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Before class I thought that using social media sites for the classroom was interesting. But I also think that social media sites should be for upper grades. The younger students I feel like wouldn’t be able to use it like it should be. I would like to research more on how a teacher could use this in the classroom with younger elementary students. Some things that I am curious about how and when I can use this in the classroom, will the students be able to understand it or will there parents not agree with teachers using it. How will each student access looking at the social media sites. These are a few things that I question and hopefully through preparing for class and going to class I will be able to answer these questions.
Some things I learned through preparing for class was different ways to use social media in the classroom. Like tweeting about upcoming due dates or assignments, provide the class with a running news feed; coordinate assignments, and multiple more. I looked at some pros and cons of why using social media would be a good idea in the classroom. I learned that it is easier than everyone thinks. Children know how to use technology because they are accustomed to it. I learned that using social media could help students engage with other students while practicing a certain subject. "5 Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom for Educational Use." School Is Easy Tutoring. N.p., 21 Feb. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. On this website they talk about the pros and cons of using social media in the classroom. It gives you five pros and five cons while giving a definition on what they mean exactly. Some pros they wrote were, can increase collaboration, encourage participation, useful for homework help, shares resources quickly, and keeps everyone on the same page. Some cons they list are, can be distractive, improper ways to use social media, it lessens human interaction, cyber bullies, and content may be inappropriate. It is good for people who are unsure if they want to use social media in the classroom. It discusses if they should use social media. It is useful for more information about what is good and bad. "50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom." TeachHUB. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. On this website they talk about multiple different ways to use twitter in the classroom. Some of the things they talk about are, tweet about due dates, coordinate assignments, follow issues and then discuss, facilitate research, and multiple more. This website is able to give teachers fifty ways to use twitter in the classroom. Then they would be able to accommodate this into their classroom. It is very useful because it was able to give multiple different ways to use twitter in the classroom and gave a little description about each. During class I was able to further my knowledge on social media in the classroom. I knew how to use each social media site that we were talking about in class but I still had some questions that my classmates were all able to help me with. I was in the Twitter group and my classmates wanted to create a site and create a poll and have people retweet some of the things that students would like to see. Twitter is great to write a short paragraph of information to let people know. Through Twitter students will be able to see this information and direct message a teacher when they have questions. Facebook is a good website to get information to students but there is a problem with ads that the students could get distracted by. When it comes to Instagram the only thing you really could use it for is taking a picture of something and writing information for the students too see. I think this social media site would be better for non-school related things. My understanding about social media hasn’t completely changed throughout preparing for class and learning more about this topic. I think that using social media in class would be helpful for some things and not helpful for other things. Using Twitter to take a poll or have a discussion would be great. Having Facebook connect with students and their parents is good because in my high school teachers did that when we went on a trip to Italy and Greece. But I don’t think Instagram would be useful in the classroom when teaching. I think there are always good and bad things about each site. Depending on what grade level I teach, I would decide what social media to use. Comments are closed.
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