ch. 6 blogs, wikis, podcasts...

• How does this reading impact your thinking about technology's role in teaching and learning?

I think i get the blogging I'm am doing that now, but twitter is a not quiet the same but similar. Ashton cusher can probably explain him self and anything he wants to say in 140 characters. Personally i would have a hard time explaining my thoughts in such a short medium. For personal use i wouldn't use twitter. This chapter did give some examples of how it could be used in the classroom. Their are plenty of scientists tweeting, but the information that they provide is more opinion rather than a medium for new research. If they need more perspective on a certain subject it can be  a helpful resource, but it wouldn't be my first recommendation for students to use.
Delicious is a cool tool i have been introduces to and as a teacher i can definitely see it as a useful teaching tool. Rather than have students searching for information that will be useful in the classroom i can provide them with some real solid leads. Judging the quality of a website can be difficult, i am still fooled by a well done spoof website. I can give my students a leg up, with examples of quality resources they can use and know that the content is muster. 

What will you do differently as a future teacher as a direct result of this new thinking?

 I will continue to add to my Delicious account. I have been a bite slow in adding links but plan on filling it out some more. As i come closer to being a teacher i will keep in mind to add sites that will be resources not just for me as a teacher , but for my future students use. At the beginning of the semester class as a teacher i will introduce them to my account as a resource they might be interested on using. Besides having the link to my account on the syllabus i will periodically point out sites that i have linked that the students will find useful depending on our unit of study. I don't plan on using twitter, but if i do i could use it as a way of keeping an open dialog with students and parents concerning the class i teach.