"In digital
world adolescents choose the communities to which they belong; they decide to
what extent they will engage in the norms of those communities; they determine
the level of language play that will mark their individual identities. In
school, however, this power to choose often does not exist, and tasks assigned
have little value to teens beyond the assessment. "(40)
This quote goes with everyday life in social media, people
look for a particular social media that they are going to fit into. If we had
more social media in schools that was geared toward schools then that would be
great. A few that are mentioned in Chapter 7 are Edmodo, Schoology and
Twiducate. At my school we are using Edmodo and Schoology, and the students
seem to enjoy getting their assignments online. I asked a student about having Facebook
for school and they were all for it. The only downfall that I can see using
social media in the schools’, is the students abusing thier ability to post and
have pictures. IT only takes one student to do something off the wall and it’s
blocked from the schools systems.
As stated in Chapter 8 in a quote from Mills, “teachers can
extend the multimodal literacies that are valued in youth networks to give
students recognition in the global communications environment." (42)
Below are two video links of social media being used in the
classroom, the first link is a video of students using cell phones in the
classroom. The second video is a walk-through of using Edmodo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaYIvdv4jFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqBMgEpYlc
Refrences
Hicks, T. (2013). Crafting digital writing: Composing texts across media and genres.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
I definitely agree that people will gravitate to social media outlets that they enjoy and can relate to. It is a sad reality that some students will inevitably abuse the privilege of social media interaction. Just today, I heard murmurs of a new social media app called "Brighten" which is available for Apple users. The purpose of the app is to share anonymous complements with people to brighten their day, but I have already heard of students using the app to anonymously share insults and remarks that carry digital harassment overtones. For this reason, I will be having a "come to Jesus" talk with each of my classes about the seriousness of digital harassment. I am not sure if any of my students are participating in such atrocities, but if I can encourage positive interactions to as many students as possible, it may turn into a passing fad (much like the "Yik yak" app), and more students will be reminded that digital harassment is against the law. Thank you for sharing!
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