CREATE • CONNECT • COLLABORATE

Charlotte’s Social Webexplores useful ways to incorporate social media in the classroom.

Author: Charlotte Haley

The Social Web provides tools to help educators create communities as an extension of the classroom for the purpose of sharing information and content online. Students learn to collaborate with others providing additional opportunities for peer learning. Social media applications in the classroom give teachers an opportunity to model and teach digital ethics and digital citizenship. Furthermore, competency in managing social media gives students a competitive advantage in the real world by helping them learn to create and control their own brand.

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