School 2.0 Reflection Tool NETS-T 2

According to NETS-T 2 says “Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.” As a teacher my main point would be to be a “Model Digital-Age Work and Learning” I would like to model and facilitate activities for my students through technology providing the necessary tools for them. NETS-T 2 fulfills School 2.0 toos because of the way we all learn something from this website.

The name of the resource that I researched was Grow Your Personal Learning Network �New Technologies Can Keep You Connected In the resource found I learned that there are many things we as teachers should do to improve the student’s necessities. The most interesting point that I learned in this resource is that in the process of providing students with the necessary tools, the teachers also learn and improve their way of teaching through technology.  As discussed in the research provided currently there are new tools in technology that enables quick communication from students to teachers such as chat, e-mail, and twitter.

I chose this standard because now a day technology is the most important thing teachers should obtain for teaching. Keeping up with technology is hard, but it is necessary in order to provide students with all the help that they need. Technology changes at every moment and that is why we should keep up with it as teachers. 

In School 2.0 we took a survey to know what kind of teachers we would be. This post reflects on what I learned and how I think this activity has improved my thinking as a teacher.

Journal 3---"Enhance Your Twitter Experience," by Shannon McClintock Miller. NETS-T (2)

Twitter doesn’t just stop in where you build your contact list, there is a lot more. A very important fact about Twitter is knowing how to manage it. Learning how to manage Twitter can make your life much easier! Enhancing it like the title of this journal says is the best way to make your Twitter experience the best. When your account become crazy and overcrowded is when you don’t have any organization and many tweets. That is why columns exist. Columns help the account holder manage their twits with its followers and the people who you follow.

From the percentages described in the article which one are you least content with?

I believe that everybody has the right to manage their Twitter account however they want to. I believe that I can tweet as much or as little as I want to, it’s a personal right. For that reason I don’t agree with the 10% stated that should be invested in personal our lives. I believe t hat our lives shouldn’t be run by percentages and statistics.  I imagine I am not the only one that thinks this way. Twitter is another networking in where you make friends as well just like Facebook, so it doesn’t mean you can’t show that you have a personal life  in Twitter.

What can you obtain in Twitter that you can’t in Facebook?

This questions connects to my last statement from the last paragraph. You can have a personal life, and you can manage your Twitter account they way you want to, but there are some advantages in Twitter that you can’t have in Facebook. Twitter offers a chain of contacts that can lead you and help you to gain experience talking to people in which you are interested in. Facebook doesn’t have that professional side, like Twitter does. It’s easier to manage your professional side of you in a Twitter account rather than in Facebook. In any way I am putting Facebook down. I love Facebook and I love my personal life.  I can still have a personal life  in both accounts, but in regards my professional life, Twitter does help me manage that part better than any other network. 


Miller, Shannon M. "Enhance Your Twitter Experience." Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L). ISTE, June 2010. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100607?pg=14&search_term=join%20the%20flock&search_term=join%20the%20flock#pg16>.

Journal 2 ----Twitter. "Join the Flock!" by Hadley Ferguson NETS-T (3)

Professional Learning Network known as PLN has many definitions, but for me the most descriptive definition is a community of individuals around the world who are learning together. Twitter is one of the networks used in PLN. The article describes how the networking system does take time to build. The article explains that three most important elements to include in your twitter account are a picture and a short bio. Another recommendation is to create two different accounts; one for the personal account and another one for your professional networking.

How can PLN help you in the professional area at a long run?

Professional Learning Network will enhance your list of contacts. These contacts can get you in contact with other people that can help you professionally. Twitter is a great place to network and learn about other people’s professional fields. What I learned from this article is that you need to follow people who you want to learn from, and people will follow you if they are also interested in what you know. Creating two accounts is the best because in one account you can manage your hobbies and you can manage your professional contacts in the other account. Twitter is a great agency that enables you to connect with people all over the world and which at a long run will help you professionally or personally whatever fits you better.

How can Twitter improve in its goal to incorporate in PLN?

