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I am currently attending Idaho State University, pursuing my bachelors degree in Workplace Training & Leadership. For my OLP 4407 course, Instructional Technology, we have been asked to start a Twitter account. I joined Twitter back in 2011. I only had a total of 8 tweets back in the day. It was just one of those social media platforms that I never got into. I was more active on Facebook and Instagram. Since that time, my Twitter just disappeared into the black hole of my psyche, and hasn't been touched since.

So here we are, it's 2020 - a crazy year, as we all know, and I'm digging into Twitter again. I have to be honest; I have no idea what I'm doing! My husband and kids both use Twitter on a regular basis, but tweeting has never been my forté. I know how to use it - I know how to reply, retweet, follow and all of that, but for some reason, the platform just overwhelms me!

I'm willing to give it another go. I'm intrigued by the possibility of using this for educational and professional purposes, whereas it was purely a social thing when I first tried it. I realize now I can use this platform to connect with other professionals and other students in my program of study. I'm opening my mind to what it can offer, and I hope the experience this second time around proves to be a good experience! 

In the meantime, give me a follow! @cjvibes




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  1. Gordon PaustianSeptember 19, 2020 at 8:39 PM

    Hopefully your husband and kids will be willing to show you or teach you new things about how Twitter has changed since you first started it. I have had no experience with Twitter aside from checking to see if there's news on some specific topics, otherwise this will be my first time using the hash-tag for something besides indicating a phone number, and using @ to reference someone else (they've actually started doing this on e-mails at work and I am confused by it..)

    Hope that you are able to connect with PLNs through the platform and find topics and organizations that stay active and keep you informed!

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  2. Sam JensenSeptember 20, 2020 at 2:31 PM

    I bet you pick it back up in no time! Twitter used to stress me out, but I find that I prefer it to Facebook most of the time now. I think Twitter has better news sources than Facebook, so you might find that valuable as you start to navigate it some more. It's also nice to have Twitter be a central location for information outside of your family and friends on Facebook.

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  3. KatSeptember 20, 2020 at 6:19 PM

    I'm right there with you this week. Twitter is one of those apps that makes me feel like I'm finally an "old person". I never really jumped into it and have been living on Facebook (which my middle school athletes tell me is for old people). I'm hoping that I can find the value Twitter can add without getting swept up in one more profile to maintain. Best of luck to us both on this journey!!

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