Community communications go beyond blogs and social media shares, how does a PLN help and hinder the development of thoughts and ideas in education discourse?
Social media can be viewed as a networking tool that exposes your interests, your history, your curiosity, and your place in the world . It can bring knowledge and benefits to yourself and others. It can help develop PLN’s that curate a future that is rooted in a foundation of media literacy and openness
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Google+ communities can be used for educational purposes to support learning. Every personal learning network is different. We can personalize our network and shape our learning community based on our needs.To create or maintain a personal learning network we should practice the following rules: As users, we should analyze the media and understand the reason and purpose of the messages. Also, recognize that the Internet is not a neutral or equal space for everyone.We have to Identify privacy issues and practice online behaviors that are legal, consensual, and ethical.
When creating, sharing, or using resources online, recognize data ownership and licensing as a core practice. Lastly, Engagement and collaboration are key when deciding to create or maintain a personal learning network.
What is the role of social media in education?
Social media and technology are integral parts of daily life, and integrating the use of these into the classroom.
Each social media platform offers many different ways to be used in the classroom, from sharing announcements to holding live lectures, and so much more. Social media provides a smoother, more direct communication tool between students, teachers and parents, who can check in and ask or respond to questions.
Benjamin
June 24, 2022 — 11:59 am
hi there, I love reading your blogs, I think you mention some very good points. you said the social media platforms are places where people can seek for help and share advices. it is true the diversify social media can provide the benefits to everyone so that people can receive and ask for information directly through internet. Also, you mention it is important to filter the messages and contents that are useful and meaningful. In the internet community where lack of regulations or restrictions, it is very easy to browse the content that are not safe and unethical, so we should be aware of protect our privacy.
mahi
June 25, 2022 — 12:10 pm
Thank you Benjamin, yes I mentioned that and it is a really common thing these days to be targeted! We might just brows a website and our personal informant can be saved and used! It is important to get ourselves educated before any bad experience! Thank you for your comment!
taniatari
June 26, 2022 — 3:08 am
Hi there, I definitely agree with regards to social media being a platform used in different ways that benefit us. Having access to such tools really helps ease our transition to being fully online learning, and communicating anywhere and anytime! I also see eye to eye with regards to the fact that as we can share openly online we must be aware of the things we post for the world to see and make sure it is ethical. Thank you for sharing.