The Social Media is taking storm in the modern world we live in now. It is only recently that I discovered this year that the social media can actually be used as a tool to teach in class. As Professor FWM Knoetze ( all credit to you Prof.) presented to our PGCE group of 2016 about using twitter and blogger as a method to teach. I was immediately intrigued and amazed that the social media could actually be used to present a lesson. Not that I have not discovered online lessons on the social media, but that apps such as Twitter and Facebook can actually be used in a class environment. To teach and learn students.
This made me very curious on what type of social media tools I could use to present in class in my specified curriculum subject studies which is geography and life orientation. After reading the articles of both Provenzano and Davis in which their articles resolve around the use of social media in the classroom, it gave me some certain ideas on how I can actually use the social media to present a lesson. If you think about it today the social media are easy to be accessed by students in class while a teacher or lecturer is presenting even when they don't know of it. So why not make use of their easy access to the social media in class to present a lesson with relevance to your specified subject you present to learners?
In the article of Provezano there were mentioning of various methods of use of social media teachers use as a tool in their classes. One particular social media app that were mentioned that stood out for me was called "Remind". This app sounded very good to me as it is a one way communication system. This app allows teachers to send reminders or information regarding their work to their learners. However only the teacher can send messages and his/her's students cannot reply on the app, but only receive information.
Geography and Life Orientation is my curriculum study field and the subjects that I would like to teach and present. By using the social media as a tool to teach in class and present my lesson, it could potentially enhance the learning experience of my learners one day. In the field of geography technology already plays a major role in the development of the field. Examples of technological components or software that is being used in Geography is QGIS, GPS or GIS etc. Some of the social media tools in which I will use in Geography would be Facebook. Facebook allows us to see where people live and this is a good way for us to explore the different environments and residences where students live. By using Facebook I could get an indication where the learners in my classroom live and maybe present a lesson according to the environment in which they live.
For Life Orientation I could ask my learners in class to create a video that consists about the importance of being healthy or to present a presentation about health risk issues and to post it on Youtube and present it to my class. These are only a few ideas I just came up with as I red the articles, but I am very interested to search and explore many ways of using the social media as a tool to present my lessons.
This made me very curious on what type of social media tools I could use to present in class in my specified curriculum subject studies which is geography and life orientation. After reading the articles of both Provenzano and Davis in which their articles resolve around the use of social media in the classroom, it gave me some certain ideas on how I can actually use the social media to present a lesson. If you think about it today the social media are easy to be accessed by students in class while a teacher or lecturer is presenting even when they don't know of it. So why not make use of their easy access to the social media in class to present a lesson with relevance to your specified subject you present to learners?
In the article of Provezano there were mentioning of various methods of use of social media teachers use as a tool in their classes. One particular social media app that were mentioned that stood out for me was called "Remind". This app sounded very good to me as it is a one way communication system. This app allows teachers to send reminders or information regarding their work to their learners. However only the teacher can send messages and his/her's students cannot reply on the app, but only receive information.
Geography and Life Orientation is my curriculum study field and the subjects that I would like to teach and present. By using the social media as a tool to teach in class and present my lesson, it could potentially enhance the learning experience of my learners one day. In the field of geography technology already plays a major role in the development of the field. Examples of technological components or software that is being used in Geography is QGIS, GPS or GIS etc. Some of the social media tools in which I will use in Geography would be Facebook. Facebook allows us to see where people live and this is a good way for us to explore the different environments and residences where students live. By using Facebook I could get an indication where the learners in my classroom live and maybe present a lesson according to the environment in which they live.
For Life Orientation I could ask my learners in class to create a video that consists about the importance of being healthy or to present a presentation about health risk issues and to post it on Youtube and present it to my class. These are only a few ideas I just came up with as I red the articles, but I am very interested to search and explore many ways of using the social media as a tool to present my lessons.
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