The Socially Networked Classroom- Ch 6

♧ The section "Is there Enough Time in My Schedule For Social Networking?" was very helpful. Taking minimal class time to demonstrate new medias is one way to help show students how to use different tools.  Students can give tutorials to each other and learn from each other. This simple task does not take that much time out of a schedule to help students learn about the media. In fact by doing this, they can learn more from each other and become more familiar with a new social network.  I feared that because technology changes so frequently, I wouldn't have enough time to share with my students each new piece of technology.  This chapter helped me with this issue. Kist provides an example of allowing the "tech-savvy students to teach mini-lessons that briefly introduce the technology or application being used using a projector" (Kist 120).  I think this is a great way to show new technology, and it doesn't take up a lot of the teacher's planning time or classroom time.

♧ I like the idea of building choice into assignments.  By making different medias an option in a project, it doesn't take a lot of time away from the teaching.  If students spark an interest, individual or group lessons after school or during a free period could be used to help teach these interested students.