Today was the first day of school. It was the best first day of school I could have hoped for. I loved seeing my students from last year. They’re seniors now and clearly rule the school. I enjoyed meeting a whole new set of students—9th graders and 11th graders. I genuinely feel like it’s going to be a good year.
As most teachers do, I had my students fill out a survey about themselves so I could get to know them better. One of the questions I asked was, “how much time do you spend on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. ?”
One 9th grader raised his hand and asked, “What is Pinterest?”
I explained.
Then a classmate chimed in, “Oh yeah, my mom uses that.”
Ouch.
I’m officially old.
Pinterest doesn't make you old! I realized I was "old" not long ago when I looked at a picture of Nick Saban and thought, "You know, he is kind of handsome." Yikes! That makes me old.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious to know if your high school students did much with Twitter.