I
found this article to be beneficial for every teacher for all grade levels and
setting. Social Media is powerful, universal, and beneficial for the learning
and teaching process, as it is for celebrities, businesses, and personal
interests and connections. Almost everyone has some account for some kind of
social media site. So, why not make the time for your students, while they’re
already on the social media site, to learn and become a successful student?
Here are the ten ways to incorporate social media into the classroom. Tip 1:
Become social media savvy and boost your technology confidence. Tip 2: Get to
know your school’s tech support specialists. Tip 3: Beware of
buffering…buffering…Tip 4: Get students email access. Tip 5: Can everyone see?
Tip 6: Embrace BYOT (or BYOD). Tip
7: Don’t wait until the last minute to test technology. Tip 8: Set some
technology ground rules. Tip 9: Teach students to be good cybercitizens. Tip
10: Follow up to reinforce learning. Today we’re all addicted to our phones or
gadgets, regardless of our age. How ideal is it to have a piece of your
classroom on their devices, in their hands, at all times? I believe that social
media can also help break the norm for younger and older students of not
wanting to be engaged in school or learning.
Before
this class, I really wasn’t sure how social media could help a classroom. My
boyfriend even asked about how could twitter work for careers in education? And
so I showed him. As I explore myself, with my new educational twitter account
and Classroom 2.0, along with the other tools that were presented to us in
class, are beneficial to the students’ learning process. If everyone is already
so adjust to using social media, it seems only logical to implement educational
use to it. Collaboration and communication are very important elements to the
ISTE standards for students. With the use of blogs, twitter, and other social
media sources, students will learn about responsibility and being good digital
citizens, another element for the ISTE standards for students. With these 10
helpful tips, I know now how to successful implement social media into my
classrooms.
Ertmer, P. (March/April 2014). 10 Tips for implementing
social media in the classroom. Learning
and Leading with Technology, 21(6), 32-24.
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ReplyDeleteThese are practical tips for getting started with technology in your classroom. BYOD intimidates me a little because it will require me to be familiar with many types of devices, but I also see the benefit of using all the technology you have access to in your class. Getting to know your IT specialist may be difficult because in my children's schools there is usually just one person for the entire district. You may know this person's name, but it will be difficult to schedule time with him or her. At the elementary level there are usually tech savvy parents who are willing to help out in a pinch, but they are less available at the middle and high school levels. Overall though the more resources you have for your classroom the better and this article demonstrates that concept.
ReplyDeleteHi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI think these tips are a very good helpful for educators. I think social media can be a great way to engage students in their academics and also help them develop their effective communication and social skill. I do have some worries about using social media, but over all I think that with all the security features it is possible to have a safe social network experiences with students.