Did you know? ....that 47% of American adults use a social networking site that therefore promotes more interaction with family, friends! It offers teachers, librarians, and students valuable access to educational support and materials and even facilitates social and
political change! (http://socialnetworking.procon.org/) So what are we afraid of ...well I can't say there is nothing because of course with everything there is good and bad. So, how can we promote the good and keep the bad away? Here are some guidelines from Microsoft:
- Communicate with your kids about their experiences online.
- Set your own house Internet rules.
- Ensure that your kids follow the age limits on sites.
- Educate yourself about the site.
- Insist that your children never meet anyone in person that they've communicated with online only, and encourage them to communicate only with people they've met in person.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/kids-social.aspx
Pinterest is a great way to look for ideas! It is a social networking site that students
can pin images and videos to a virtual board and share it with others. It gives students an opportunity to view and
save many different things from art, travel, crafts, decorating, sports,
etc. It is engaging for students. Some students have already used Pinterest.
Now we will implement a Pinterest board into our art class. “I was excited by
what I was learning and contacted my principal. Coincidentally, she was reading
a manuscript about "digi-kids"-kids who have learned to think and
problem solve differently because of their technology savvy. There wasn't much
research out there, but we were able to find some information about schools in
Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom that were using Facebook, Twitter,
and texting for learning"(Delmatoff, 2010) It is 21st century
learning and communicating is important for students to be appropriately
interacting with technology. In an
attempt to excite students and introduce new ideas students can create a board
on Pinterest. They can share it with
others in the class. They can even
collaborate on a project by "pinning" images to a group board.
Students can work together without being together. Group boards can be created
and restrictions can be adopted that only allow some people to add to the
board. We will not be using student’s
full names. I believe that the adoption
of using Pinterest will introduce students to an engaging organizational tool that
can help them to meet their goals for their art project. "We talked, problem solved, and
challenged ourselves to stretch our minds enough to embrace the idea of cell
phones in class and tweeting as an educational exercise"(Delmatoff, 2010) Our
Pinterest boards will help students to research a variety of topics, organize
by subject, and share what they have found.
“No matter how engaging the lesson or fabulous the teacher, most kids
still wanted to be home on the couch with their video games.”(Delmatoff, 2010) I want students involved in their learning
and be excited to learn. We have an
opening into an area students are interested in. Now let’s explore the
educational possibilities with appropriate use policies in place.
I have started two pinterest boards that will accompany my
WebQuest. The first is art by well-known
artists. These can be viewed for
inspiration and can be added to. The second
board has a variety of art projects that students can view, use for inspiration,
and added to, as well, to complete the task of creating their own art in the
style of one of the mystery artists.
Delmatoff, Elizabeth. "Grabbing Students with Social
Media." Middle Ground 14.2 (2010): 32-3. OxResearch; ProQuest Central. Web.
2 Mar. 2013.
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