ICT Essentials for Teachers (Module 1)

Unit 6

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  This Unit requires four hours of formal study time. You may spend an additional two hours on revision.

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  The aim of this unit is that upon completion, teachers will be able to demonstrate the capability of using the internet including e-mail, search, and social media functions in classwork.

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  When you have studied this unit, you should be able to:

  1. identify different social media applications
  2. explain where social media can be used in the teaching and learning process.

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  1. Work through the resources below in sequence
  

• Overview of Social Media Lesson

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• 2.  Use the forum below and consider the question, "Highlight some of the relevance of social media in teaching.". Please post once
  

• Forum

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  In a Word Document, reflect on your own use of social media platform in the classroom. How might social media enhance your collaboration with peers, students and parents?
  

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  You have examined that social media is a major element of ICT. It has taken over how we communicate with one another – there are more social media platforms that you can count. Becoming familiar with the more popular platforms will allow you to interact with your students on a more meaningful level and can make your life easier.

  Remember: with the advantages of social media come the disadvantages, and it is important to be aware of both. Review the e-safety policy that you created in the previous unit on the Educational Internet (Unit 3). Now that you are aware of the influence of social media, a school safety policy is even more important as students start to engage with social media.