To Tweet and Post Or Not To Tweet and Post???

       In our last class we spent majority of the class discussing our peaks and pits about PowerPoint, twitter, facebook and more, when it comes to the classroom.  Our class seems to be in agreement that those tools aren't appropriate for all age groups.  I stand firmly, as you can tell in all my posts, that there is no need for pre-k to 3rd grade using social networks in or out of the classroom. They need to learn by experience and hands on things, and by asking questions to teachers or parents.  Like mentioned in class kids these days are already glued to their phones and facebook/twitter why would we want to start kids even earlier? I do however think Teachers regardless of what grade they teach, should be staying connected though social networks. It does provide helpful ideas and tips every teacher could use.  But i do feel there is a point when its too much. It is hard as a college student having to maintain a blog, twitter, gmail, facebook, read the book, and cant forget all our other classes.  Oh plus our normal emails, then the schools email, and also D2L. I could only imagine how a teacher would feel. We do need to make sure we stay connected with the real world and try not to lose our face to face skills. There are ppl out there already that have lost those skills, and I just don't want my students to become those ppl.
   I know how to work facebook (Alicia Pierce), gmail and I'm becoming pretty comfortable with blogger (Here and now, The Start of it all) , but Twitter (AliciaMP21) i honestly don't understand the point? My first impression is its pointless and a waste of my time. Ill give it a try and I hope in class ill gain the reasoning behind tweeting... we'll see i guess.


* Something to chew over:
   Haven't you ever been in class when your teacher puts on a PowerPoint or overhead sheet and expects you to take notes and still listen to what they are saying? They read the material and go on to the next idea while you are still writing the last topic out. If teachers still stuck with paper copies students could focus more on the discussion and it'd help the learners who need explaination first then work it out...