People consider education to be a
serious aspect of life and this is where they make the biggest
blunder. Probably, it’s the key reason why the brick and mortar
classrooms today have taken nightmarish forms for numerous students
who rather prefer playing with technology for achieving success in
the field of education. It’s sad that there are many teachers who
are still under the impression that education comes only through
books and blackboards. What they fail to realise is that the social
networking tools can bring a splendid difference in one’s study
habits which will consequently make one a better learner than others.
The Principal of the Science Leadership
Academy in Philadelphia, Chris
Lehmann said that it’s really disgusting that
many schools put little emphasis on computers and more on their
glorified workbooks. He rather suggested that teachers must now start
adopting networking skills so that they can utilise them for
improving the educational standards of their students.
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Teachers must adopt networking
skills
The dependency for books has
been probably one of the biggest drawbacks in schools that have
actually hindered students from acquiring interest towards pursuing
education with pleasure. Rather, students should adapt themselves in
making use of the social networking tools to not only study but
exhibit their ability to update themselves with time.
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So, how exactly must teachers and
students use social media for making education more effective?
- Open up accounts – There are certain bookmarking sites where a teacher can open up accounts for students so that the latter can preserve, systemise and even share links. Besides, they can also view links of others and even browse to find what others have posted. In this way, teachers can keep their students engaged and make them learn in an innovative manner.
- Enter interactive forums – The modern world calls it ‘chatting’ which a teacher can now do with his/her students and vice versa through interactive forums online. What stands beneficial here is that those who are reticent can feel confident in communicating with their educators, and this is where online learning stands out of the crowd.
Source: cognitivedesignsolutions.com - Classroom presentations – Presentation work wonders for students, whether they are taking classes online or offline. Often, you fall short of words while explaining a specific lesson to an entire class. A nice PowerPoint presentation would instead say everything with the help of images, texts and animations thereby making students grasp the lessons with supreme interest.
- Social networking sites – Believe it or not, social networking sites can help you educate in a fun-loving manner. It’s just like how you love communicating with your friends, sharing updates with them, posting images and videos etc. Similarly, both students and teachers can make use of sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and get all these activities done to keep themselves updated.
Well, more and more technological
developments are getting implemented into schools, colleges and
universities where the educators are now getting into the trend of
teaching their students through podcasting, file swapping, tagging
and blogging. Social media experts have in fact said that a time will
come when students will carry no bags full of books and will instead
be asked by their teachers to bring nothing except their laptops.
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