Using Social Media in the Classroom
A Best Practice Guide
‘A book for every teacher’s bookshelf. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the tools and apps that can be used to help turn a mediocre teaching session into an outstanding one.’ - Cheryl Hine, Leeds City College
‘Megan Poore’s updated text is needed more than ever, as social media becomes increasingly integrated in many aspects of education. I would recommend it to all practising teachers and trainee teachers, whatever their subject.’ - Sue Howarth, University of Worcester
This is an essential guide to using social media to enhance teaching and learning in schools. It combines practical information on using all forms of social media for educational purposes and provides indispensable advice on how to tackle issues arising from social media use in the classroom.
Key topics include: using blogs, wikis, social media networks and podcasting, digital literacy and new modes of learning, digital participation, cyberbullying and understanding risk online.
This second edition includes:
· Reflective tasks in each chapter inviting you to critically consider important aspects of using social media in education.
· Expanded coverage of game-based learning and mobile learning.
· New examples tailored for use in primary and secondary schools.
· A website including additional resources and handouts c.
This is essential reading for anyone training to teach in schools, and experienced teachers seeking to improve their understanding of using social media for teaching in informed and appropriate ways.
The book is highly matched with the content of the educational concept and useful for my students.
Very interesting read, although not crucial for students but will enhance learning
This is a very usable text for teachers beginning to think about how to make best use of digital technologies in their teaching. It explores new forms of learning and digital literacy alongside the risks associated with these. It also suggests how to use various digital tools to enhance teaching practice. Activities punctuate the various sections of the book to encourage readers to try out different ideas. This is a very helpful and timely book for experienced teachers who may feel left behind by technology but it is also a very practical guide for new teachers thinking about using technologies for learning for the first time.
This book is essential reading for any practitioners looking to adopt greater use of social networking within their environment to support the education of Millennials
This book is the supplemental resource for Introduction to Digital Media Lesson. Its content is very well indexed for using social media about educational approaches.
Easy reading and a good introduction to apps and blogs that may be used within the classroom before and during the trainees' teaching practice. Social media is explained clearly and the reflective tasks are a good way of making them focus on how to critically consider the use of social media in primary schools.
The website is a useful addition to their reading.
This is an engaging and accessible text dealing with core issues relating to the use of social media in classroom contexts. It gives historical context as well as providing information that teachers will find useful - it is a highly practical guide which looks at such topics as 'wiki rubrics', 'podcasting' and using bookmarking to have pupils collate and justify their own learning resources.
A practical text to support teachers with using new technologies in their classrooms.
A useful discussion about the contoversy of whether to use or not use social media in the classroom.
Already reviewed - I received two copies!
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