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Ive enjoyed reading your discussions this week. I hope that the readings have better
opened your mind to the way students connect outside of the classroom and to the
content they create and share.
Id like to highlight some thoughts from this weeks discussion.
Aimee- I wholeheartedly agree with you that we need to harness this power for good. I've tried to
incorporate social media in projects in the past and it didn't really go over well. I feel like we were trying to
force it in order to engage them, but it was having the opposite effect. By trying to force projects that didn't
really make sense, it just turned them off to the project.
Amy- Students do really value the opinion of others, and Google makes it nice that there is an
option for anonymity, although I'm not sure how that works with peer feedback. On one hand it allows students
to be very honest, on the other, if something inappropriate is posted, it can't be traced back to an individual.
Genevieve- Classroom management is the key for integrating student technology. Students have to
know they cannot do whatever they want on their phones, that it should be used for educational goals. For
instance students are allowed to check their powerschool (online grades), as we talk about animals or
organisms that students are unfamiliar with they can look at images online to get the idea, using translation
apps during class, etc.
Jesse- With the huge impact social media has
on the lives of our students it is increasingly important to
develop projects that students want to share. For
students to share their academic accomplishments via
social media platforms would be an innovative goal to
have. My goal is to create something that students would
like to share, and to have them understand that social
media can be used for not only for entertainment
purposes but educational ones as well.
Kelly- We as teachers need to take this into consideration. Facebook allows people to update their
statuses, privately message others, comment on others' pictures, and connect with interests, friends, and
favorite places. As new social networking apps are created, the emphasis on writing is becoming less and less.
Students are more worried about creating a perfect caption for a picture or the most unique hashtag to share
with their followers.