Social Media OLTD506
Beginning with the underlying philosophy of Web 2.0, this course will investigate educational use of social media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), open and fenced systems, developmentally appropriate use of social media, digital footprint considerations, development of digital citizenship, as well as the evolution of supporting policy and procedures.
Reflections on Learning
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First Reflection
In October 2015, I created a website, What You Need to Know About Social Media in Your Classroom, which is a basic primer and checklist for educators contemplating incorporating Social Media Technology into their teaching. The intent of this site is to support strategic foresight and planning to support educators, students, administrators and parents to be able to understand more fully what is involved when incorporating Digital Technologies, especially social media. The intent of this site is to also help people to understand what is needed to support safety, efficiency, engagement, and proficiency when incorporating Social Media Technologies into existing pedagogy and structure in the classroom and schools.
In October 2015, I created a website, What You Need to Know About Social Media in Your Classroom, which is a basic primer and checklist for educators contemplating incorporating Social Media Technology into their teaching. The intent of this site is to support strategic foresight and planning to support educators, students, administrators and parents to be able to understand more fully what is involved when incorporating Digital Technologies, especially social media. The intent of this site is to also help people to understand what is needed to support safety, efficiency, engagement, and proficiency when incorporating Social Media Technologies into existing pedagogy and structure in the classroom and schools.
For me this project addressed the following OLTD Learning Outcomes:
It is our responsibility to educate children and youth to be prepared for adulthood. This isn’t about facts and figures anymore. This isn’t about memorizing dates or regurgitating information from a textbook. We aren’t even sure exactly what we should be preparing today’s students for. The areas we do know that students need to be prepared for are digital citizenship, responsible digital literacy, protecting themselves in a digital world and how to think critically and research in a global digital community. We have the awareness, therefore we also have the responsibility to guide, model for, mentor, coach and teach our leaders for tomorrow.
- Scaffold digital citizenship from K-12 to professional level of educators.
- Consider responsibility, accountability and civility in online environments.
It is our responsibility to educate children and youth to be prepared for adulthood. This isn’t about facts and figures anymore. This isn’t about memorizing dates or regurgitating information from a textbook. We aren’t even sure exactly what we should be preparing today’s students for. The areas we do know that students need to be prepared for are digital citizenship, responsible digital literacy, protecting themselves in a digital world and how to think critically and research in a global digital community. We have the awareness, therefore we also have the responsibility to guide, model for, mentor, coach and teach our leaders for tomorrow.
Second Reflection
My second reflection is not on an artifact that I built, but rather my reflections on and subsequent learning from the virtual course structure as represented on Desire 2 Learn. The learning outcomes that I feel were covered as a result are:
My second reflection is not on an artifact that I built, but rather my reflections on and subsequent learning from the virtual course structure as represented on Desire 2 Learn. The learning outcomes that I feel were covered as a result are:
- Build expertise with at least one social media tool for educational use
- Provide a digital document, artifact, or presentation that demonstrates your summative key course learning, insights, ideas, achievements with digital documentation
- Analyze the BC educational context for social media use.
- Designing physical and digital materials so that there is a minimum of upgrading required when replicating the course. When upgrades are required, there should be a list or map developed so that instructors can locate the components that would require editing or upgrade easily.
- Navigation: The easier and more intuitive a course or Learning Management System is to navigate the more students will engage. Usually they will not notice when this is simple but will definitely notice and react when it is not. This is one of the biggest deterrents to engagement in the virtual classroom.
- Ensuring that all links are live and correct will greatly support student learning. Providing alternate paths, direction, or options are essential for continued student engagement.