Also on Tuesday, my EDCI 336 class was lucky enough to have Jesse Millar from Mediated Reality give us a presentation about using social media and mobile technology as educators. I found his presentation to be very eye-opening and educational. There was a lot of information regarding technology use in schools and with students that I wasn’t aware about before that Millar was able to address. Some of my take-away points from the presentation are listed below…
- Healthy use starts with leadership so always model good technology/social media behaviour for your students
- Myth- Tweens are too immature to use social media appropriately
- Fact- It is biased to judge a whole age group as having the same social media habits
- When you become a teacher make a separate youtube account for your classroom to avoid embarrassing recommended videos
- Understand your school’s expectations and policies for technology when you are hired
- You ALWAYS need consent from who is responsible for a child when you’re taking a photo of them
- If you are wanting to create a Teacher Instagram you need a separate consent form to send home to parents/guardians & inform your administrator about it
- As educators we are responsible for educating a future generation where most of the job opportunities will have to do with technology- we should be embracing technology in the classroom to adequately prepare them for this
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