By Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, University of Nebraska at Omaha
A few years ago, my students in Computer-Mediated Communication began using their Facebook “walls” as examples of the core concepts in the course: identity, interaction, community, power and culture. I was intrigued but felt the need to remain cautious. Facebook seemed to belong to them. News reports about faculty members joining students in the social space raised ethical questions. I was not ready.
Social Media is changing everything. Nowhere is this more evident than on our college and university campuses. Yet there are unique challenges in incorporating social media into an established and tested curriculum.
AEJMC asked teachers to share some of their best practices for incorporating social media into the classroom, including suggested articles, exercises, tools and more. The following is a collection their best ideas and experiences.
Showing posts with label IPhone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPhone. Show all posts
Social Media in Classroom: Using Google Tools
By Ingrid Sturgis, Howard University
Teaching writing and reporting in the digital age has moved far beyond demonstrating how to craft an inverted pyramid story structure. Today’s always-on student is wired to friends, family and classmates via cell phones, Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz. They write and send assignments on their Blackberries and Twittered the news of Michael Jackson’s death to their friends via iPhone before ever reading a complete news article about it.
Teaching writing and reporting in the digital age has moved far beyond demonstrating how to craft an inverted pyramid story structure. Today’s always-on student is wired to friends, family and classmates via cell phones, Facebook, Twitter and Google Buzz. They write and send assignments on their Blackberries and Twittered the news of Michael Jackson’s death to their friends via iPhone before ever reading a complete news article about it.
Teaching Ideas To Help Students (and Professors) Blog, Tweet, and Friend Their Way
By Rick Kenney, Hampton University
BEGIN WITH THE BASICS, AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ETHICS
I began teaching social media in an online journalism course a little over a year ago. I determined from the outset that I would make ethics the linchpin. I incorporated readings and discussions about core values of traditional media and conventional reporting. Because of our curriculum’s emphasis on ethics and neglect of multimedia skills, the students caught on quickly to the theoretical but needed help with the practical. We stumbled together toward the semester’s finish line, leaving me thinking they knew how and when to use social media but not what to do with it. Still, it was a start for them, and it was progress for me.
BEGIN WITH THE BASICS, AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ETHICS
I began teaching social media in an online journalism course a little over a year ago. I determined from the outset that I would make ethics the linchpin. I incorporated readings and discussions about core values of traditional media and conventional reporting. Because of our curriculum’s emphasis on ethics and neglect of multimedia skills, the students caught on quickly to the theoretical but needed help with the practical. We stumbled together toward the semester’s finish line, leaving me thinking they knew how and when to use social media but not what to do with it. Still, it was a start for them, and it was progress for me.
Social Media in the Classroom
by Cindy Royal, Texas State University
I have been teaching online and social media for the past eleven years, since I was a Ph.D. student at The University of Texas and now as an assistant professor at Texas State University in San Marcos. This year, I was named by the Austin American-Statesman as a Texas Social Media Award winner. My personal social media activities include my music review and interview show onthatnote.com and tech blog cindytech.wordpress.com. I have also been the editor of the online newsletter for Texas Music Magazine for the past two years. You can learn more about me at cindyroyal.com. I am happy to share some of the ways I have incorporated social media in the classroom and curriculum.
I have been teaching online and social media for the past eleven years, since I was a Ph.D. student at The University of Texas and now as an assistant professor at Texas State University in San Marcos. This year, I was named by the Austin American-Statesman as a Texas Social Media Award winner. My personal social media activities include my music review and interview show onthatnote.com and tech blog cindytech.wordpress.com. I have also been the editor of the online newsletter for Texas Music Magazine for the past two years. You can learn more about me at cindyroyal.com. I am happy to share some of the ways I have incorporated social media in the classroom and curriculum.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)