Saturday, February 15, 2014
Social Media
I selected the Diigo group Social Media in Higher Ed. I thought this group was fitting for what we are learning about this week. Also, it appears as though there are many tools here for educators who plan on using social media. I think that social media has the uniqueness that it can appeal to both young and older generations. I think that younger generations will enjoy using social media in education because they are familiar and know how to use it. I think that perhaps older generations may like using social media because it will give them the chance to engage more with their classmates. Perhaps people who are older may not have as much time to do traditional group meetings and may use social media as a means to work with classmates. One of the many positives of using social media in education is that it will engage students.However, as positive as social media is i is also negative. There are many concerns about the legal ramifications of social media. Students are usually not taught about the ethics of posting to social media sites. They need to learn the appropriate ways to use these sites. There are also concerns about the privacy of students with social media. Students need to be taught the appropriate uses of the privacy settings. I spend most of my time on Facebook and or twitter. I believe that these 2 networks are the commonly used. The benefit to using these 2 networks are that I am able to effectively gather information if I need to for class and or work. I am able to network with people who I would not usually work with otherwise. However, the downfall is that I have to be very careful about what I post and or say on the web. I have heard that posting certain things online can keep you from getting a job. Actually when I was in high school I was friends with a girl who worked at the Cleveland Clinic and she was fired for saying they were disorganized on Facebook.
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Hi Andrea:
ReplyDeleteI thought that you brought up a very valid point about the negative connotations of social media and how students may not understand that once they put something out there they can’t take it back, even if they delete it instantly it’s likely that someone may have already seen it based on how our technology lets social media be at our disposal at any time. It is important to teach our students media literacy as part of their curriculum, because many of them are not able to critically appraise the sources where information is coming from or how it is being distributed without being validated in many cases. I use social media, mainly Facebook, to network and keep in touch my many of my friends and family members who are spread all over the country and sometimes the world; but I have my privacy settings very tight (although I realize that it’s not 100% secure), and I monitor closely what I post and what I allow others to post on my wall. It’s hard to teach students this when sometimes we don’t do this. As a nurse, there are other issues related to the use of social media to share experiences, so the example you gave of the girl from Cleveland Clinic is perfect.