Since my topic was the use of Twitter as a classroom discussion tool, I, of course, had to have a Twitter page open! The middle of my poster is actually a projection from my computer of a Twitter account I created so people can see a) how easy it is to tweet and b)tweet about the day's event.
It went pretty well, not as many people tweeted as I thought would but several people tried it for the first time and really liked it. I also got several older people coming up to me to say "yeah, but what about older people like me, who are wary/timid to use Twitter?" They came to me with a defeatist attitude that they would be unable to learn how to tweet. Which is why creating a Twitter account as a class assignment is so great! not only, would they learn how to tweet, but they would be given direction and a purpose about what to tweet about.
For example in a class I took, we had to tweet about things we observed in an educational setting. So one week we would tweet about the physical location of learning (what we noticed about a college campus, or classroom, or library) and another week we tweeted about groups of people interacting (are they studying, or having heated discussion, or chatting about the drama in the residence hall?). It certainly made getting into Twitter easier for me.
I think the best part of the day was that one of my fellow graduates and I went to a local brewery afterwards to celebrate our graduation, and our graduate director came with us! Neither one of us had really had a chance to get to know her outside of class and it was so much fun! We talked about where the program was going, how her role is growing, and also what is next for us as professionals.
Mom and Dad came up for trivia and for my symposium which was so great! I know they hadn't really gotten to see what my program was about so for them to see my project but also all my classmates projects was really cool. And Dad was a total dad, he brought a camera and was taking pictures of me, haha :) Several of my coworkers got to meet my parents as well, which they were so excited about (my coworkers, not my parents - but also my parents) because I talk about my parents adventures and they all think I have the coolest parents around. Which, I kinda do :)
Trivia night was fun! we ran into one of Bruce's students at the restaurant so when we were leaving Dad went and whispered something to her. He wouldn't tell any of us what he had said so Bruce did not have a good night's sleep worrying about what she was going to do the next day at school, it was a pretty good practical joke.
We went out to breakfast with Michaela and Margot, and Margot was a happy, smily baby. She even felt Dad's beard and immediately hugged him to feel it on her face, so cute! Michaela baked a cake the day before so we went to her house for chocolate-covered cherry cake, which was delicious.
It was a great day and I am so glad my parents got to come see my final project!
Back to work today :)
4 comments:
Yep, being a real dad is pretty cool. I was impressed with the number of people who came to see the symposium. Casey, of course, had the best presentation. When we went outside, even the birds were twittering in the trees! What participation!
It was a great little trip. Casey did a wonderful job, of course. We got to meet a lot of her friends and that was fun too. She's right that her parents are kind of cool. Have a good break from studies. Good job!
You are such a tweet girl! I am all a-twitter just thinking about trying to participate in that high-tech world! FaceBook is as much as I can handle so far, and I still fumble when I try to add photos to my posts! Also on LinkedIn but don't really do anything with it. You'll have to walk me (slowly) through a tweet when you come at Thanksgiving! You ARE coming, aren't you?
Margie I will walk you through anything :)
And OF COURSE I will be at Thanksgiving.
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