Learning Goals Reflection #5

My goals were to learn how to use twitter and incorporate in my lessons.  The second goal was to become fluent in blogging and tweeting.
I know how to blog and tweet now.  I am not as fluent with twitter as I want to be.  The blogging was easier than the tweeting.
I am more familiar with what this course is about.  My goals have changed in not just knowing how to use them, but to understand them and the power they can have.  I want to add PLN  with the blogging and tweeting because it has become a major part of our course and will be helpful in the future.
When Carol Dweck (Mindset Interview) said that fixed minds are thinking "Am I going to look smart? Am I not going to look smart?" This is me sometimes.  In these online courses, I worry what my classmates will think.  (Everyone that I have contacted and worked with has been very helpful and kind.)   However, I also think I have a growth mindset.  Since I am not digitally fluent (but I will be), this course can be challenging.  Looking back, to what I did not know to what I know now, I have grown.  I have had to re-read articles, and re-do work to get better results, and that is okay.  Eduardo Briceno mentioned in his video about the chess player, Josh Waitzkin, not falling into a psychological trap because of failure. It certainly gets frustrating when I fail or cannot achieve what I want, but I keep working. Motivation and determination are keys to keeping the growth mindset.
The Information Fluency website states "As teachers and librarians develop these skills and teach them to students, students will be come better equipped to achieve their information needs."  This is why it is so important for teachers to become better equipped with knowledge of digital fluency.  It is the students that will take what they have learned and build on it.  As they get older and newer information comes about, they will teach to the younger ones.  There are many cycles, not just one.

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  1. AnonymousJune 4, 2017 at 7:54 AM

    Great observations! In reference to your points about Briceno's and Dweck's perspectives, I can totally relate. Having the growth mindset takes a lot of confidence to uphold. Based off of the readings and the video, those with the growth mindset tend to be more forgiving of themselves if they can't quite figure out a problem or task. I would even go as far as saying that they are more likely to receive the help that they need because they are more honest about needing help in the first place.

    As for your goal of strengthening your use of Twitter, it should be pretty easy. I'd suggested learning more about hashtags/keywords so that you can track tweets with similar topics. Just as keywords are important while conducting an online search, they are just as important on Twitter. Hope that helps!

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  2. AnonymousJune 4, 2017 at 1:38 PM

    I'm glad that I'm not the only one to be learning Twitter all over again. I do admit that I probably won't be using it much with students, but I can see value getting stellar moments from my school and students out to the parents and community. Most of the Twitter used here in my county is to post what classes are doing to the county Twitter account. I will need to try using hashtags - I'm sorry, I always call them pound signs - for better searches as Jerald suggests.

    I don't like to feel I look unsmart, but I have no problems admitting when I'm outside my wheelhouse. Tech skills are intimidating for me but I still take a deep breath and dig in. I think that this gives me a more open than closed mindset and I feel my students will benefit from it. As a media specialist, I hope to collaborate with teachers to make them better information gatherers and users of the 21st century skills they need when they go into the real world. If they see me continuing to expand my skill set, they will be more willing to try themselves.

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