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Friday, September 27, 2013

I personally believe that using social media within the classroom is a great idea.  Like Dr. Budin had said in the video, facebook is the second most viewed site on the internet, which means its not going anywhere in the near future.  Social media is a big part of the world today and a part of everyone's daily lives.  Since children are so used to social media because most of them have almost grown up on it, then learning from a social media sight would almost be second nature to them.  With using social media as a way for teachers to teach and a way for students to learn, there are definitely cautionary measures that need to be taken to avoid risks, protect the teacher and also the students.  Some risks include the viewing of inappropriate material, cyber bullying, inaccurate information, and garbage material.  Teachers need to be cautious of theses risks when teach from a social media website.  On top of these risks, there is a plethora of positive ways to incorporate social media into the classroom.  Social media can be used for class projects, finding and using different resources, as well as facebook apps for both the student and the teacher. 

4 comments:

  1. I agree with your positive insight about the use of social media sites such as Facebook in the classroom! I liked your ideas on class projects, a use for research and the use of apps. I think that this is definitely a modernizing world, and by doing things such as incorporating Facebook into education,things can only become more collaborated and united.

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  2. I agree that using social media is like second nature to today's children. As teachers, we must understand that children today are much different then we were when we were in school. What and how we learned might not be the best way for children now to learn and it is hard to break from that.

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  3. That's a really good point that learning from social media would be like second nature to the Web 2.0 generation. Really it all comes so easily to them and most have a natural interest in it. We would definitely be remiss if we missed an opportunity to harness something our students would be naturally interested in taking part in as part of our lessons.

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  4. The 'garbage' material you mention seems to be more prevalent these days. It seems like there are more and more advertisements and inappropriate things. I need to find a good academic alternative to FB. If you find one, let me know!

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