Twitter has succeeded in being one of the main networks in PLN. With Twitter the account holders have succeeded in meeting people that can help them to know other people in the professional world. The way that Twitter could improve is that once you have your interest put in your Twitter account, the filtered information can get you contacts that might interest you. It would be easier for the option to be open rather than you look for all of them. People don’t get to know other people in PLN in the first day; it takes time to build profession al relationships. Another way that Twitter can improve is to be able to put more information than just 180 words in the bio because sometimes that is not enough space to write what you like and want in the professional field. 


Ferguson, Hadley. "Join the Flock." Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L). ISTE, June 2010. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/20100607?pg=14&search_term=join%20the%20flock&search_term=join%20the%20flock#pg14>.

Journal 1Taking Laptops Schoolwide NETS-T (1)

Professional Learning Community has shown to be a great program for students, teachers, and the community as a whole. PLC benefits students in that they get extra help from their teachers, parents, and the teachers get feedback from their students. This feedback enabled teachers know what their students are struggling in and what area they need more help. The four factors illustrated in the article called, “Taking Laptops Schoolwide,” suggest that PLC cannot be done without collaboration and enthusiasm. 

How can more schools explore and know about PLC? 

Now a day, networking has become easier than ever, especially with Twitter. Professor Heil has taught us that the best way to educate others and communicating is by networking! Twitter is a great place to network with other educators. When a chain of knowledge interacts, there is a lot more to learn from it. Programs such as PLC pop up when educators interact and discuss their methods used in schools. Networking through internet with peers, teachers, and community members enables communication flow faster.

Who benefits the most from PLC?

The students are the ones who most benefit from PLC because with the contribution of the people who participate. Children have the opportunity to see their parents and teachers work together in order to improve their level of education. Having students work with PLC enables their parents and teachers teach the students the importance of getting to know people and also leaning how to ask for help. One of the greatest benefits is that children succeed in school the best way possible, with a lot of support!




Donov, Loretta, Tim Green, and Kim Bass. "Taking Laptops Worldwide." Learning & Leading with Technology (L&L). ISTE, Aug. 2010. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/201008#pg14>.

Introducing Nancy Aguayo

Today I am Nancy Aguayo, but for 21 years I was Nancy Valtierra. I am happily married with my husband. Since I was four to my senior year I was in a little town called Borrego Springs. I grew up in this little town in where everybody knows everybody. You can’t keep any secrets from anybody! I love that town because it is so quiet and away from the city. I graduated and came to San Marcos after the rejection from UC Redlands. I believe in that “things happen for a reason.” I think I was rejected from UC Redlands because CSUSM was destined to be my school. I love CSUSM! I have attributes and I can say they are the following: not a genius, but yet hard working, generous, but yet don’t agree with young men and women using their children to beg for money, ambitious, yet highly motivated. I like to smile to life because you never know when the last day will be. My mom, husband, and family are my motive to be a better person.

Well….in regards computers, I hate them! Not literally, but lately I have been having a lot of trouble with my hp computer and it is only three years old. I have many viruses problems. I had not found a computer that was for me, until I met MAC’s! Last week when I was introduced to them I was astonished of how simple, but yet magnificent! Since I don’t have one, I always look forward to work with one once a week until I can get my own. On the other hand, I love cameras, but I just don’t like transferring them to my computer because that takes a lot of time from me. By far my favorite technology piece is my Sirius Radio because it’s awesome! I had an old one, but this new one has a mini sd card which I can put the music that I like. In addition to the sd card I can also save songs that I hear in the radio. I use this radio at work, at home, in my car, when I work out, basically everywhere!


The following quote is the part that most speaks to my conscience and personality “…diversity, educational equity, and social justice,…” I believe that one of main reasons why there is so much violence now a day, not just in individual homes, in the market, institutions, or even countries vs countries is because of the lack of diversity and tolerance. Diversity and equality should start in individual homes. It is ideal to start in schools so that later these children can take this out in schools and later to their jobs so that there can be more than just violence. The mission statement is straight forward in that they want to get the best from educators. So that later on, these educators can give the best of them to their students. Education has a big influence as a whole in an individual because at the long run throughout their lives, teachers and parents are the most important influence in every student’s life.