It was interesting to be able to seek out the writers of the scholarly articles I’d found on Twitter. As I built my Twitter account, I realized the vast potential that the site holds for educators and students alike. I had direct access to the researchers whose work I had been reading and watching. Additionally, my classmates have proven to be extremely helpful in suggesting additional resources. I truly feel that our cohort has become its own online community through our interactions in 21st Century Digital Literacy. We have supported each other in discovery of online resources and creation of our individual platforms built to share and explore our inquiries. My page has become what Beth Holland referred to in her blog as a digital portfolio. Through creation and publication of our blogs, we are engaging in a process of gathering and disseminating resources. The resulting blog naturally lends itself to the process of reflection, since we have a timeline of our process and posts.
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Holland, B. (2015) Digital Portfolios: The Art of Reflection. Web log post. Retrieved August 7, 2015 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-portfolios-art-of-reflection-beth-holland.
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