Twitter+Reflection

SeekingWisdom1
====I feel that these tweets informed me very well. For this time period I decided to follow: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Inside Higher Education, American Colleges Professions Association (ACPA), Wisconsin College Professions Association, and The Student Affairs Blog. I thought it would be interesting if I could obtain professional information from this assignment. I feel that this assignment was worthwhile and I appreciate the opportunity. Some of the people that I followed did not tweet for the time period that I followed them or didn't tweet anything that was informative.==== ====I was excited to get tweets about Michelle Obama's philanthropic efforts, but they never came. Following Barack Obama was very informative. I do not watch C-SPAN- TV on a daily basis, therefore I do not know what is happening in Washington. As a follower of Barack Obama, I was informed about the newest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, who began her process to become the fourth woman to serve on the Supreme Court. I didn't know this was happening because the other news stations are filled with information about the Gulf oil spill. Following Barack Obama also informed me about his G-20 Summit agenda and the ongoing Wall Street Reform. I followed the links to the President Weekly Addresses and gained an insight on the laws that the Obama wishes to impose on credit card companies and banks who are members of the FDIC.====

====Following Inside Higher Education was very informative. They posted several links to key topics in the field of Higher Education. One key topic that was posted on the Inside Higher Education’s page talked about why minority students are overrepresented in the college’s remedial courses. This article was very informative; it talked about the disparities with students of color and white students enrolled in remedial courses at the City College of San Francisco. Many students would leave school before they would reach college courses because the remedial track consumed two-and-a-half years of remedial English and a year and a half of math. Another interesting tweet posted a link to an article that talked about the competition between the GMAT and the Educational Testing Service's GRE. The article informed me that in 2003 the Educational Testing Service lost their contract with the GMAT, and now are trying to create the GMAT-GRE to compete with the Graduate Management Admission Council's GMAT.====

====Lastly, I followed The Student Affairs Blog. I was informed on several issues are rising in Student Affairs by following these tweets. There were many great blog entries that touched on key issues. A particular blog, that maintained my attention, talked about how Student Affairs Professionals really help students learn new ways to learn. The blog talked about how many professors are traditional in their teaching styles and does not offer students new ways of learning. The blog continued to state that we teach students transferable skills that help them grow personally and educationally. This blog gave me a lot of hope and it encouraged me to become a better professional as I continue on my journey in Student Affairs.====