Methods of the Study
This study had three guiding questions: first, how do preservice teachers respond when required to use Twitter professionally for a teacher education course? Second, how do these participants use tweets to construct identities, if at all? And third, how d
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Building a Professional Teaching Identity on Social Media A Digital Constellation of Selves
Janine S. Davis University of Mary Washington, USA
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Thank you to all who made this book possible. This book is for you. For the Schanks and the Davises. For internet friends both close and far-flung. For people I have never met, not even once. For all the students I have ever taught, and who continue to teach me. For my friends, especially Jasmine, Chrissy, and Vicki. For Alex, Ayla, and Lena.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forewordxi Martha Burtis List of Tables
xv
List of Figures
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Chapter 1: Why Social Media?
1
Using This Text
3
Chapter 2: Research Support and Conceptual Framework
5
Research Support 5 Conceptual Framework 5 Summary9 Extension Activities 10 Chapter 3: Social Media: A Comparison
11
Details about Social Media Use 12 Blurring the Lines 15 Challenges18 Summary20 Extension Activities 20 Chapter 4: Professional Development Opportunities on Social Media
21
Building a Professional Learning Network 22 Summary27 Extension Activities 27 Chapter 5: Social Media in the Classroom
29
Calls for Use of Social Media in Education 30 College-Level Uses 31 K12-Level Uses 32 Summary34 Extension Activities 35 Chapter 6: Developing an Identity on Social Media
37
The Fragmentation of Online Identities Social Media Identities: Not Always a Choice
37 38
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Your Varying Identities 39 Summary42 Extension Activities 42 Chapter 7: Developing a Professional Identity on Social Media
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Professional Uses 46 Summary49 Extension Activities 50 Chapter 8: Effects of Your Emerging Identity
51
Effects on Oneself 51 Effects on Others 53 Summary54 Extension Activities 55 Chapter 9: Methods of the Study
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Research Questions 57 Methods: Data Collection 57 Methods: Data Analysis 60 Limitations61 Extension Activities 63 Chapter 10: Findings: The Survey Extension Activities Chapter 11: Case Study One: Nora
65 70 71
Tweets71 Nora’s Story 71 Extension Activities 78 Chapter 12: Case Study Two: Marina
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Tweets79 Marina’s Story 79 Extension Activities 83 Chapter 13: Case Study Three: Callie
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Tweets85 Callie’s Story 85 Extensio
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