes that she has gathered and organized, very nice.  Pinterest to me though, is similar in a lot of ways to the bookmarking sites.  The difference is that Pinterest has photos associated with the links.  For me, I like this better.  I am a more visually driven person, so seeing an image associated with a specific topic or link is much more appealing.  

When it comes down to social media in the classroom, I see that there are some practical applications.  However, social media is not something that really perks my interest like other resources do, so it is not something that I am going to incorporate very heavily or rely upon greatly in my own classroom.