Unit One: Why Use Social Media?
Lesson Objective
1. Participants will research why social media is an important tool in the classroom
2. Participants will describe various ways of how social media can be integrated into their classroom
3. Participants will summarize their research and how they feel they can use social media to enhance their classroom
Why Use Social Media in the Classroom?
So, why should you use social media in your social studies classroom?
“If you want to bring the “real world” into the classroom, consider integrating social media into your lessons” (Edudemic, 2015). Students today care more about how many followers they have on Instagram, or likes on Facebook, than who was present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence or why Gandhi went on a hunger strike.
Social Studies/History often gets the reputation of being boring, or irrelevant. However that does not have to be true. “Connected classrooms can reach beyond physical barriers to create conversations with people from other classrooms, cultures, and communities” (Crowley, 2015). Through this valuable resource educators can not only make their classrooms more engaging but also preparing students for learning and living in the 21st Century. “Social Media is here. It’s just another resource and doesn’t have to be a distraction from learning objectives” (Davis, 2015).
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