When I first started this Web 2.0 journey, I believed that social media was just your typical platforms; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. However, I now know that that is not the case. As an educator, I shy away from use of social media in my classroom, especially as a high school teacher, but there are ways to incorporate its uses into the classroom setting. With that being said, there are obstacles one must overcome to use some of these platforms based on the platform setting and district policies.
Since using certain types of social media within the classroom can be difficult, that doesn't mean that there can't be teacher collaboration using these platforms. Across almost every typical social media platform, there is some type of community geared towards educators sharing resources, tips, and tricks. These online communities are beneficial to the educational field because it can allow educators to collaborate on such a wide scale. In the article "What do teachers share within Socialized Knowledge Communities: a case of Pinterest" there are findings regarding teacher generated material on Pinterest. This goes to show that there are these communities within these platforms where educators can use social media to benefit their profession.
It is interesting to see how much education has shifted in the past 30 years from predominantly paper and pencil, to essentially all digital learning across al grade levels. The implementation of social media has only widened the lenses of technology and resources that can be used in the traditional classroom.
Hu S, Torphy KT, Opperman A, Jansen K, Yun-Jia L. What do teachers share within socialized knowledge communities: A case of pinterest. Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 2018;3(2):97-122. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/what-do-teachers-share-within-socialized/docview/2080939172/se-2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-11-2017-0025.
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