Social Networks in Education

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The discussion topic in class this week focuses on social networking in education. When I think about the advancements in technology I don’t really see how education and social networks could not coexist. Social Networking in itself is a form of education, it’s using multiple communication platforms to share information that people can extract, share, teach, train and learn. With that said, I’ve thought about my own journey with social networking.

For the most part I’ve always considered myself to be somewhere between an early adopter and early majority when it came to technology, but I’ve recently discovered that I’m more of the late majority particularly when it comes to using social networks in education. I’ve found a few platforms to use in my classroom, but for the most part I find myself going back to the old tried and true powerpoint presentation or demonstration videos. I think my saving grace has been that it is a very interactive hands-on course (culinary arts), so students really don’t spend a lot of time in the classroom. However, with things being different due to the pandemic, it has completely changed how I will teach my students moving forward, and has forced me to start thinking of new innovative ways to keep my students engaged.

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  1. I agree with you that the pandemic has change some teachers view about engaging students with social network. It is interesting to see what the pandemic has change in teachers after returning to face to face classes. I think more teaches will start use social networking platforms after they saw the advantages and disadvantages of using it in the class room.

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