Social Media Literacy
Social Media Literacies
When I think of social media I only think of posting and commenting on certain sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter extra. I never thought there would or should be more to it. After reading the article Attention and other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies, by Howard Rheingold, it has opened my eyes to how much more there is to know. What was even more interesting it that the article was written almost 10 years ago before social media was even really a thing. The article touched on 5 different areas-
Attention
Participation
Critical Consuming
Collaboration
Network Awareness
Some things that stuck out to me was the attention section. I understand how those professors might feel when students are typing on their computer and you are trying to teach. We also thought that out students need to have their eyes on the speaker to understand what they are saying. I am starting to disagree with this idea. Although, I feel it helps most students in their learning to only focus on one thing, our world today requires us to multitask. Students are learning how to listen and work at the same time and to be honest some students need that to help them focus.
One thing that I feel is essential for our students to learn is that critical consuming section. It talked about how anyone can write anything on the web, so if you were to Google for example, multiplication chart which I have this year, you will come up with hundreds. However, the one I picked had an answer WRONG! I was shocked when my students had a problem and brought it to me attention. Thank goodness one of them saw it or they would be doing that one fact all wrong for who knows how long. It is important for students to learn not everything on the internet is true. They need to learn how to find creditable sources.
Another thing I think students need to know about if the collaboration and network awareness. Collaboration one the internet is going to allow for our students to have their ideas heard from everyone. Collaboration on the internet may also help students gain the confidence to voice their opinions. Network awareness is important because they also need to know who their audience is when they are blogging or commenting on posts.
Here is an article on News and Media Literacy.
Here is another article that mentions that Social Media skills millennial's lack.
When I think of social media I only think of posting and commenting on certain sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter extra. I never thought there would or should be more to it. After reading the article Attention and other 21st-Century Social Media Literacies, by Howard Rheingold, it has opened my eyes to how much more there is to know. What was even more interesting it that the article was written almost 10 years ago before social media was even really a thing. The article touched on 5 different areas-
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Attention
Participation
Critical Consuming
Collaboration
Network Awareness
Some things that stuck out to me was the attention section. I understand how those professors might feel when students are typing on their computer and you are trying to teach. We also thought that out students need to have their eyes on the speaker to understand what they are saying. I am starting to disagree with this idea. Although, I feel it helps most students in their learning to only focus on one thing, our world today requires us to multitask. Students are learning how to listen and work at the same time and to be honest some students need that to help them focus.
One thing that I feel is essential for our students to learn is that critical consuming section. It talked about how anyone can write anything on the web, so if you were to Google for example, multiplication chart which I have this year, you will come up with hundreds. However, the one I picked had an answer WRONG! I was shocked when my students had a problem and brought it to me attention. Thank goodness one of them saw it or they would be doing that one fact all wrong for who knows how long. It is important for students to learn not everything on the internet is true. They need to learn how to find creditable sources.
Another thing I think students need to know about if the collaboration and network awareness. Collaboration one the internet is going to allow for our students to have their ideas heard from everyone. Collaboration on the internet may also help students gain the confidence to voice their opinions. Network awareness is important because they also need to know who their audience is when they are blogging or commenting on posts.
Here is an article on News and Media Literacy.
Here is another article that mentions that Social Media skills millennial's lack.
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI am one of those people who tend to focus better when I have something in the background pulling my attention. When I am doing homework I usually have the television on. I am not tuned into what is on the TV, but if it is too quiet my mind starts to wander. The assignments end up taking me longer to complete. I see it as white noise or background which keeps my brain from wandering. But I have also noticed when I truly try to multitask with more than one task that requires my attention, I am not able to do any of the tasks very well. But a little music or background noise seems to be good for my focus.
Tammy
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to adults, I can relate to your comment about being able to listen to someone while looking down and typing on a computer (or phone). However, I do not see very much success with multitasking for the middle school students I teach. I recently had to re-teach about 95% of my students who did not listen to me during a lesson. They like to rush to finish assignments without ever reading the directions or listening to me. I do let my 7th-8th graders listen to music while working on individual assignments. This they seem to handle well, as long as they listened to the directions first.
Kelli
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI really like your comment on attention and how we are required to multitask. I keep thinking about all of the job descriptions I've read over the last couple of years that has "ability to manage multiple projects" or "able to prioritize and pay attention to multiple items". Multitasking is a skill and allowing students to multitask is helpful to exercise in the classroom. I know that especially in college, I used my laptop all the time to take notes and needed to look at my screen to make sure my formatting was correct and my notes were clear. That way I didn't need to take a bunch of hand written notes because I can type faster than write and nowadays, most companies either give you a computer or supply you with one at work with the intention that you use it for email, projects, presentations, etc. and everything is in one place. Why not allow at least college students to practice that in a classroom?
Such a great point about how Rheingold wrote about this before social media is the beast it is today. Ahead of his time!
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