Digital Blog Post F

   This chapter caught my attention in a few ways, I was intrigued when the talked about the integration of social media into the school system, Basically what we're doing right now in this class in integration of social media into ways to teaching a class and putting it into a lesson plan. We use so many social media tools, like bit strips, pictochart, and prezi. All things we use on an everyday basis with our friends and family on our social media websites. I think this is a fun and interactive way of learning and expressing yourself through your work, other than the same old, response papers.  I think this way of teaching will be a big hit with high school students, If you are able to be a successful gatekeeper as a teacher and let the students know that this isn't for anything other than completing your homework in a new fashion, while expressing your thoughts and ideas though different social media outlets. Then it should be a new way for kids to get excited about doing their assignments and allow them to also show off their creative side.

           

I also enjoyed reading about how online discussions are becoming very popular in the teacher curriculum. It’s important for teachers to communicate with their students, especially in online classes, which are become more and more present in our day and age. The good qualities that come with online discussion are that students begin to express themselves more in their discussions because all of their peers read it, other than just the teacher. They also  learn to appreciate the views and opinions of others because in classroom discussion, sometimes people don’t speak their minds. Well, with online discussions everyone shares and gets to see what they have in common with each other on topics.

The third thing I enjoyed reading in this chapter was the birth of electronic communication. It amazes me that even after the school day has ended, students can now set up times or go to a blog for the class or just one that their teacher created, and ask questions or continue to study or get help on certain subjects that maybe they didn’t get to understand during the time in the class. That’s a huge advantage to have for our students now. With all these new ways of communication without teachers and professors, there should be no student left behind to not understand assignments. There are so many ways to learn and get help now outside the classroom!

Resources:

Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.
Hurley, B (October 11th, 2015) Social Media created with Piktochart