Me and Twitter: Our New Relationship
I have never been very involved in social media. If you saw an Instagram post from me once a month it would be a miracle. I simply did not like the idea of sharing my life with the masses and having them form opinions that were not theirs to form. You can imagine my shock when I found out I would have to use a platform daily for a college class on technology in education. I had never used Twitter or even downloaded it onto my phone. Needless to say, I had my reservations going into this experience. After I had downloaded Twitter, I went through a learning curve full of YouTube videos and tutorials. There were so many ways to connect with the platform. I learned about hashtags, chats, and adding new people so that we could see each other’s posts. This was like an alien planet for me. I felt so out of my comfort zone. My first few posts were rudimen...