Thoughts on Social Media Research
I researched how social has been used in science and math classes, and I found some really neat ideas. The projects ranged anywhere from blogging to tweet wars. Students were asked to blog about their learning, and then were also asked to comment and discuss other student’s blogs. Taking this even further, students were asked to tweet out new information on their blogs. The students were forming a community with themselves for learning.
Facebook is used to deliver math problems to students, and then they can interpret the problem how they want, using their creativity. The students also get a chance to discuss the problem how they see fit, rather than a structured classroom setting.
My personal favorite article that turned up in my research was having students take notes using twitter. When the students have to condense their notes to 140 characters, there isn’t much room for fluff. The students all get something different from the topic, and the conversation about those differences can be very collaborative. This is definitely something that I want to try in my class, or help another teacher to develop it in their classroom.
Here are my curated articles on using social media in math and science classes.
Facebook is used to deliver math problems to students, and then they can interpret the problem how they want, using their creativity. The students also get a chance to discuss the problem how they see fit, rather than a structured classroom setting.
My personal favorite article that turned up in my research was having students take notes using twitter. When the students have to condense their notes to 140 characters, there isn’t much room for fluff. The students all get something different from the topic, and the conversation about those differences can be very collaborative. This is definitely something that I want to try in my class, or help another teacher to develop it in their classroom.
Here are my curated articles on using social media in math and science classes.