Social media is changing the way teachers teach and students learn. When students from the Montclair Kimberley Academy visited Ireland a few years ago, they blogged on Wordpress, posted photos on Flickr, uploaded videos to YouTube, and tweeted. That social media engagement contributed to their education in new and profound ways, said William Stites, the teacher who led the class trip. “By posting that material online, you open it up to a much larger audience. It makes the students feel truly published. They’re true authors.”
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Social Media's Winning Educational Ways
Posted by: Vivian Wagner October 30, 2013 05:00 AMSocial media is changing the way teachers teach and students learn. When students from the Montclair Kimberley Academy visited Ireland a few years ago, they blogged on Wordpress, posted photos on Flickr, uploaded videos to YouTube, and tweeted. That social media engagement contributed to their education in new and profound ways, said William Stites, the teacher who led the class trip. “By posting that material online, you open it up to a much larger audience. It makes the students feel truly published. They’re true authors.”