Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Social Media and Education




It really important to think about your students' needs, when you're selecting a technology. Make sure the technology aligns directly to the learning objective, and that it actually helps you accomplish that learning objective. Gear your technology choices to the kind of audience that you have.

Use social technologies and you can, that you think about them as tools to drive community but also, as tools for learning.    Social media class accounts can be used to create a contained space where students can present ideas, collections, or even work, and then get feedback from other students. Class blogs and students' blogs can be more about reflection, more about collection and development of a project, or getting feedback.

Teachers are challenged when trying to make a social community with using a social technology as parents and administration see them playing rather than engaging students.
 
Still, social media can play a role in enhancing education as it builds rapport. A teacher can make learning fun through uploading class photos. It can also be an extension of the real and the online class.

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