Topic Case Assignment 3 Social Media and Communication Technologies

Instructions

Social Media and Communication Technologies Although social media and communication technologies are being increasingly used for instructional purposes in schools, there are still some (parents, teachers) who do not believe that social media belongs in the classroom. For this assignment, you will put yourself in the role of an educational leader who is getting some phone calls from parents and emails from faculty who are not happy about some teachers’ choice to include social media as part of their instruction. Select one of the sources from the background readings that you believe makes the best argument for incorporating social media/communication technologies into the classroom. Use this source and any other relevant sources you need to bolster your argument to write a 4- to 5-page paper explaining the benefits of social media/communication technology use in the classroom. Reading Abe, P., & Jordan, N. A. (2013). Integrating social media Into the classroom curriculum. About Campus, 18(1), 16-20. Bobbitt, R., Inman, R., & Bertrand, E. (2013). Using Remind101 as a classroom communication tool. NACTA Journal, 57(4), 77-78. Casey, G., & Evans, T. (2011). Designing for learning: Online social networks as a classroom environment. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(7). Hagler, B. E. (2013). Value of social media in today’s classroom. The Journal of Research in Business Education, 55(1), 14-23. Marciano, J. E. (2015). Becoming Facebook friendly: Social media and the culturally relevant classroom. English Journal, 104(5), 73-78. Nathan, L. P., MacGougan, A., & Shaffer, E. (2014). If not us, who? Social media policy and the iSchool classroom. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 55(2), 112-132. Nygard, S., Day, M., Fricke, G., & Knowlton, D. S. (2014). Students’ perceptions of a Twitter-based assignment in a graduate-level instructional technology course. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 15(4), 1-14. Pilgrim, J., Bledsoe, C., & Reily, S. (2012). New technologies in the classroom. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 78(4), 16-22. Assignment Expectations Be sure to analyze, not merely summarize, material from the background reading, and cite all sources in APA format.