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- 1. Social Networking in the Classroom
Could this newly popular social technology
enhance classroom learning?
By Jessica Murphy
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2. Social Networking Goes to School(Slides 3-5)
Article Summary(Slide 3)
Personal Reflection/Favorite Quote(Slide 4)
My Aha! Moment #1(Slide 5)
Teachers Network Launches Social Networking Site:
www.effectiveteachers.org(Slides 6-8)
Article Summary (Slide 6)
Personal Reflection/Favorite Quote(Slide 7)
My Aha! Moment #2(Slide 8)
Districts Change Policies, Embrace Twitter, Youtube for Educational
Purposes (Slides 9-11)
Article Summary (Slide 9)
Personal Reflection/Favorite Quote(Slide 10)
My Aha! Moment #3(Slide 11)
Conclusion(Slide 12)
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3. Social Networking
Goes to School
Davis,Michelle R.(2010,November). Social Networking Goes to
School.The Education Digest,76(3),14-19. Retrieved December 11,
2010, from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document
ID:21841109).
In this article, author Michelle Davis argues that the trend of
using social networking in school is truly growing.She provides
examples, such as a teacher in Florida that has used the
educational social networking site, Ning, to contact
teachers/classes from other parts of the world the learn about
other countries.The classes would interact via Skype. Each student
would have a job while the meet and greet occurs, such as some
students would be updating their classrooms Twitter page with
live-action tweets about what country they are chatting with,
etc.She also provides examples of how Twitter can be used to alert
parents about what is going on in the classroom each day, and how
Twitter can also be used to educational chats amongst teachers from
across the globe, where they can provide and receive advice and
ideas from each other.
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4. This articles really was the one that got me interested in the
idea of using social networking inside the classroom.I wasnt quite
sure of how it could be done, but this one really went over the
vast array of options that are available when incorporating sites
such as Twitter, Skype, and Ning.
My favorite quote: In regards to social networking, the author
believes that It's a world that students feel at home in and is
unlikely to disappear.This quote caught my eye because of the
veracity of the statement.Why not incorporate something that
students use all the time for pleasure into something
educational?What a great way to make the students feel comfortable
in the classroom!
Personal Reflection
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5. My Aha! Moment #1
I was just excited while reading this article because of all the
ideas that it gave me! My Aha! Moment was when I read that a huge
problem in the U.S. school system is that most school districts
block these social networking sites.I also read that a teacher had
to explain in detail exactly what he would be using these sites for
to the schools technical director in order to get them unblocked.It
just made me realize that this is something that I might have to do
in my own future classroom, if this social networking trend (in the
educational world) doesnt pick up as quickly as I hope!
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6. Teachers Network Launches Social Networking Site:
www.effectiveteachers.org
Teachers Network; Teachers Network Launches Social Networking Site:
www.effectiveteachers.org.(2010,April).Education Business Weekly.
Retrieved December 11, 2010, from ProQuest Education Journals.
(Document ID:1998342631).
This article explains the uses and purposes of the new social
networking site for teachers, www.effective teachers.org.This site
provides a medium for teachers to post and interact about lesson
plan ideas, etc. with teachers all over the globe.The idea is to
enhance learning for ALL students, to ensure that every student is
getting the same wonderful education anywhere they go.They place
emphasis on bettering public education, and also encourage the
collaboration of teachers.
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7. Personal Reflection/
Favorite Quote
This website could really be helpful for any teacher, and I really
do think I will join it and use it as I finish my degree and
especially once I have my own students to teach.As a human and as a
teacher, we should always be learning and bettering ourselves, and
I believe that this site would be a great way to do this: to keep
up with the educational news, to continue to learn about new ideas
to use in the classroom and fun, inventive new ways to learn
different subjects.
My favorite quote: Through collaboration of educators,
policy-makers, and virtually all public stateholders, the aim is to
improve teacher effectiveness and retention in all schools so that
every student has the very best possible opportunity to achieve . I
feel that this perfectly sums up what this website is all about: to
enhance learning for everyone across the globe, and to make use of
this new trend of social networking for educational purposes.
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8. My Aha! Moment #2
My Aha! moment with this article was when I realized that this
might be helpful in a lot of ways, but it would be great to have a
place where teachers could learn about new educational policies at
both the national and local levels.As I continued reading, I found
out that they DO have this, and they also provide videos and audio
material to go along with it.They even have discussion forums about
new policies where you can have debates, etc.
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9. Districts Change Policies, Embrace Twitter, Youtube for
Educational Purposes
The Associated Press. (2010,March). Districts Change Policies,
Embrace Twitter, YouTube for Educational Purposes.Education
Week,29(25),10. Retrieved December 11, 2010, from ProQuest
Education Journals. (Document ID:1996374091).
This article spotlights a school district in Kentucky that has
allowed school access to sites like Twitter and Youtube, which are
blocked at virtually every school district.Their reasoning is that
there are so many educational benefits to these sites.Youtube has a
plethora of videos that can be used to enhance the students
learning experience.The surprise is that Twitter (a site for
microblogging) has also been educational.A 2nd grade classroom uses
their classroom Twitter page to update it and say what they have
learned in class that day.In this way, parents are more aware of
what is going on at school each day.It is also helpful to alert
parents of school cancellations or delays due to inclement weather,
or about upcoming events like field trips or conferences.The 2nd
grade classroom also follows people like famous astronauts that are
in space on their Twitter.
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10. Personal Reflection/Favorite Quote
This article again makes me excited for my own classroom.Using a
Twitter account for the classroom is way easier to contact
parentsall at once instead of calling them each separately to alert
them about different things at school.Its different than e-mail
because the status update can be sent to ANYONE who wants to follow
our classroom, and plus the students can become directly involved
by helping update the status about what we learned in class that
day.
My favorite quote: District officials say the educational
benefits--such as better communication and improved
instruction--are proving social media to be more than just a
distraction.This quote stuck out to me because the district
officials are the ones that believe this to be true.I feel that
typically TEACHERS are the ones that would argue that social
networking sites could be educational, but the fact that the
OFFICIALS of the district believe so as well just proves how
quickly this is spreading.Its exciting to think that by the time I
have my own classroom, I might not even have to ask for these sites
to be unblockedwho knows!
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11. My Aha! Moment #3
My Aha! Moment for this article was a quote from the superintendent
of this school district that said that social networking is clearly
a big deal to the entire nation, so why not use it to their
advantage?It makes perfect sense to take advantage of something
that a lot of students, parents, and teachers use everyday
anywaywhy not incorporate it into the classroom?
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12. Conclusion
All three of these articles point to the fact that Social
Networking has become quite popular, and keeping it away from the
school is silly.By incorporating social networking both into the
classroom and into the teachers preparatory work for the classroom,
we can truly enhance and enrich the students educational
experience.In this way, we are constantly improving and educating
ourselves by staying in contact with other teachers, and also with
parents and students who might want to constantly stay aware of
what is going on in the classroom.
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