As my fellow classmates know, it is a requirement for my iKnow class to create a personal blog. The intent of this task is to gain practice and experience using the "blog" format as a means to bring social networking into my classroom and into my professional development. In this class, we are exploring the various social networks and their potential use in education.
Myself, I teach Spanish in the elementary classroom and have found it difficult to see how I would utilize many of the social medias in a classroom. It is not as difficult for me to see the use of such medias for professional communication and development. The curriculum I teach is heavily dependent on play and personal interaction as oppose to the use of printed or written materials. However, in Loveland, there are three different Spanish programs taught at the elementary level. I have had very little contact with the teachers in the other schools. Social media could be a wonderful way for us to communicate and share ideas with one another as we don't have formal meeting opportunities. Likewise, the field of language acquisition is constantly building upon itself. Beings that my curriculum is experiential, new ideas and activities to introduce and practice concepts is welcome, a resource social media can provide.
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