What's your online personality? I just finished my schoolwork this morning (online) and looked across my Bookmark Bar and realized that I spend a lot of time (but also accomplish a lot) online. Here's a snapshot of my online personality and how I am developing it.
#1. Blogger - Why not start right where we are? Femmecheri has become a journaling outlet for me. I know people outside my family (or even inside) would only find it nominally interesting, but it is cathartic to me to write a new post and to look back on my past posts.
I am also in the works of forming a blog about Substitute Teaching. I have a lot to say about this subject like advice to new subs, advice to current teachers about how to set a sub up for success and my view that the whole sub system is outdated and cruel. More on that to come.
#2. Facebook - There were times that I considered leaving fb. I was getting tired of seeing who shared "yogadork"'s photo, and some people's almost constant status updates were (and are) nauseating. But then I started to see fb in a different light. We are lonely these days, lacking community, and fb provides us with a little bit of that. My new goal when I log on to fb is to say something nice about someone in a comment or like a few pictures. That's the whole point right? Why post a picture if you didn't want the world to tell you they approve? I do it too, and when people like my photos, I feel a sense of comradery (sp?).
#3. Pinterest - Announcement, if you're following me on Pinterest and you don't want to see a million "how to use legos in a math class" pins (and the like), you might want to unfollow me and choose a few boards of mine to follow instead... because it's about to get real this summer with the math pinning. I love Pinterest, it's like list making on steroids, and you all know how much I love to make lists! Enough said.
#4. Twitter - Twitter is an educator's professional development gold mine. Don't follow me on Twitter for social reasons. I'm still navigating the waters, but I'm learning a lot from following some really good, experienced educators on Twitter.
So what's your online personality? What do you use social sites for? Are you using them in a way that gives back to you or are they sucking up your precious time?
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