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(2019) . Social Media use in Initial Teacher Education: Lessons on knowing where your students are. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 44(12) .  \nRetrieved from [https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol44/iss12/3](https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol44/iss12/3)  \nThis Journal Article is posted at Research Online.  \n[https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol44/iss12/3](https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol44/iss12/3)  \nSocial Media Use in Initial Teacher Education: Lessons on Knowing Where  \nYour Students Are  \nNarelle Lemon  \nSiobhan O’Brien  \nSwinburne University of Technology  \nAbstract: The use of social media in initial teacher education offers  \nconnection to a community of learners. As teacher educators we  \nplanned to use Twitter with pre-service teachers (PSTs). But at the  \nend of the semester it was revealed that PSTs insisted on using a  \ndifferent platform; offering valuable perspectives and insights into the  \nboundaries that are set by PSTs when moving from personal to  \nprofessional use of social media. Through this paper we share our  \nvoices as initial teacher educators who valued the voices of PSTs in  \nnavigating the integration of Twitter into a semester of study.  \nRevealed are insights into knowing where your students are when  \nintegrating social media to support the growth of a community.  \nKey words: initial teacher education, pre-service teachers, social media, Twitter, voice  \nIntroduction  \nEducators have been exploring the place of social media for learning due to its capacity to support communication, networking, and access to resources (Lu & Yang, 2014; Hood, 2017; Prestridge, Tondeur & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2019; Tondeur, Forkosh-Baruch, Prestridge, Albion & Edirisinghe, 2016) . Affordances are present that allow for real-time interaction, permitting opportunities for immediate and anytime, anywhere feedback, and learning via engagement with multiple voices. In initial teacher education (ITE) degrees, research is reporting the benefits that social media has for assisting pre-service teachers (PSTs) (for example Carpenter, 2015; Carpenter & Morrison, 2018; Hyndman & Harvey, 2019; Lemon, 2016; 2019; Paris, Boston & Morris, 2015; Nielsen, Moll, Farrell, McDaid & Hoban, 2013; Wright, 2010) . Findings indicate social media use across various platforms can transform PSTs understandings and values regarding the content and processes used to create and co-curate content that supports both their development of pedagogical understandingsand connections to the profession (Bull, Thompson, Searson, Garofalo, Park, Young & Lee, 2008; Bullock, 2012; Lemon, 2014a; 2014b; 2019; Nielsen et al., 2013; Mendez, Curry, Mwavita, Kennedy, Weinland & Bainbridge, 2009; Pilgrim & Bledsoe, 2011; Prestridge et al., 2019; Whyte, 2014; Wright, 2010). Free flowing communication opportunities exist (Munoz et al., 2014) and PSTs are provided with the opportunity to develop reflective practice and a sense of community (Lemon, 2016; 2019; Munoz, Pellegrini-Lafont & Cramer, 2014; Paris et al., 2015; Wright, 2010) .  \nThis paper shares our insights into a journey of introducing Twitter to PSTs, as one example of a social media platform. We share our voices as initial teacher educators alongside voices of PSTs to address the gap of acknowledging reflection in and on action (Schön, 198","cbCaioBTM3DEV2sU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioBTM3DEV2sU","pdf",1502992,"English","# Introduction\n# Social Media in Initial Teacher Education\n# Planned Twitter Use and PST Platform Preference\n# Insights on Knowing Where Students Are\n# Implications for Teacher Educators and Professional Use","[{\"question\":\"What was the original plan for using social media with pre-service teachers?\",\"answer\":\"The teacher educators planned to use Twitter with pre-service teachers (PSTs) as part of initial teacher education.\"},{\"question\":\"What change occurred by the end of the semester?\",\"answer\":\"PSTs insisted on using a different platform instead of Twitter, highlighting valuable perspectives on platform choice and professional boundaries.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper describe the importance of social media integration?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes knowing where students are and how comfortable they are in social media spaces, and how social media supports forming a community and teacher identity.\"}]","Australian Journal of Teacher Education - Social Media Use in Initial Teacher Education: Lessons on Knowing Where Your Students Are | PDF",1792078118]