While I have been reflecting on communication over the past couple of topics it has occurred to me a couple of times that as a society we are starting to go away from conversation and entering rehearsal. By this I mean in a conversation one can talk with another with some aspect of surprise. By having a asynchronous conversation it is rehearsed, you are able to think about what you are going to say. I can't count how many times I have to rewrite a text as it was not exactly what I wanted to say. Again I go back to what my co-worker said, he feels that if he were in today's younger generation he would be able to pick up any girl that he wanted. The young men now days don't need the "swagger" that he had to have.
I had never used Twitter until PSI. I didn't really understand how it was used, why it was used, and overall how it would benefit me. But I came to a quick realization that it could be used so well in the classroom. This came easily apparent to me when I heard Jared Heidenger talk about his twitter experience. This was such a great idea to use for his students and their homework. It is also such a good tool to find ideas for teaching and learning in the classroom. It gives students the opportunity to use it at home and discover new things about the content as well as themselves while doing research and reflection. Youtube is also another great tool for the classroom. I have used it in my classroom to teach lessons, to help students remember content, and to simply engage them in the lesson. Like the article said it is speaking their language. It also gives me an opportunity to load the lessons onto youtube and teach a flipped classroom. The students could then respond to a question via twitter, the possibilities are limitless through the vast social media we have at our disposal. Significant Comments http://elykremlapfitness.weebly.com/teaching-blog/communication-ii#comments http://michelleosborneblog.weebly.com/journal/communication-ii#comments
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