See how an Advanced Literature class uses social media to enhance learning. While you watch this video, list the number of positive ways in which social media is being applied in the classroom. Ask your self why this class’ use of social media is so successful?

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Video: Social Media and Technology in the Classroom (1:31)

Read Why Twitter and Facebook Are Not Good Instructional Tools for a viewpoint on the possible pitfalls of social media. Do you think there are valid and insurmountable challenges?

Read this formal debate about the value of social media for a balanced view of the issues involved and note the arguments being made by the debaters.

Think

1. Remember the number of times you have been told during this course that our learners are living in a digital society and that we must know our learners to be able to make an innovative response in the classroom. Think about what you know and what you do not know about your learners and their opinions about communicating through social media in the classroom.
   
2. Formulate some questions you think you should ask your learners and share these with your group in the discussion group called Communication through Social Learning. 
   • What do learners know about digital footprints and the relatively permanent nature of the content they upload to sites like Twitter and Facebook?
   • Have they read and understood the Terms of Service of Twitter and the FaceBook Terms and Conditions?
3. Bring the findings from your student discussions back to your group and decide on a strategy to address some of the issues that are flagged in this discussion.