Saturday, November 2, 2013

artifact 2 reflection - Social Networking tools!

Artifact 2 reflection

1. What? (What is the CONTEXT of the artifact? What is it? When and why was it produced?)

Both the Twitter and the Pinterest cites are examples of social media web 2.0 tools that I use professionally and personally also. I created the Twitter account several years ago when the school district that I was working for asked all of the district's librarians to set up accounts. I joined Pinterest just recently and have found it is a very good tool for me to share wonderful things I find on the Internet.
2. So What? (What is the ROLE of the artifact? Why did I select it as evidence for meeting this standard? What does it say about my growing competence as a teacher?)
I feel that these two Web 2.0 links show I am meeting the Danielson standard in Domain 1 that says:  

"Demonstrate knowledge of resources, both within and beyond the school  and district." I use these two social networking sites largely in a professional sense to show my knowledge of resources helpful for library media specialists. I include relevant news articles on books, reading and libraries on Twitter and on Pinterest I show knowledge of books, authors, literature and examples of wonderful library displays and methods for teaching with technology. Both the twitter and the pinterest sites do include some personal things about me, but nothing I would not be comfortable sharing with anyone about me and who I am and what makes me tick.




3. Now What? (What is the IMPORTANCE of the artifact? How did producing the artifact help me improve my professional competence and what will I do to continue to improve relative to this standard?)
I think both Twitter and Pinterest are excellent tools for sharing news, information, web sites about the world at large. I will continue posting to Twitter and "pinning" interesting web sites that help me continue to learn about the world outside my library and especially as that world connects to libraries and literacy and technology.

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