Social Media in Schools - Allyson Mastorovich

Social Media In the Classroom

Davis, V. (2014, February 27). A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom. Retrieved February 22, 2016, from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/guidebook-social-media-in-classroom-vicki-davis

A guidebook to social media in the classroom article

Summary

• Social Media in the classroom refers to social media (ie. Facebook, twitter, etc) to help in communication between students, resource sharing, and teacher/parent/student understanding of homework, school events, and what is happening in the classroom.
• Edutopia gives many examples of how to utilize social media in our classrooms that will be beneficial for students, teachers, and parents.

Assess

• Edutopias  "A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom"  depicts many ways that teachers all around are using social media to help in their classrooms and outside. The author explains how social media can help with projects when students may need help but also to showcase students work. Edutopia is an educational resource that gives many viewpoints of various topics that will benefit and inform teachers so that they may apply the resources to their own classrooms.

                 


Summary

• This video speaks about how using digital tools are benefiting students. It touches base on how using blogs and twitters in the classroom are being used to reflect the students entire school year. The digital record can be accessed because it is public where students can see improvement in learning. Twitter is being used in this teachers classroom for communication with other classrooms around the world.

Assess

•  Although this video is on youtube it originates from TVOparent.com TVOparents.com is a parents as partners for student learning that helps in adding and supporting children's education. Kathy Cassidy is used as the narrator of the video who is a teacher at Westmount Elementary school

Reflection

Having social media in the classroom is a effective tool for learning new things but also for connecting with students across the world and keeping a log on a students educational journey throughout their school year. I'm more than positive that using social media as a resource is helpful for all students and teachers because of the connections made throughout the school year. Both the article and video show many ways to use social medis to help in aiding with student learning.