By C. Michael Elavsky, The Pennsylvania State University
Utilizing interactive media in the contemporary classroom is an important and emerging trend for how such technologies can potentially facilitate greater student engagement with course content, dynamics and other participants therein. This is especially relevant for the large lecture hall, where anonymity, unilateral knowledge transfer (from professor to student), and banking concepts of education (Freire, 1970) are generally the norm. Incorporating Twitter, Google Apps, and the Harvard Moderator Question Tool (HMQT) (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/questions/credits.php) into such courses encourages the students to contribute more substantively both to the evolving classroom discourse surrounding the themes and discussions therein, as well as the very course design itself by employing these “disruptive” technologies (Camplese and McDonald, 2010) in constructive ways which actually solicit greater student collaborative participation.
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.
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Showing posts with label Wikis. Show all posts
Using Social Media to Answer Teaching Challenges
By Jody Strauch, Northwest Missouri State University
"GMOOT" is a popular acronym in social media circles. It stands for 'Get Me One of Those" and is the cry of business clients who ask their PR or marketing agency to get them into social media only because everyone else is in social media. They don't know why they need it or what they will do with it, but they want 'one of those.'
"GMOOT" is a popular acronym in social media circles. It stands for 'Get Me One of Those" and is the cry of business clients who ask their PR or marketing agency to get them into social media only because everyone else is in social media. They don't know why they need it or what they will do with it, but they want 'one of those.'
Social Media in the Classroom
By Brian Carroll, Berry College | www.cubanxgiants.com | wanderingrocks.wordpress.com
Introduction
To help my undergraduate journalism students begin to appreciate the capacity and proper roles for journalism of social media tools such as blogging and microblogging software, wikis and geomapping, I assign my students several exercises, one for each of these tools. I’ve included in this submission the assignment instructions and a listing of suggested resources. I’ve also included sources for the instructor, to be used as readings, background and historical context.
Introduction
To help my undergraduate journalism students begin to appreciate the capacity and proper roles for journalism of social media tools such as blogging and microblogging software, wikis and geomapping, I assign my students several exercises, one for each of these tools. I’ve included in this submission the assignment instructions and a listing of suggested resources. I’ve also included sources for the instructor, to be used as readings, background and historical context.
Social Media in the Classroom
By Marsha Ducey, The College at Brockport (SUNY)
Being able to use social media well is critical for journalism students. Ask college students if they are good at social media and most say yes. Ask them if they use any social media BESIDES Facebook and suddenly a new picture emerges.
I start my online journalism class by taking a poll of what social media students use. No surprise, Facebook is used by almost all. The same goes for YouTube. But when it comes to Twitter, blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, Linked In and other social media, few students have experience creating something in these areas. They use Wikipedia, but they don’t give any thought to the fact it is user-generated content and that they can contribute to the knowledge.
Being able to use social media well is critical for journalism students. Ask college students if they are good at social media and most say yes. Ask them if they use any social media BESIDES Facebook and suddenly a new picture emerges.
I start my online journalism class by taking a poll of what social media students use. No surprise, Facebook is used by almost all. The same goes for YouTube. But when it comes to Twitter, blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, Linked In and other social media, few students have experience creating something in these areas. They use Wikipedia, but they don’t give any thought to the fact it is user-generated content and that they can contribute to the knowledge.
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