Kelly Wilkinson

Jaclyn, You are ahead of the curve. How do your students react to this? Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Richard, Great point. You do have to make sure the tool is appropriate for your objectives. You also make a great point, about file management. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Phyllis, Great post. I also think you make a great point about looking at student's conversation adds to the academic conversation and how it fosters more discussion. That is important and the assessment should be more than just posting or uploading files; just as you said. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Jaclyn, I just love this info! Sharing this story with my colleagues. This can be such a powerful connection professionally and our students need to know that! Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Phyllis, Great post!!! There has to be instruction regarding the power and the responsibility of social media. In my college, we started working with freshmen in the consequences of choices in social media posts. We also start them thinking about the professional aspect of social media and its role in their career. As I teach in the business field, we encourage our students to work within LinkedIn as many of our employers and alumni are there. It does surprise me that in other disciplines, they discourage this type of communication. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Ellie, Thank you for saying that!!!! Yes, we are teaching students professional skills in courses. You need to change their writing styles to reflect the workforce. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Ellie, Thank you for saying that!!!! Yes, we are teaching students professional skills in courses. You need to change their writing styles to reflect the workforce. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Jaclyn, You are right. We now start with freshmen in my college discussing cleaning up personal social media and to begin to think about professional social media. LinkedIn is really an important tool for my students and we need to train them in that area. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Jaclyn, I agree, I think the revised is much more encompassing of learning. Thanks for the link this is great. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Richard, Great strategy for using blogs. It does provide a venue to really focus on that type of evaluation. The guidelines should reflect that. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson