Social media and networking tools can enhance critical thinking and promote social interactions that our learner are loosing due to less face to face social interaction.
I learned why we need to use rubrics to assess students using any social media platforms. It is always important for students to understand how they will be graded, especially in an area they are so used to being themselves in.
Social media can be useful in the classroom, but students and instructors must be very careful when using it.
To work with students to develop social networkking habits tha are proper. By creating & Implementing networking policy and educating students.
I learned that with social networking instructors can use different techniques to teach and keep students engaged in the topic being taught.
Social Media is an underused tool in online communication
Because I am minimally active on social media, it never crossed my mind to use this in the classroom. I am looking forward to learning more about this as this training continues. I would like to see how maybe some of you all use it already as well.
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True for PTAs too, but often I find the states are not on the same page with employment rates and other issues, so, often may hinder the interst of a potential student looking about the forums.
Use of Social Media is very prevalent today and increase the use of it in a learning environment, the online classroom, is a great way enhance student learning. It also teaches them how to appropriate conduct themselve and their comments/conversation in this environment.
Joyce Hladky, Instructor
This shows the interaction between education and social media. For many of the "traditional" instructors, this is going into a world that is new and a mystery.
I'm weary of social media. I stay away from it, so I do not incorporate it into my class. I DO, however, tell my students that they need to check their emails. Now, regardless of generation, students HAVE TO understand that email communication is commonly and more frequently used in a workplace setting. So, they need to get comfortable, used to, in the habit of, etc. of checking their emails and not only relying on social media for important communication for their course(s).
I have always questioned the scholarly application of social networking. However, I can see it is a way for students to review and determine what others are thinking. It also allows students to critique and share more information with others. They can learn through these activities. However, the instructor must ensure the activities of the students on social networking sites meet the objectives of the course and can be monitored and graded appropriately.
I feel it is important to utilize various teaching tools to help the student engage in class and better understand the material. This generation is tech savvy, so feel incorporating social media within the course will attract the student even more
As was stated, social media is an untapped tool that could be both beneficial and distracting. If utilized in an informative way, it can allow people to exchange information and iddeas in a productive way that can help us come to a better understanding with one another as well as other topics.
I believe that social media is the best way to communicate. They are extremely popular among students. We should use them as educators.
I have learned that social networks are a great opportunity for collaborative learning and interaction with the teacher.
Social media doesn't have to be a negative thing, as long as used appropriately.
using social media as a communication tool
I'm not a fan of using social media/networking tools for online learning. Seems to me to be the shiny new object that will be the focus, rather than the material for the course.
Stating that you are only disclosing your OWN VIEWS IS A MUST! The students deserve to know that your opinions should not be considered the absolute truth>
