Monday, August 10, 2009

Thing #22

Social networks are extremely popular among the younger generation. Therefore, for a teacher to bring in the ability to create a social network among the class is teaching the way they learn. Since learning to work as a team is one of the skills that the business community is calling for, Ning could help facilitate it. A good example of appropriate use in elementary school is for a teacher to set up a social network that requires students to practice all types of writing through interactions with each other. For instance, if the teacher has taught expository writing, the students need to practice in a post to another student. The advantage is that, unlike unmonitored social networking, the teacher's Ning would require conventional spelling, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, etc.

No comments:

Post a Comment