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SOCIAL MEDIA & COLLABORATION TOOLS
1. Before this class time I had a pretty wide knowledge of Social Media sites and different Collaboration tools that could be used for teaching. I have accounts on multiple social media sites such as: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, SnapChat, and Skype. Some Collaboration tools I am a part of are: Skype, Moodle, Schoology, and even Google Drive. The collaboration websites all enable me to connect with my fellow classmates and to get work done outside of class. Through my preparation for class I learned that some teachers today are finding ways to use Social Media sites in their own classrooms. I think this is very interesting since these websites were not created for this purpose but are being used anyways. Additional Resources: Social Media and the Classroom [YouTube Video] Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom [website] In class this week I learned that I don't think it is very appropriate in many situations to use social media sites in the classroom for teaching the elementary level students. I think it can be used in the high school level because these students are old enough to know how to respect one another on the sites and how to use them to their full potential. My understanding on this topic changed because I found through personal experience that social media gives you a fake sense of being 'social'. This means that if a teacher is using a social site to make his students more talkative with one another, he is going about it all wrong. He should be encouraging real social interactions and in class collaboration, not just online text-reading-typing conversations where there is a lack of emotion and understanding.
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