Social Networking for Teachers

Anthony Marco, the teacher in this video makes a lot of sense.  We can not turn our backs on Social media in the classroom but we have to take on the critical thinking aspects of teaching media when we venture into this area.  In some schools social networking is seen as all bad.   I think that is like having the finger in the dike approach when the social media flood is already happening anyway.






As Buffy Hamilton puts it,

"The need for students to have a space they feel they can share information and express themselves openly is an important one; at the same time, transparent structures that encourage and allow for parental participation and involvement are also important. (2011)"  


As teachers we can not put our heads in the sand we must embrace and use social media.  What we need is leadership from administrators.


Reference:


Hamilton, B. (2011). social media « The Unquiet Librarian. The Unquiet Librarian. Retrieved October 29, 2011, from http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/tag/social-media/


Videos were found using twitter hash-tag "cpchat", thank you, 
Becky