The Value of Integrating Social Media into Education

Posted by Tom Krieglstein on 15 Jan 2010 / 0 Comment

Dean Long, of LAUS, only needs two minutes to perfectly explain how every educator should be thinking about social media.

And if your life is too busy for a two minute interlude, here are the highlights:

Use SM (Social Media) to cultivate a community around the activities already being done on campus
Support student bloggers
Let students be the producers of the school’s content
Give students the capacity to think and reflect around their experiences
Schools benefit by showcasing what they do to a larger audience
Using SM will cultivate a larger community
Reflective learning is nothing new, the new challenge is translating the goal into a digital era

Written by Tom Krieglstein

http://www.reachyourvision.com/ Tom Healy

Excellent video! Social Media has changed the way that we as a society communicate – those that embrace this change will thrive and those that drag their feet will have a difficult time catching up when they finally come around. Social Media provides incredible opportunities for student engagement, I love seeing educators that embrace it!