I have found this course to be quite helpful to me, and I have learned a lot about new tools for implementing social media in my classroom. I have been using LMS in my classroom for a few years, but I never felt very comfortable using social media like Facebook to have students be more engaged in class. I think this is a common feeling in my school, and I look forward to working with my fellow teachers who want to use Facebook more often. I don’t know that I will be using it a lot more in my class, but I know other classes and teachers that want to try it in August. I am really excited to have some understanding of what they are trying to accomplish, and be able to help them in their pursuits.
I think I will at least create a Facebook and Twitter for my class. I found some really cool resources for using Twitter in the classroom that I want to try out. I also really like the idea of curating. I look at it kind of like a new version of a research paper, in that students have to do research, find important articles, and comment on why they are important. I think having the students synthesize the information is important for them in their knowledge retention.
I completed 6 out of the 7 blog entries, so I think my grade would be 65 out of 75 or an 86%.