Prior to this class, I probably would have only seen Facebook as a curse, but however as a School Psychologist and an entrepreneur who runs a nonprofit "The Extraordinary BEAT," I now view Facebook as a pathway that allows me to share with other educators what I am doing within our facility and why.
In the article I posted via twitter @3rdEarREMIX, the author stated social media can provide two things that are critical for student engagement in a literature environment: audience and purpose. However, the key is having a teacher as a guide, helping students create a safe and positive footprint, while enabling an authentic, purposeful, and immersive learning experience for the world to see. I dabble with technology and use Youtube videos and Facebook as a way to share with my friends and family what I am doing with The Extraordinary BEAT. Youtube I believe creates a digital footprint that will allow people to share in your journey. Since, I work for the Department of Juvenile Justice, I do not believe social media will ever be used in regards to our student outside of pictures that they send home and have their family members post (it happens). However, I find myself becoming an advocate for a digital citizenship class to be taught as a possible elective or incorporated in a curriculum.
However on the other hand, I have also seen youtube be a curse when people post irresponsibly, I try to protect my students identities in my videos by never actually showing our students faces even though I have consent forms and permission. I just do not feel is if it is beneficial for those students. However, to have a narrative of the event they participated in and may have talked with family members on the phone about, I believe allows the community and other educators to show off the good work we have done within our school. I never had digital citizenship class in regards to social media, I have just been led by the holy spirit and the nightmare stories of people losing their jobs in relationship to what they have said, shown, or exposed in a public forum. I never have understood twitter until recently when I started following people who share the same educational interests and I figured out a way to quickly share a video and article with my cohort in the matter of seconds.
In the article I posted via twitter @3rdEarREMIX, the author stated social media can provide two things that are critical for student engagement in a literature environment: audience and purpose. However, the key is having a teacher as a guide, helping students create a safe and positive footprint, while enabling an authentic, purposeful, and immersive learning experience for the world to see. I dabble with technology and use Youtube videos and Facebook as a way to share with my friends and family what I am doing with The Extraordinary BEAT. Youtube I believe creates a digital footprint that will allow people to share in your journey. Since, I work for the Department of Juvenile Justice, I do not believe social media will ever be used in regards to our student outside of pictures that they send home and have their family members post (it happens). However, I find myself becoming an advocate for a digital citizenship class to be taught as a possible elective or incorporated in a curriculum.
However on the other hand, I have also seen youtube be a curse when people post irresponsibly, I try to protect my students identities in my videos by never actually showing our students faces even though I have consent forms and permission. I just do not feel is if it is beneficial for those students. However, to have a narrative of the event they participated in and may have talked with family members on the phone about, I believe allows the community and other educators to show off the good work we have done within our school. I never had digital citizenship class in regards to social media, I have just been led by the holy spirit and the nightmare stories of people losing their jobs in relationship to what they have said, shown, or exposed in a public forum. I never have understood twitter until recently when I started following people who share the same educational interests and I figured out a way to quickly share a video and article with my cohort in the matter of seconds.