Schools now are trying to make technology a bigger aspect of the curriculum. In this article written by Meris Stansbury it talks about the different ways schools are starting to use social networking. Teachers are using the social networking to communicate with parents and students. They are also using them to post homework and school assignments.
One teacher even mentioned how she uses twitter to do end of the unit discussions. After a unit she will tweet certain topics and questions and then the students can see this and respond back.
Using technology in the classroom is so vital and it is important that school allow more of it to happen. The article states how some parents are concerned about the bullying that can happen on the internet. I understand this but I feel that if the teacher is on monitoring the students through a social network site they set up for them, it should not be a problem.
No comments:
Post a Comment